《英語(yǔ)III(1)》閱讀理解3
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湛江開(kāi)大,湛江開(kāi)放大學(xué),湛江市財(cái)政職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)校,湛江市廣播電視大學(xué),湛江電大,中專(zhuān)教育,中職教育,成人教育,成人大專(zhuān),成人本科，官網(wǎng),教育部電子注冊(cè)，國(guó)際學(xué)歷綠卡。湛江開(kāi)放大學(xué)（湛江市廣播電視大學(xué)）辦學(xué)三十年來(lái)...
Passage 3
Shanghai is the largest city in China．About eleven million people make their homes in Shanghai and its suburbs．This enormous city spreads out along the banks of the Huang Pu River, which flows into the mouth of the Yangtze River about fourteen miles north of here．Large oceangoing ships travel to Shanghai by way of the Yanggze and the Huang Pu．
Shanghai was a small, unimportant city until 1842 when China lost a war with Great Britain．The British realized that Shanghai was in an excellent location to serve as a seaport for the densely populated Yangtze River Plain．They forced the Chinese to allow English traders to settle on the wastelands outside the city walls．Later, French, American, and Japanese traders also came to Shanghai．The foreigners built whole new sections of Shanghai, including homes, stores, factories, and office buildings．Thousands of Chinese poured into Shanghai in search of jobs．Most of them settled in the old part of the city．As time passed, shanghai became one of the busiest seaports in the world．
11．According to the article, the population inside the city of Shanghai is ______
A．eleven million B．less than eleven million
C．more than eleven million D．a(chǎn)bout eleven million
12．The Huang Pu River is connected with ______ at a spot about fourteen miles ______ of the city．
A．the Yangtze……north B．the city…north
C．the mouth of Huang Pu River…north D．Yangtze River…south
13．Before 1842, the Yangtze River Plain was ______．
A．very developed B．densely populated
C．a(chǎn)t a war with Great Britain D．a(chǎn) small, unimportant city
14．The British first settled on the land because ______．
A．they wanted to build stores here
B．they thought the place was beautiful
C．they realized that it was a very good location for a seaport
D．they wanted to have a war here
15．A lot of Chinese came into Shanghai to ______．
A．visit the city B．trade with foreigners
C．build one of the busiest seaports D．look for jobs