短文试题

Questions 13 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.

13
A.Mass of manpower.
B.Enormous funds.
C.Advanced technology.
D.Complex calculation.

14
A.For the communication between governments.
B.For the convenient trade with Quebec.
C.For the immigration from Quebec to Maine.
D.For the peaceful development of America.

15
A.To seek jobs.
B.To avoid diseases.
C.To escape poor harvest.
D.To flee from persecution.

短文文本

Passage Two

The Old Canada Road is a long-lost trail between the Canadian province of Quebec and Maine, in the northeast comer of the United States. Yes, it really was lost, (13) and finding it again was a complex process that involved state-of-the-art technology.

How the location of the road was pinpointed was very interesting, and I'll return to it as soon as I've given you a little background information. The road was begun in 1817, a few years before Maine even became a state. (14) At the time, Quebec was a major market for livestock, crops, and fish, so a road to Quebec was seen by officials in Maine as necessary for trade.

For about 20 years, (15) the movement of people and goods was mostly from Maine to Quebec, but then the trend reversed as thousands of Canadians immigrated to Maine to escape poor crops, lack of jobs, and the threat of disease. I think it was a cholera epidemic. Besides these negative reasons, major building projects in Maine also made the state very attractive for the Canadians who needed work. I should stress, though, that immigration during that period went in both directions. In fact, the flow of people and goods went completely unhindered.

There wasn't even a border post until around 1850. The people of the time saw Maine and Quebec as a single region, mainly because of the strong French influence, which is still evident in Maine today. Eventually, the road fell into disuse as a major railway was completed; finally, people simply forgot about it and that's how it came to be lost. This brings me back to the original topic.

13. What is needed to find the lost Quebec-Maine trail?
14. Why was the Quebec-Maine road built?
15. What is not the reason why people began to move from Quebec to Maine?

文章二

旧加拿大路是加拿大魁北克省与美国东北角的缅因州之间的一条长久被遗忘的铁路i82GmN1t-%wGG-JgY.ka。是的，它的确被遗忘了，人们历经复杂的过程才再次找到它，其中还用到了最先进的科学技术Qo6**JMIM7。

定位到这条路确切位置的过程非常有趣，我会在给你们介绍一些背景信息后尽快回到这个话题t_=qWMFLcXQ。这条路在1817年开始使用，也就是缅因成为一个州的前几年Uz^KOdAiwGd。那时，魁北克是一个牲畜、谷物和鱼类的主要市场，因此，在缅因的官员们看来一条通往魁北克的通道对于贸易而言是必要的&v.si9TBMx2eRc=%YkZ=。

20年来，人口和商品的流动大部分都是从缅因到魁北克，但是这一趋势却逆转了，成千上万的加拿大人为逃避玉米歉收，失业和疾病移民到缅因+A6H#G@b;f&。我想那时的流行疾病是霍乱juU=3A7D8|a。除了这些消极的原因，另一方面，缅因的大型建筑工程项目对于那些需要工作的加拿大人来说极具吸引力pNFM|tl.HdR-。尽管这样，我仍要强调那个时期的移民是双方向的g%DJ)Bd!%EvN]QwaHb。事实上，人口与商品的流动甚至完全不受到限制的gmGy20zBNqQ8Goh=1。

直到1850年，美加边境甚至没有一个边防哨所([3DFDibeErH7。当时的人们把缅因州和魁北克看做是一个地区，主要是因为两个地区都说法语，在现在的缅因州人们仍然说法语an0TpTSeMX@4iM^qh5。后来，魁北克和缅因之间的主干铁路建成，这条路就废弃不用了，最后，人们轻易地忘记了它，这就是这条路是如何被遗失的dTKyCzZbUf!XuJF。这也解释了我最初谈到的话题Ms~72b~hMU=tSgmkS6n#。

问题13 要找到魁北克到缅因州的铁路，需要什么？
问题14 魁北克到缅因州的铁路修建的原因是什么？
问题15 以下哪个不是人们从魁北克搬到缅因州的原因？

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习题答案解析

参考答案：

【小题13】C
【小题14】B
【小题15】D

习题解析：

【小题13】短文开篇便介绍这条古老的铁路已经消失了很久，现在再次找到这条铁路会很复杂，需要最先进的技术，故选 C=)tU%bYX9qahnaYa1qD。
【小题14】短文中提到，那个时候，魁北克是牲畜、农作物和鱼类产品的主要交易市场，所以美国缅因州的政府官员认为建立一条通往魁北克的铁路对于贸易而言非常有必要，故选 BthAsfNw#h_bEN。
【小题15】短文提到 20 年以来一直都是人和货物从缅因州流向魁北克，但是这种趋势逐渐开始反向发展，因为数以万计的加拿大人为了逃避收成不佳、就业岗位的缺乏和疾病的威胁而开始向缅因州移民9,.EXpJR8r;。故选项 D“逃避迫害”不是加拿大人开始向缅因州移民的原因I|c*JTspQ,GjNZY。