The United States covers a large part of the North 1 continent (洲 ), when this land first became a nation. After 2 its freedom (自 由 ) from England, it has 13 states. Each of the states had a star on the American flag (旗 子 ). As the nation 3 , new states were formed and there 4 new stars on the flag. 5 a long time, there were forty-eight states. In 1959 two 6 stars were added (加 ) to the flag, standing for (代 表 ) the new states of Alaska and Hawaii. 7 were the first people of the land and great number of people came from England. It is 8 that reason that the language of the U.S. is English and 9 its culture and customs (文 化 习 惯 ) are more 10 those of England than any other country in the world. 1、A．America B．America's C．American D．Americans 2、A．win B．won C．winning D．have won 3、A．grew B．grows C．growing D．have grown 4、A．are B．were C．have been D．had been 5、A．In B．From C．For D．Through 6、A．another B．many C．other D．more 7、A．India B．Indian C．Indias D．Indians 8、A．on B．for C．because D．because of 9、A．that B．why C．many D．all 10、A．as B．like C．same D．as if 阅读理解 （一） Today Newtown is a clean place， but many years ago there were millions of rats there. The rats even attacked（攻击） the cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them tried to bite men or women at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed（伤害） many people. The city office ordered everyone to kill rats. However， most people were lazy， so they did not kill many rats. The city office could do nothing with the citizens and could do nothing with the rats， either. Sometime later they had to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people ver...
