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1、 全国免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 托福阅读备考真题练习：Passage7 小马过河为大家准备了“托福阅读备考真题练习：Passage7”，供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 As Philadelphia grew from a small town into a city in the first half of the eighteenth century,it became an increasingly important marketing center for a vast and growing agricul
2、tural hinterland.Market days saw the crowded city even more crowded,as farmers from within a radius of 24 or more kilometers brought their sheep,cows,pigs,vegetables,cider,and other products for direct sale to the townspeople.The High Street Market was continuously enlarged throughout the period unt
3、il 1736,when it reached from Front Street to Third.By 1745 New Market was opened on Second Street between Pine and Cedar.The next year the Callowhill Market began operation.Along with market days,the institution of twice-yearly fairs persisted in Philadelphia even after similar trading days had been
4、 discontinued in other colonial cities.The fairs provided a means of bringing handmade goods from outlying places to would-be buyers in the city.Linens and stockings from Germantown,for example,were popular items.Auctions were another popular form of occasional trade.Because of the competition,retai
5、l merchants opposed these as well as the fairs.Although governmental attempts to eradicate fairs and auctions were less than successful,the ordinary course of economic development was on the merchants side,as increasing business specialization became the order of the day.Export merchants became diff
6、erentiated from their importing counterparts,and specialty shops began to appear in addition to general stores selling a variety of goods.One of the reasons Philadelphias merchants generally prospered was because the surrounding area was undergoing tremendous economic and demographic growth.They did
7、 their business,after all,in the capital city of the province.Not only did they cater to the governor and his circle,but citizens from all over the colony came to the capital for legislative sessions of the assembly and council and the meetings of the courts of justice.1.What does the passage mainly
8、 discuss?(A)Philadelphias agriculture importance (B)Philadelphias development as a marketing center (C)The sale of imported goods in Philadelphia (D)The administration of the city of Philadelphia 全国免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 2.It can be inferred from the passage that new markets opened in Philadelphia beca
9、use (A)they provided more modem facilities than older markets (B)the High Street Market was forced to close (C)existing markets were unable to serve the growing population (D)farmers wanted markets that were closer to the farms.3.The word hinterland in line 3 is closest in meaning to (A)tradition (B
10、)association (C)produce (D)region 4.The word it in line 6 refers to (A)the crowded city (B)a radius (C)the High Street Market (D)the period 5.The word persisted in line 9 is closest in meaning to (A)returned (B)started (C)declined (D)continued 6.According to the passage,fairs in Philadelphia were he
11、ld 全国免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 (A)on the same day as market says (B)as often as possible (C)a couple of times a year (D)whenever the government allowed it 7.It can be inferred that the author mentions Linens and stockings in line 12 to show that they were items that (A)retail merchants were not willing to
12、 sell (B)were not available in the stores in Philadelphia (C)were more popular in Germantown man in Philadelphia (D)could easily be transported 8.The word eradicate in line 15 is closest in meaning to (A)eliminate (B)exploit (C)organize (D)operate 9.What does the author mean by stating in lines 15-1
13、6 that economic development was on the merchants side?(A)Merchants had a strong impact on economic expansion.(B)Economic forces allowed merchants to prosper.(C)Merchants had to work together to achieve economic independence (D)Specialty shops near large markets were more likely to be economically successful.10.The word undergoing in line 21 is closest in meaning to 全国免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 (A)requesting (B)experiencing (C)repeating (D)including 正确答案：BCDCD CBABB 来源于：小马过河 小马过河资料下载频道，欢迎您来下载！