Part 3(Para. 10) C．A brief introduction to California.

　　答案：Part 1～3 CAB

　　2．Read the text quickly and fill in the blank.

　　The text is about the brief history of California, which focuses on the settlement of the state.

　　Ⅱ.Careful­reading

　　Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.

　　1．How did the first settlers arrive in California according to the passage?

　　A．It's believed that they crossed the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America by means of a land bridge.

　　B．It's believed that they arrived with the help of the Europeans.

　　C．lt's believed that they arrived there by means of a ship.

　　D．No one really knows how the first settlers arrived in California.

　　2．Indians and Pakistanis are attracted to California mostly by .

　　A．the well­developed fishing industry

　　B．the promising computer industry

　　C．the rich natural resources

　　D．the famous film industry

　　3．What's the text mainly about?

　　A．The history of California.

　　B．The culture of California.

　　C．The weather of California.

　　D．The history of the USA.

　　4．Which is the right order of the immigrants reaching California between the 18th and the 20th century?

　　a．the Spanish　　b．the Danish　　c．the Italian

　　d．the Russian　　e．the Chinese

　　A．a－d－e－c－b　　　 B．e－d－b－c－a

　　C．a－b－c－d－e D．d－e－a－c－b

　　答案：1～4　ABAA

　　Ⅲ.Study­reading

　　Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.

　　Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text.

　　1．Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California, no one really knows.

　　[句式分析]

　　[尝试翻译]　最早的一批人是在什么时候来到我们现在所知道的加利福尼亚州地区的，谁也说不清楚。

　　2．Although Chinese immigrants began to arrive during the Gold Rush Period, it was the building of the rail network

　　 from the west to the east coast that brought even larger numbers to California in the 1860s.

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