Question

  John J. FitzGerald,born in 1893,was a horse-racing (赛马) writer for a newspaper in New York in the 1920s and was the first to popularize the name “the Big Apple”. One day,FitzGerald heard two stablehands (养马人) use the name “the Big Apple” when talking about the New York City racecourses (赛马场) .FitzGerald loved the name so much that he named his racing column (赛马专栏) “Around the Big Apple”.

   Later many jazz musicians began calling the city “the Big Apple” to mean that New York was the jazz capital of the world. Soon the name became synonymous with the New York City.

   In the early 1970s,the city had many problems. The number of visitors was falling. So the government of the New York City decided to call the city “the Big Apple”, inviting visitors to “take a bite out of the apple”.

() 1. What did the name “the Big Apple” first mean?

   A. A racing column. B. The New York City racecourses.

   C. A newspaper in New York. D. The New York City.

() 2. Who first made the name “the Big Apple” popular?

   A. Two stablehands. B. John FitzGerald.

   C. Jazz musicians. D. The government of the New York City.

() 3. What's the meaning of the word “synonymous” in the second paragraph?

   A. 流行的   B. 熟悉的   C. 同义的   D. 反义的

() 4. The government called the city “the Big Apple” in order to .

   A. tell people the history of New York   B. get more visitors to watch horse races

   C. make the jazz musicians more popular   D. invite more tourists to visit New York

() 5. What's the article mainly about?

   A. Why New York is called “the Big Apple”.   B. How to visit New York.

   C. What to see and do in New York. D. How New York became popular.

Answer 1

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