阅读理解 阅读下列短文.从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项. 1812--During the War of 1812, British forces burn

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

1812--During the War of 1812, British forces burned the new capital at Washington, D. C.. They also attacked Baltimore and New Orleans and captured (占领) Detroit, which at the time was a remote military outpost.

1846--A brief invasion (入侵) by Mexican troops across the Rio Gande began the US-Mexican War in 1846. But the remaining action in that conflict (冲突) occurred in California, New Mexico in Mexico. California and New Mexico belonged to Mexico at the time.

1916--Mexican revolutionaries led by Pancho Villa attacked the town of Columbus, N. M., on March 9, 1916.

1941--Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, killing nearly 2,400 people and forcing America into World War Ⅱ.

1993--Terrorists(恐怖主义者) blew up a truck bomb in the basement of the World Trade Center in February 1993, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000.

2001--Terrorists hijacked (劫持) several planes on Sept. 11, 2001. Two ploughed into New York's World Trade Center (WTC), toppling the two highest buildings in the city; a third seriously damaged the Pentagon (五角大楼). The fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania. Several thousand people were killed in the attacks.

1．During the September 11th terrorist attacks, _____.

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A．terrorists hijacked three planes

B．a plane destroyed the Pentagon completely

C．terrorists killed six people and injured more than 1,000

D．two planes knocked into New York's World Trade Center

2．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．California and New Mexico didn't belong to the USA in 1846.

B．Washington, D.C. had been the capital of the USA until 1812.

C．Japan's attacking Pearl Harbor led to World War Ⅱ.

D．A truck bomb destroyed the World Trade Center in 1993.

3．The underlined word“toppling”in the last paragraph means“_____”.

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A．reaching the highest point of

B．causing to fall

C．knocking into

D．building

试题答案

答案：D;A;B