解放军文职招聘考试德克萨斯州

Laredo, Texas is one of the hottest cities in the US in summer. The best time to visit Laredo is in the winter, when it is pleasantly warm. 

Amarillo gets very cold in winter. There is sometimes more snow in Amarillo than in New York, which is a northern city. Summers are better, but sometimes it gets quite hot. The best time to visit Amarillo is in the autumn when it is cool. 

If anyone asks you about the weather in Texas, ask him: “What part of Texas do you mean?”

1. The passage mainly tells us _______. 

A. what the weather is like in the US. 

B. how big the biggest city in the US.

C. the weather in Texas is quite different

D. Texas is one of the biggest states in the US.

2. From this passage we may know _______. 

A. Texas is the biggest city in the US.

B. Alaska is the biggest city in the US. 

C. there are not less than 49 states in the US. 

D. Texas became a state of the US after Alaska

3. According to the passage, Texas probably lies in the _______ of the US.

A. east B. south C. west D. north

4. Which of the following is NOT true? 

A. Alaska is the biggest of all the states in the US. 

B. Texas is the forty-eighth state in the US. 

C. Alaska has been a state of the US only a little over 30 years. 

D. In winter, usually New York is colder than Amarillo. 

5. Which of the following diagrams(图表) gives the correct relationship between Texas, Laredo and Amarillo? 

(T=Texas; L=Laredo; A=Amarillo)

 

有图：见《高考英语模拟试题集注》P29页

 

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【答案与解析】本文主要讲美国最大的洲之一——德克萨斯州。

1. D。从文中内容可知了解各个城市的天气主要是为了说明德克萨斯洲的面积很大，则可排除A、B、C项，所以答案选D。

2. C。从文中第 1 句可知答案为 C。

3. B。根据 Laredo, Texas is one of the hottest cities in the US in summer和一般地理常识可推知它可能位于美国的南部，所以答案为B。

4. B。从第 1 句可知A、C项错误，根据There is sometimes more snow in Amarillo than in New York(有时比纽约下雪都多)可知D项错误，所以答案选B。

5. D。从文中可知Laredo和Amarillo 是Texas 的组成部分，故排除A、C项，又知夏天 Laredo是美国最热的城市之一，则可知其靠南边，所以答案选D。