Part II Reading Comprehension (20 points) Directions In this section,there are two passages followed by a total of ten multiple choice questions each with four suggested answers marked A,B,C,and D Choose the one that you think is the correct answer Mark your answers on your answer sheet Passage 1 Manhattan Island is the oldest and most important of the five boroughs that make up New York City It is 21 7 kilometers long and 3 8 kilometers wide at its widest point It contains New York's tallest buildings as well as some of the largest schools and colleges, and the most famous financial and theater districts in the United States It has skyscrapers and Central Park,the old and the new the best and the worst It is like no other big city It is unique To understand Manhattan,we must know something of its early history its early days of Dutch colonists and English settlers,the waves of nineteenth-century European immigrants who arrived at its shores,the African-Americans who moved north after the Civil War,recent immigrants from China and other parts of Asia,and young people who go to New York from all over America It is a mix of ethnic groups and cultures,successes and failures,hopes and fears The United States is a nation of immigrants and no other city displays this fact as well as New York City From Chinatown and Little Italy to Harlem,New York is a place where communitics take pride in retaining their ethnicity Most immigrants went to America with very little money They were the poor and unhappy in their own countries America gave them hope and a new beginning Millions of immigrants have prospered in America On July 4,1884,the people of France gave to the United States,as a symbol of friendship,a statue sculptured by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi This statue was placed on an island in New York Harbor It is 46 meters high and is the first sight immigrants see as they come into New York City by ship It is known as the Statue of Liberty On the statue is a poem written by Emma Lazarus This poem sums up the American tradition of accepting people from other countries It follows 1178Part n Readmg ComprehensIOn (20 pOInts) Directions In thls sectzon , there are two ρassages followed by a total of ten multlple cholce questwns each wzth four suggested amwers marked A , E , C, and D Choose the one that you thznk lS the correct amwer Mark your answers on your answer sheet Passage 1 Manhattan Island IS the olde,>t and mo,>t Important of th巳fIve borough弓that make up New York City It IS 21 7 kJ10meters long and 3 8 kIlometer写wIde at Its wlde»t pomt It cant气ms New York' s tallest butldmgs as well as some of the large,>t schools and colleges, and the most famous fmanclal and theater dl,>tncts m the Umted States It has skyscrapers and Central Park , the old and the ne\\ the best and the worst It IS ltke no other bIg cIty It To under,>tand Manhattan , we must know somethmg of ItS early hIstory ItS early days of Dutch colomsts and Engltsh settlers, the waves of nmeteenth-century European Immlgrdnt:, who arnved at ItS shore the Afncan-Amencans who moved north after the CIVtl War, recent Immigrants from Chma and other parts of ASIa , and young people who go to New York from all over Amenca It IS a mIx of ethmc groups and cultures, successes and fatlure hope写and fears The Umted States IS a natIOn of ImmIgrants and no other cIty dlsplay~ thl<; fact a'> well as New York CIty From Chmatown and LIttle Italy to Harlem , New York IS a place where communlt1Ls take pnde m retammg their ethmclty Most ImmIgrants went to Amenca wIth very ltttle money They were the poor and unhappy m theIr own countnes Amenca gave them hope and a new begmnmg MIIltons of ImmIgrants have prospered m Amenca On July 4 , 1884 , the people of France gave to the United States, as a symbol of fnendshJp , a ,> tat ue sculptured by Fredenc Auguste Bartholdl This 写tatue was placed on an Island m New York Harbor It IS 46 meters high and IS the fIrst sIght Immigrants see as they come mto New York CIty by ship It IS known as the Statue of Liberty On the statue IS a poem wntten by Emma Lazarus ThIs poem sums up the Amencan traditIOn of acceptmg pwple from other countnes It follows 1178