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FOUR STATES OF THE USA

Name	Alaska	Georgia	Hawaii	Massachusetts
Time to join the USA	Jan. 3rd,1959	Jan. 2nd,1788	Aug.21st,1959	In 1799
Area	1 518 800 km2	152 488 km2	16 705 km2	21 385 km2
Population	6 700 thousand	969 million	1 211 thousand	6 449 thousand
Time zone (地區)	9 hours behind Greenwich Time	5 hours behind Greenwich Time	10 hours behind Greenwich Time	10 hours behind Greenwich Time
Feature	Plenty of oil Over 3000thousand lakes	Peanuts Chickens and eggs	132 islands The American Pacific Naval Base (太平洋海軍基地)	Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 
根據表格信息選擇最佳答案。
小題1:Of the four states, Massachusetts is the     largest in area in the USA.
A. first                   B. second                  C. third
小題2:The time when Hawaii joined the USA is       that of Alaska.
A. earlier than             B. the same as             C. later than
小題3:If it is 3:00 p.m. in Georgia, it is       in Massachusetts.
A. 10:00 a.m.               B. 2:00 p.m.                   C. 8:00 p.m.
小題4:From the information in the form we know that       .
A. the population of Alaska is larger than that of Georgia
B. Hawaii and Massachusetts are in the same time zone
C. Georgia has a very important naval base
小題5:Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the information in the form?
A. When you come to Georgia, you’ll see many islands.
B. There are more than 3 thousand lakes in Alaska.
C. Massachusetts is famous for education in the world.

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：本題重點介紹了美國四個州在加入美國的時間，面積，人口，時差和本州特色方面的差異。
小題1:根據Area  1 518 800 km2   152 488 km2 16 705 km2  21 385 km2描述，可知馬薩諸塞州在面積上是美國第三大州，故選C。
小題2:根據Time to join the USA  Jan. 3rd,1959   Jan. 2nd,1788   Aug.21st,1959   In 1799可知夏威夷加入美國的時間比阿拉斯加晚，故選C。
小題3:根據Time zone(地區)   9 hours behind Greenwich Time   5 hours behind Greenwich Time   10 hours behind Greenwich Time   10 hours behind
Greenwich Time計算可知，喬治亞州比馬薩諸塞州時晚五個小時，故選A。
小題4:根據Time zone(地區)……10 hours behind Greenwich  Time    10 hours behind Greenwich Time描述，可知選B。
小題5:根據表格最后一行可知，夏威夷有許多島嶼喬治亞州的特點是花生，雞肉和雞蛋。故選項A描述錯誤。
點評：本篇短文的主要信息通過一個表格表達了出來，故閱讀中一定要讀懂表格信息，分析這些數據表達的含義，對于有關數字的問題,要認真分析,并進行必要的計算.