Question

The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York State（州）from Buffalo on Lake Eric to Albany on the Hudson River. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.

Over the canal industrial goods（工業(yè)產(chǎn)品）could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation's larges city.

The building of the canal was paid for completely by the state of New York. It cost $7,143,789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges（過運(yùn)河費(fèi)）were stopped, the state collected $121,461,891.

For a hundred years before the Erie Canal was built, people had been talking about a canal to join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. At that time some people laughingly called it "Clinton's Ditch（溝）". Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful.

Clinton became governor of New York State in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4,1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome of New York State. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. As the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles.

1.According to the map and Paragraph 1 we can know that ______ into the Atlantic Ocean.

A.the Great Lakes flow B.the Hudson River flows

C.Lake Erie flows D.the Eric Canal flows

2.We can see that the Erie Canal ______.

A.joined the Great Lakes together B.crossed New York State from north to south

C.played an important part in developing New York City D.was the first waterway built in the US

3.______ paid for the building of the Erie Canal.

A.The government of US B.Ships through the canal

C.People living along the canal D.The state of New York

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

A.It's 363 miles from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

B.Many other states helped New York build the canal

C.All parts of the canal were completed at the same time.

D.Clinton started building the canal after he became governor.

5.The Erie Canal ______.

A.was open for 57 years

B.is also called "Clinton's Ditch"

C.was first built on July 4th, 1817

D.cost so much that it was stopped in 1882

Answer 1