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Across the United States，there are several places where two independent towns grew together to become one city—but kept both their names.
WinstonSalem is one of them.It's a midsized city in what's called the plateau(high land)，between the Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina.The Winston part is a relatively new place，founded early this century.It's home to the nation's biggest open air tobacco market.
The giant R．J.Reynolds Tobacco Company's headquarters is in WinstonSalem，and Winston is the name of one of Reynolds' best known cigarette brands.Fastgrowing Winston soon surrounded the much older town of Salem，so in 1913，people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.
From a historical and tourist point of view，Salem，or Old Salem，as it's called today，is the interesting and unusual part of town.
Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians.They spoke German，and their community was religiously based，with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories.The Moravians greatly valued women's work and brainpower.In fact，one of the nation's oldest boarding schools for young women－the Moravians' Salem Academy founded in 1772－is still in operation.
Over the years，Salem lost its Moravian character.That all changed，though，when a nonprofit group began to rehabilitate the historic area.These days Old Salem is what's called a living history museum，with exhibits，music，and tours of 18thcentury houses，taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in WinstonSalem.
The historic community is booming again.Just as R．J.Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making cigarettes across town，Old Salem is generating about$15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.
1．From the passage we can know that________.
A．WinstonSalem is the name of a city
B．Salem is home to the tobacco market
C．the city WinstonSalem has two names
D．Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand
2．It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that________.
A．the two cities benefited each other
B．Salem developed faster than Winston
C．the combination meets the wishes of the people
D．R.J.Reynolds Company has moved into Salem
3.The underlined word “rehabilitate”in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to________.
A．reconstruct B．evaluate
C．enlarge D．decorate
4．What will probably be talked about in the following part?
A．Some other attractions in WinstonSalem.
B．How Winston makes profits from tourism.
C．Other examples of cities combined by two parts.
D．Something about the boarding school for women.
【答案与解析】
1．A 推理判断题。文章第一段说两个原本独立的美国城镇会逐渐合二为一，第二段就引出了WinstonSalem，由此可知这是一个城市的名字。故选A。
2．C 推理判断题。由第三段的people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.可知人们投票同意将两个地方合并，所以说“满足了人们的愿望”。故选C。
3．A 词义猜测题。由该词前面的句意可知，rehabilitate表示“重建，再建”。
4．C 推理判断题。文章主要讲述“美国城镇合二为一”，又举了WinstonSalem的例子，所以接下来最有可能谈论的将是“其他合二为一的例子”。故选C。
