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[单项选择]When the New York Times officially opened its new headqua～ers in Times Square in 1904, owner Alfred Ochs not only convinced the city to rename the intersection formerly known as Longacre Square, but he also threw a grand party to commemorate the milestone. The New Year’s Eve soiree started with an all -day street festival, transitioned to a fireworks display ending with cheers at midnight from the crowd of more than 200,000. Previous New Year’s Eve celebrations typically took place outside of Old Trinity Church in Manhattan’s financial district. But by contemporary standards these weren’t parties at all because there was no ball.
Before the year 1904,New Year’s Eve celebrations usually took place
A. in Longacre Square.
B. in Times Square.
C. outside Old Trinity Church.
D. on the streets of Manhattan’s financial district.
[单项选择]When was the man in New York
A. About two years ago.
B. About one year ago,
C. About three years ago.
[填空题]When will the New York Motor Show take place
______.
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New York: when the first jet struck World Trade Center at 8:48 a.m. on Tuesday, the people in 2 World Trade Center with a view of the instant damage across the divide had the clearest sense of what they, too, must do: get out fast.
Katherine Hachinski, who had been knocked off her chair by the blast of heat exploding from the neighboring tower, was one of those. Despite her 70 years of age, Ms Hachinski, an architect working on the 91st floor of 2 World Trade Center, the south tower, went for the stairs. Twelve floors above her, Judy Wein, an executive (经理), screamed and set off too.
But others up and down the 110 floors, many without clear views of the damage across the way and thus unclear about what was happening, were not so sure. And the 18 minutes before the next plane would hit were ticking off.
Amid the uncertainty about what was the best thing to do, formal announcements inside the sound tower instructed people to stay put, assuring them t
A. at 8:30
B. 18 minutes earlier than the north tower
C. at around 9:00
D. at 8:48
[单项选择]When they moved to New York, their children（）themselves to the new surrounding very well.
A. adapted
B. brought
C. received
D. adopted
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