美國邊境展讓人深入了解西部

美國邊境展讓人深入了解西部自美國獨(dú)立后到19世紀(jì)末，對(duì)西部地區(qū)進(jìn)行了大規(guī)模的開發(fā)建設(shè)，這激發(fā)了美國人的創(chuàng)造力和經(jīng)濟(jì)活力，極大地促進(jìn)了美國整個(gè)國民經(jīng)濟(jì)的騰飛。在短短一百年左右的時(shí)間里，先后出現(xiàn)了3次巨大的移民高潮，不僅大大擴(kuò)展了耕地面積，而且由于地處宜耕的氣候帶，農(nóng)業(yè)迅速發(fā)展起來；西部的開拓帶動(dòng)了大規(guī)模鐵路的修建和大批移民的流入，使美國形成了廣大的國內(nèi)市場(chǎng)。最終，美國由一個(gè)地處一隅的小邦發(fā)展成一個(gè)舉世公認(rèn)的泱泱大國，工農(nóng)業(yè)生產(chǎn)總值超過英、法、德而躍居世界首位，這不能不說是世界經(jīng)濟(jì)史上的一個(gè)奇跡。

News Background新聞背景Hollywood has shaped our perception of the American West. Images of cowboys in saloons,American Indians in feather headdresses, and outlaws robbing trains at gunpoint come to mind.

But visitors to the “Faces of the Frontier” exhibition organized by the National Portrait Galleryhere in Washington can learn more about the real personalities who helped shape the West.

(Faces of the Frontier)Some faces and names are familiar, like Sitting Bull, the Dakota Indian chief whose warriorsdefeated and massacred George. Other faces and names are not as well remembered. CuratorFrank Goodyear included them among the portraits of 115 men and women he chose for theexhibit. Some of those people had a huge impact, like Joseph Glidden, whose invention of barbedwire transformed the open landscape of the West into cattle ranches.

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1 the National Portrait Gallery; the real personalities2. D 3. D Key(Western Voices)There are explorers like John Wesley Powell, the fi rst white man to navigatethe entire length of the Colorado River. Artists like Thomas Moran and AlbertBierstadt, who painted sweeping landscapes and photographer EadweardMuybridge, who used his camera to capture more authentic images of the West.

“Faces of the Frontier” shows the people behind those changes.

1. But visitors to the “Faces of the Frontier” exhibition organized byhere in Washington can learn more about whohelped shape the West.

2. Which statement about the “Faces of the Frontier” is right? ( )A. “Faces of the Frontier” exhibition is organized by the National PortraitGallery.

B. “Faces of the Frontier” exhibition is held in New York.

C. Visitors to the “Faces of the Frontier” exhibition can learn more about thereal personalities who helped shape the West.

D. All of the above are right.

3 Which one of the followings is mentioned in the article? ( )A. Some faces and names are familiar, like Sitting Bull, the Dakota Indian chiefwhose warriors defeated and massacred George.

B. Some of those people had a huge impact, like Joseph Glidden, whoseinvention of barbed wire transformed the open landscape of the West intocattle ranches.

C. There are explorers like John Wesley Powell, the fi rst white man to navigatethe entire length of the Colorado River.

D. All of the above are mentioned.

outlaw n.

逃犯，歹徒portrait n.

肖像，畫像warrior n.

戰(zhàn)士massacre v.

大屠殺transform v.

改變r(jià)anch n.

牧場(chǎng)navigate v.

橫渡authentic a.

真實(shí)的