__51__It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River.__52__The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west，and materials could pour into the east.The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nation’s largest city.
The building of the canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York.__53__Between 1825，when the canal was opened，and 1882，when toll charges (过运河费) were stopped，the state collected $121,461,891.
For a hundred years before the Erie was built，people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean.The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton.Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clinton’s Ditch(沟)”．__54__ 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 in 1817，and shortly afterwards，on July 4,1817，broke ground for the canal in Rome，N.Y.The first part of the canal was completed in 1820.__55__The length of the canal is 363 miles.
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A．As the canal grew，towns along its course developed fast. |
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B．It cost $ 7,143,789，but it soon gained its price many times over. |
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C．The Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. |
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D．More workers were needed to build the canal. |
E．Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up plans for it.
F．To dig the canal benefited Americans.
G．It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
When you are _______ about which button to press on the complicated machine, you can either read the user’s guide for guidance or fax us for specific instruction. Don’t ______ the trial-and-error method.
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A．insure; do |
B．ensure; make |
C．uncertain; try |
D．unsure; touch |
They are representatives of farm workers and the frustrating conditions they are in are______ the true state of the majority of them.
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A．symbolic |
B．representative of |
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C．curious about |
D．ambitious about |
No sooner had I began to sing the English song than it was_______ by a 13-year-old girl. She sang the song so beautifully that I couldn’t help asking her when she had ______ the study of English.
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A．brought up; taken up |
B．picked up; picked up |
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C．taken up; taken up |
D．come up; set up |
Reviewing the video monitor afterwards, they noticed two armed men with their faces covered by masks step out of a carriage and ______the bank through the backdoor.
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A．slide into |
B．enter into |
C．stole into |
D．went into |
New ways have to be found to _______of waste materials and poisonous gases so that we can have cleaner surroundings
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A．deal |
B．do |
C．remove |
D．dispose |
