問題詳情
Questions 1-10As Philadelphia grew from a small town into a city in the first half of the eighteenthcentury, it became an increasingly important marketing center for a vast and growingagricultural hinterland. Market days saw the crowded city even more crowded, asline fanners from within a radius of 24 or more kilometers brought their sheep, cows, pigs,(5) vegetables, cider, and other products for direct sale to the townspeople. The High StreetMarket was continuously enlarged throughout the period until 1736, when it reachedfrom Front Street to Third. By 1745 New Market was opened on Second Streetbetween Pine and Cedar. The next year the Callowhill Market began operation.Along with market days, the institution of twice-yearly fairs persisted in(10) Philadelphia even after similar trading days had been discontinued in other colonialcities. The fairs provided a means of bringing handmade goods from outlying places towould-be buyers in the city. Linens and stockings from Germantown, for example,were popular items.Auctions were another popular form of occasional trade. Because of the(15) competition, retail merchants opposed these as well as the fairs. Althoughgovernmental attempts to eradicate fairs and auctions were less than successful, theordinary course of economic development was on the merchants' side, as increasingbusiness specialization became the order of the day. Export merchants becamedifferentiated from their importing counterparts, and specialty shops began to appear in(20) addition to general stores selling a variety of goods.One of the reasons Philadelphia's merchants generally prospered was because thesurrounding area was undergoing tremendous economic and demographic growth.They did their business, after all, in the capital city of the province. Not only did theycater to the governor and his circle, but citizens from all over the colony came to the(25) capital for legislative sessions of the assembly and council and the meetings of thecourts of justice.
【題組】1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) Philadelphia's agriculture importance
(B) Philadelphia's development as a marketingcenter
(C) The sale of imported goods in Philadelphia
(D) The administration of the city ofPhiladelphia
參考答案
答案：B
難度：非常困難0
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)