阅读理解SYDNEY—Australia'shighestmountainwhosenameisalreadyatroubleforschoolchildrentospellcouldsoonberenamedtocorrectacarelesshistoricalmistake.The2228metrespeak(山峰)wasnamedafte

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　　SYDNEY—Australia's highest mountain whose name is already a trouble for school children to spell could soon be renamed to correct a careless historical mistake.

　　The 2 228 metres peak(山峰) was named after the 18th century Polish national hero Kosciusko. But Australia's early surveyors made a mistake in the spelling and what should have been Mount Kosciusko went down on maps and in textbooks as Mount Kosciusko.

　　Now urged by Polish officials the new south Wales Geographical Names Board has been asked to decide whether the peak should have it's missing Z returned.

　　The mountain was named by 19th century Polish explorer Paul who decided to honour his national hero Kosciuszko.

　　Apart from giving map-makers a headache the name change doesn't seem to trouble New South Wales officials.

　　Agnieszka Poland's ambassador to Australia said Kosciuszko was an international hero with a New York bridge named after him although there is a town in the Mississipi Valley called Kosciusko without the Z.

　　But she admitted that extra Z or not Australians couldn't pronounce the name properly “I'm afraid they will never be able to” she said.

1．The first paragraph tells us that the name change ________.

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A．has been decided

B．has been decided by school children

C．hasn't been decided yet

D．has been decided by Kosciuszko

2．The first visitor to Australia's highest mountain was ________.

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A．Kosciuszko

B．Paul

C．an Australian

D．a Polish explorer

3．In the United States ________.

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A．we can find the same mistake

B．we can find a bridge called Kosciuszko with“Z”

C．we can find the same mountain

D．we can find many places named Kosciuszko

4．From the last part of this passage we can guess ________.

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A．Australians spell words clearly

B．Australians won't change the name

C．Australians can't spell words clearly

D．Australians never pronounce strange foreign names correctly

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答案：C;B;A;D解析： 　　1．C　　导从第一段…could soon be renamed to correct…可知。 　　2．B　　导从文中第四段中The mountain was named by the 19th century Polish explorer Paul…可知。 　　3...