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2019-2020年高三英语限时训练
(26)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项.AWhereisitpossibletodrivefromRometoMoscowMadridParisViennaandStockholmwithoutgoingtoEuropeTheanswerisinthestateofMaine!ThroughouttheUnitedStatestherearemanytownsandcitiesthathavebeennamedafternotonlyEuropeancitiesbutothercountriesaswellsuchasChinaPolandNorwaySwedenandDenmark.JusthowmanyNewWorldplacenamesarerecycledfromtheOldWorldnameshasneverbeentalliedbutoneresearcherfoundforty-oneLondonsfifty-sixBerlinstwenty-fourDublinsthirty-twoAthensesandtwenty-sevenMoscowsamongothers!ks**5uReasonsforEuropeanplacenamesdiffer.Somewereinmemoryofsettlers’formerhomesothersinhonorofhistoricevents.Foundedin1818byJohnCoffeeRobertBeatyJohnD.CarrollandJohnReadAthensisoneoftheoldestincorporatedcitiesintheStateofAlabama.ThetownwasfirstcalledAthensonandthenamewasthenshortenedtoAthensafterth...。