Shanghai is the largest city in China．About eleven million people make their homes in Shanghai and its suburbs¹（郊区）．This enormous（巨大的)city spreads out along the banks of the Huang Pu River, which flows into the mouth of the Yangtze River about fourteen miles north of here．Large oceangoing ships travel to Shanghai by way of the Yanggze and the Huang Pu．

Shanghai was a small, unimportant² city until 1842 when China lost a war with Great Britain．The British realized that Shanghai was in an excellent location（位置） to serve as a seaport³ for the densely⁴（密集） populated Yangtze River Plain．They forced the Chinese to allow English traders to settle on the wastelands outside the city walls．Later, French, American, and Japanese traders also came to Shanghai．The foreigners built whole new sections of Shanghai, including homes, stores, factories, and office buildings．Thousands of Chinese poured into Shanghai in search of jobs．Most of them settled in the old part of the city．As time passed, shanghai became one of the busiest seaports⁵ in the world．

1．According to the article, the population inside the city of Shanghai is ______

A．eleven million B．less than eleven million

C．more than eleven million D．about eleven million

2．The Huang Pu River is connected with ______ at a spot about fourteen miles ______ of the city．

A．the Yangtze……north

B．the city…north

C．the mouth of Huang Pu River…north

D．Yangtze River…south

3．Before 1842, the Yangtze River Plain was ______．

A．very developed

B．densely populated

C．at a war with Great Britain

D．a small, unimportant city

4．The British first settled on the land because ______．

A．they wanted to build stores here

B．they thought the place was beautiful

C．they realized that it was a very good location for a seaport

D．they wanted to have a war here

5．A lot of Chinese came into Shanghai to ______．

A．visit the city

B．trade with foreigners

C．build one of the busiest seaports

D．look for jobs

Keys: 1-5 BABCD