"The United States is a very large country. It has many different kinds of landscapes and many different kinds of people. In the East, the countryside is green and fresh. Here are some of the first states and some of the big cities. New York and the capital, Washington D.C., are in the East. In the South, there is the beautiful city of New Orleans, the capital of jazz. It is sometimes hot here, and the people here are very different from those in the East. The Central Plains of the United States are fertile with big fields of wheat and corn. And California, on the West Coast, is famous as a “paradise” state. The weather in the Mid-West, near the Great Lakes, is often cold and windy, and there is a lot of snow in winter" 1， Some of the first states and some of the big cities are in the East, including ______. A ,Washington D.C B, New Orleans C, California D, Los Angeles 2,New Orleans is famous for its _____. A, ballet B, country music C, jazz D, classic 3, Big fields of wheat and corn can be found in ______. A, the East B, the Central Plains C, the South-West D, the South 4,The weather near the Great Lakes is often ____ . A, warm B, chill C, cold and windy D, hot and dry 5,It’s well-known that the United States has many different kinds of ______. A, landscapes B, people C, climates D, all of the above

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