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阅读短文及文后A~E选项，选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。
Do
you have a nickname (昵称)? Most of us do by
our looks, clothing, or personality. Many big cities have nicknames,
such as New York—The Big Apple, London—The Great Smog, and Rome The Eternal (永恒的) City.
In
the 1920s, there were many races in New York. People called the prizes of these
races apples. Writer John J. Fitz Gerald first called New York the Big Apple,
because New York is the place that many people dreamed of getting for the
biggest prize of all.
Romans believed that no matter what happened to the world,
Rome would go on forever. Rome has becn an important center of power for more
than 2,000 years.
Later in 1952, serious air pollution made a lot of people fall
ill. But now the air of London has become better.
Does your city have a nickname?
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A. Why do cities have such
nicknames?
B. But for cities, the
meaning of their nicknames has much more than that.
C. Does that sound
interesting?
D. For Rome, as the name
suggests, the answer is simple.
E. As for London, in the
Victorian period, it had problems with its air.
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