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Across the United States, there are several places where two independent towns grew together to
become one city-but kept both their names.
WinstonSalem is one of them. It's a midsized city in what'scalled the plateau(high land), between the
Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina. TheWinston part is a relatively
new place, founded early last century. It's home to the nation's biggest openair tobacco market.
The giant R. J.Reynolds Tobacco Company's headquarters is in WinstonSalem, and Winston is the
name of one of Reynolds' bestknown cigarette brands. Fastgrowing Winston soon surrounded the much
older town of Salem, so in 1913, people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.
From a historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it's called today, is the interesting
and unusual part of town.
Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was
religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians
greatly valued women's work and brainpower. In fact, one of the nation's oldest boarding schools for
young women-the Moravians' Salem Academy founded in 1772-is still in operation.
Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character.That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group
began to rehabilitate the historic area.These days Old Salem is what's called a living history museum,
with exhibits, music, and tours of 18thcentury houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just
seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in WinstonSalem.
The historic community is booming again.Just as R. J.Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making
cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about DS| 15 million a year in tourism revenue and
donations.
1. From the passage we can know that________.
A. WinstonSalem is the name of a city
B. Salem is home to the tobacco market
C. the city WinstonSalem has two names
D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand
2. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ________.
A. the two cities benefited each other
B. Salem developed faster than Winston
C. R.J.Reynolds Company has moved into Salem
D. the combination meets the wishes of the people
3. The city Salem is special for its________.
A. boarding school
B. lifestyle and tradition
C. respect for brainpower
D. religious belief
4. The underlined word"rehabilitate"in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to "________".
A. reconstruct
B. evaluate
C. enlarge
D. decorate
5. What will probably be talked about in the following part?
A. Some other attractions in WinstonSalem.
B. How Winston makes profits from tourism.
C. Other examples of cities combined by two parts.
D. Something about the boarding school for women.
