Question

1988年至1990年，一个名为“人口危机委员会”的组织对世界上100个大城市进行了调查。请根据下面12个主要大城市的调查表回答问题。

	Population (million)	(%)of income spent on food	Persons per room	(%)of houses with water and electricity	Telephones per 100 people	(%)of children in high school
Tokyo	28.7	18	0.9	100	44	97
Mexico City	19.4	41	1.9	94	6	62
New York	17.4	16	0.5	99	56	95
Sao Paulo	17.2	50	0.8	100	16	67
Osaka	16.8	18	0.6	98	42	97
Seoul	15.8	34	2.0	100	22	90
Moscow	13.2	33	1.3	100	39	100
Bombay	12.9	57	4.2	85	5	49
Calcutta	12.8	60	3.0	57	2	49
Buenos Aires	12.4	40	1.3	86	14	51
Los Angeles	11.5	12	0.5	94	35	90
London	11.0	24	0.6	100	50	58

1.Of the following cities, people live in ______spend least of their income food.

A. Mexico City B. Buenos Aires C. Calcutta

2.Which city has the most people?

A. New York B. Moscow C. Tokyo

3.The number of the students studying in high schools in Tokyo out of 100 students is the same as that of___________.

A. Seoul B. Sao Paulo C. Osaka

4.In which city do all the houses have water and electricity?

A. London B. Los Angeles C. New York

5.According to the passage, which sentence is true?

A.It is the most difficult for people in Calcutta to make a phone call.

B.The people in London have the less room for each person than those in Osaka.

C.The cities above are all in Asia.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.C

4.A

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文给出了1988年至1990年，一个名为“人口危机委员会”的组织对世界上100个大城市进行了调查，其中的12个主要城市的情况。

1.细节理解题。根据表格“(%)of income spent on food income ”这一列，找出所对应的三个城市，分别为41，40和60；所以该选B。

2.表格“Population (million)”这一列，找出所对应的三个城市分别为17.4,13.2和28.7；可知该选C。

3.细节理解题。根据表格“(%)of children in high school”这一列，找出所对应的三个城市可以看出只有Osaka的比值和Tokyo的相同是97，所以该选C。

4.表格“(%)of houses with water and electricity”这一列，找出所对应的三个城市分别为100, 94和99，可知该选A。

5.表格“Telephones per 100 people”可知Calcutta的人均电话最少，只占2%，可推知在Calcutta打电话是最困难的，所以该选A。

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