Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as “the world’s best.”
 SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA | The city has comfortable weather all year round (15℃ to 26℃). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city’s older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés. Beautiful mountains are around the city. There are many natural sights . Lots of people go sightseeing every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center. |
 HONG KONG, CHINA | This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There’s also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population of nearly seven million! That’s why housing is often very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem. |
| A．The weather. | B．The mountains. | C．The air. | D．The traffic. |
| A．The lively city and the wonderful dishes. |
| B．The large population and the traffic. |
| C．The expensive housing. |
| D．The beautiful temples. |
| A．They both have beautiful mountains. |
| B．They both have a large population. |
| C．Air pollution is a problem in both. |
| D．They are both crowded. |
| A．San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world’s best |
| B．San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does |
| C．the weather inboth cities is fine |
| D．San Jose used to be small fishing village |
【小题1】D
【小题2】A
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
解析试题分析：本文介绍的了在两本杂志上被列为世界最好的两个城市San Jose 和Hong Kong的人文地理情况。
San Jose气候宜人，风景秀丽，房价不高，但是市中心有空气污染。Hong Kong因生气勃勃的城市和美食而出名。在这里大街上有川流不息的人群，高昂的房价，交通拥挤和空气污染。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据The city has comfortable weather all year round，Beautiful mountains are around the city. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.可知文中介绍了San Jose的天气，山和空气，没有介绍交通。故选D。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. 和Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes.可知Hong Kong因为生气勃勃的城市和美食而出名。故选A。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据But air pollution is a problem in the city center. 和Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.可知两个城共同的问题是空气污染问题。故选C。
【小题4】推理判断题。根据here are many natural sights .可知在San Jose有很多自然风景，而在Hong Kong Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇).有很多现代的高楼和一些寺庙。因此San Jose 比Hong Kong的自然风景要多。故选B。
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SUZHOU-Jinji Lake has become the latest Chinese landmark to enjoy global fame.
The lake was ranked one of the most popular Chinese scenic spots for its highest search rate during the Labor Day holiday, according to statistics revealed by China Central Television. During this year’s Labor Day holiday, Jinji Lake attracted 287,400 visitors.
Located in Suzhou Industrial Park, the lake is China’s largest urban lake and is home to a great number of cultural, entertainment, commercial and business facilities.
Jinji Lake has earned high praise around the world. In 2013, it received about 9.77 million tourists, increasing by 47.76% from the year before and ranking first among major attractions in Suzhou.
The lake area was designed by EDAW, a United States architectural firm that has worked with Disney theme parks, as well as eight other themed attractions in Suzhou, including Harmony Times Square, the Ferris Wheel Park, the musical fountain, Ligongdi, Linglong Bay, Lakeside Street, the water corridor with art and culture facilities , and Jinji Lake Bridge.
A tourism app for Jinji Lake, providing information about transportation, food, accommodation and other resources in the area is available to the public.
【小题1】According to the report, how many themed attractions are there in Suzhou?
| A．Only one | B．Eight |
| C．Ten | D．Nine |
| A．bout 9.77 million | B．About 4.67 million |
| C．About 6.61 million | D．About 287,400 |
| A．Jinji Lake won the highest search rate during this year’s May Day holiday. |
| B．It is the largest urban lake in China. |
| C．It has been home to cultural, entertainment, commercial and business facilities. |
| D．It was built by a United States architectural company. |
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Angela Zou hardly writes text messages now. Sitting at her office desk, Zou asks her iPhone, where they should go to eat. When it buzzes seconds later, she lifts it to her ear for her friend's reply. The conversation goes back and forth through these pieces of words before they decide on the place for lunch. 
Like millions of others across Asia, Zou is using WeChat, a smartphone app（应用程序）developed in China, to send voice messages, snapshots（快照）and emoticons（表情符号）to her friends. Now that its walkietalkie-style（对讲机式）messages have become everywhere, she said typing feels like hard work.
WeChat's popularity has grown quickly since it came into use in 2011. Tencent, the company that developed the app, announced in September that its users had doubled in six months to 200 million. Most users are in China, though WeChat is being used across Asia and already has users in the US and the UK.
Historically, it has proved difficult for Chinese internet firms to develop in foreign countries. But WeChat is becoming the first Chinese social media application with the possibility to go to the whole world.
WeChat is similar to the popular US-based mobile messaging service WhatsApp, but it does more. It comes in eight languages including English, Arabic and Russian.
"I used WhatsApp before I came back to China from studying abroad and found all my friends were using WeChat," said Zou, who is 25. "Now when I want to contact someone I use WeChat first." The app's features include Look Around, which allows users to chat to strangers nearby, while Moments works like Instagram（图片分享）.
【小题1】Why does Angela Zou hardly write text messages now?
【小题2】What is WeChat used to do?
【小题3】Which company of China developed WeChat?
【小题4】Where is WeChat used?
【小题5】What do you think of WeChat?
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And now in order to fight against this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 5 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. “We think this idea will get more people to take part in the fight against the locusts,” said Abdoulaye Ba, from Sud-Fm, a radio station in one of Senegal’s worst affected area.
This is West Africa’s biggest locust disaster in 15 years. Now it is moving east and it leads to the loss of crops. When they move, they have babies, so their number is getting bigger. and will soon threaten (威胁) Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it may reach Asia.
Experts say many people in the areas will go hungry because of this disaster. What’s worse, governments in the areas don’t have enough things to fight the locusts.
Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not enough. ‘We are now treating 6,000 hectares (公顷) per day with pesticide (杀虫剂), but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster,’ said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, leader of locust control(控制) in Mauritania.
【小题1】What does“dark cloud”mean in the first paragraph, the writer of the article ___________.
| A．wanted to show the size and speed(速度) of the coming locusts |
| B．wanted to show the great damage that locusts may cause |
| C．wanted that locusts could cover the continent like rain clouds |
| D．both A and B |
| A．may be even more serious in Asia |
| B．is (was) such a big problem that people can’t do anything to solve it. |
| C．affected only the warning areas |
| D．can not be stopped if people can’t get more pesticide. |
| A．15 | B．25 | C．30 | D．45 |
| A．Sud-Fm offered a reward(奖励) to those people would join in catching and killing locusts. |
| B．Senegal is to the northwest of Sudan. |
| C．People in West Africa often go hungry. |
| D．12 countries worked together but they didn’t have enough pesticide. |
| A．Countries in West Africa worked together to fight a natural disaster |
| B．the difficulty in controlling locusts |
| C．how locusts caused great damage (破坏) to West Africa |
| D．a fight against a disaster brought by locusts in West Africa |
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The 18-meter-tall Rubber Duck arrived in Beijing on Friday. It was placed on waters in the International Garden Expo Park, where the Yongding River passes through.
The Rubber Duck exhibition was designed by Dutch artist, Florentijn Hofman. It was part of the activities of Beijing Design Week, which ran from September 26 to October 3 in 2013.
The Rubber Duck stayed in the park until September 23, then moved to the Summer Palace, a famous Beijing tourist spot, where it was on display until October 26.
The duck is made of over 200 pieces of rubber. It was guarded not only by staff, but also by 10 volunteers wearing yellow T-shirts and hats with a rubber duck logo.
Sun Yidong, a volunteer who guided visitors to the duck, said the art brought energy to the traditional Chinese park.
“Seeing the giant Rubber Duck makes me feel like I’m a kid again.” Sun said.
Because of the rain on Friday, there were not too many people coming to see it. The Expo workers said they expected more people to come and visit the duck on weekends.
Zhao Yan said she had been following news about the duck since 2007, when the duck began its journey.
“I even considered going to Hong Kong to see it. It’s great that the duck is in Beijing,” Zhao said.
Before arriving in Beijing, the Rubber Duck traveled to 13 cities in nine countries. “The aim of the Rubber Duck is simply to bring everyone back to their childhood again,” said Zeng Hui, a leader of the Beijing Design Week Organizing Committee Office. “It can be a toy for adults.”
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【小题1】The Rubber Duck went to _______ after it left the International Garden Expo Park.
| A．the Olympic Park | B．the Summer Palace |
| C．Beihai Park | D．Zhong Shan Park |
| A．Thursday | B．Friday | C．Saturday | D．Sunday |
| A．They were not interested in it. |
| B．They didn’t have enough time to go there. |
| C．The weather was not good. |
| D．The tickets were expensive. |
| A．The Rubber Duck started its journey in 2007. |
| B．Before arriving in Beijing the Rubber Duck was shown in 13 cities. |
| C．The Rubber Duck is made of more than 200 pieces of rubber. |
| D．A German artist designed The Rubber Duck. |
| A．The Rubber Duck can remind people of their childhood. |
| B．Beijing Design Week finished on October 2. |
| C．Sun Yidong was a visitor. |
| D．Volunteers wore white T-shirts. |
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All visitors can have cool winter fun in Snow City, Singapore’s first indoor snow center. Visitors can see and touch snow falling. Of course, it’s more than just touching and feeling snow. You can enjoy exciting snow rides or skiing on snowboard. You can also build your own real snowman and have snowball fights filled with fun and learn about life in cold climates.
Snow City is about family-based fun and is suitable for all ages. Join us and step into Snow City today.
How to get there:
21Jurong Town Hall Road, Snow City Building, Singapore 609433
Tel: 63371511
Bus services: No. 66, No. 178, No.198
Price: Adults: $18; Children: $12
Opening Hours: Tuesday—Sunday: 10:30 am—6:30 pm
Notice:
No phone booking.
For updated information, please visit our website www.snowcity.com.sg.
【小题1】 Snow City is _________.
| A．just a small city in Singapore | B．a place where people can go surfing |
| C．Singapore’s first indoor snow center | D．a place where the weather is cold |
| A．seeing and touching snow falling | B．skiing on snowboard |
| C．having snowball fights | D．learning about how snow is made |
| A．go to Snow City on Monday | B．take a No. 66 bus to Snow City |
| C．book their tickets by phone | D．visit Snow City at 7:00 pm |
| A．$30 | B．$18 | C．$12 | D．24 |
| A．on the phone | B．by fax | C．online | D．in a newspaper |
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The number of the death from the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Ya’an in southwestern China's Sichuan Province has risen to 188, according to latest calculations by local Civil Affairs Bureau(as of 18:00 pm, April 22, ). At least 11,826 were reportedly injured in the quake while 25 are still missing.
Experts are anticipating(预期的)much less casualties(人员伤亡)in the quake than that from the 8.0 magnitude quake hit Wenchuan on May 12, 2008, also in Sichuan Province, which killed more than 80,000 and injured over 300,000.
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Rescue（营救）efforts were carried “timely and orderly”, said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang who flew to the quicken-stricken area on Sunday, the second day of the quake. He was quoted as saying that “the current priority is to save lives”.
【小题1】When did Ya’an earthquake happen?
| A．April 22,2008 | B．April 20,2013 | C．May 12,2008 | D．May.22 2013 |
| A．About188 | B．At least 11,826 | C．More than 80,000 | D．Over 300,000. |
| A．fell down suddenly | B．Rebuilt |
| C．burnt to the ground | D．turned into pieces |
| A．Wenchuan earthquake released 30 times energy of Ya’an earthquake. |
| B．Premier Li Keqiang who flew to the quicken-stricken area on April,21,2013. |
| C．Wenchuan earthquake killed around 80000 people. |
| D．Zhang Xiaonan expected the economic losses from the quake could reach up to 100 billion yuan. |
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| A．book | B．film | C．song | D．story |
| A．2 | B．4 | C．6 | D．8 |
| A．Mark Twain wrote Business at the Speed of Thought. |
| B．Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1995. |
| C．Thomas Edison made over 1,000 inventions. |
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【小题1】 of the books in the form were written by American writers.
A. Two B. Three C. Four
【小题2】The book that came out in 1957 was written by .
| A．Gary | B．Schmidt | C．Paulo Coelho | D．Theodore Geisel |
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