Question

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.

1.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about San Jose?

A. The weather. B. The mountains.

C. The air. D. The traffic.

2.What makes Hong Kong the world’s best according to this passage?

A. The lively city and the wonderful dishes.

B. The large population and the traffic.

C. The expensive housing.

D. The beautiful temples.

3.What do the two cities have in common?

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.

4.From the passage, we can know that .

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

Answer 1

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析:这篇文章介绍了两个适宜人类居住的城市

1.D细节考察题，题目问在讲圣何塞这座城市的时候，没提到？通过阅读可知文章说到了它温度事宜，漂亮的山脉以及空气污染，唯独没有提到D交通方面。

2.2】A细节考察题，题目问是什么让香港成为世界最适合居住的城市？肯定是好的方面，可以排除BC，文章中只是提到在香港很多现代高楼挨着寺庙，并没说漂亮寺庙对香港的影响，可以排除D，香港成为世界最适合居住的城市是因为它本身是一座充满活力的城市，另外还有它很棒的家乡菜。

3.3】C细节考察题，A漂亮的山脉只在圣何塞提到过，BD人口过多，人口拥挤是香港提到的，只有C空气污染是都提到的。

4.4】B细节考察题，A只有香港和圣何塞适合人类居住，根据Here are two of the cities listed as “the world’s best.”可知文中只是列举了两个城市而已，他们并不是惟一的，B圣何塞的自然美景比香港多，文中介绍圣何塞的时候大量的描写了她的美景，香港则没有提到，因此可以猜测出圣何塞的自然美景比香港多，C两个城市的气候都很宜人，只是在圣何塞提到过，D圣何塞过去是个小渔村，很显然文章说香港过去才是小渔村，显然D不对。

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