Question

　　Puerto Rico（波多黎各）may be part of the USA but its music and dance is a mixture of both Spanish and American rhythms. The country, as a result, is a mixture of very new and very old. It exhibits the open American way of life yet remains the more formal Spanish influences. This is reflected in the architecture, not just the difference between the old and the modern in urban areas but also in the countryside, where older buildings sit side by side with schools and houses. It is found in the cooking, too many fast food restaurants together with local cooking which has its roots in the mixture of culture of all the Caribbean and in the music, where rock music is played in beach resorts（圣地）but in the hilly center, Puerto Rican music can be heard. Old volcanic mountains, long motionless, take up a large part of the center, with the highest peak, Cerro de Punta, at 1338m in the Cordillera Central. The mountains are surrounded by a coastal plain with the Atlantic shore beaches cooled all the year round by trade winds（信风）.

　　The population is 3.8 million, of which about 1.5 million live in San Juan, although about another two million Puerto Ricans live in the USA. Average life is 73.8 years and GDP per person is$ 12212,the highest in Latin America, although not up to the level of mainland USA. The people are largely a mixture of Amerindian, Taino-Arawak, Spanish and African. Most Puerto Ricans do not speak English and less than 30％speak it fluently（流利地）.Second generation Puerto Ricans who were born in New York, but who have returned to the island, are called Nuyoricans（新波多黎各人）.The people are very friendly and hospitable but there is crime, linked to drugs and unemployment.

(1) It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

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A．Puerto Rico belongs to the USA

B．Puerto Rico is part of Spanish

C．Puerto Rico is an independent country

D．Puerto Rico has the highest peak in Latin America

(2) The underlined word“It”in the first paragraph refers to ________.

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A．the country

B．a result

C．a mixture of very new and very old

D．Puerto Rico

(3) What's the character of the culture of Puerto Rico?

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A．Either new or old.

B．A mixture of different peoples.

C．Too many fast food restaurants.

D．Either Spanish or American.

(4) What are the disadvantages of Puerto Rico?

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A．Too many Puerto Ricans live in the USA.

B．Few people in Puerto Rico can speak English.

C．Puerto Rico's GDP is lower than that of the USA.

D．Social problems connected with drugs and lack of jobs.

(5) According to the passage, old volcanic mountains lies ________.

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A．in the center of the country

B．by a coastal plain

C．near the Cordillera Central

D．in the north of the country

Answer 1

答案：A;C;B;D;A
解析：

(1) A；细节理解题。波多黎各是南美洲的岛屿，属于美国。由首句“Puerto Rico may be part of the USA…”得出。 (2) C；此题考查代词指代，应向前找，再向后看看it代表的内容，此处是指既古老又现代的混合体。 (3) B；波多黎各文化的特点是西班牙、美国等不同民族的混合。由第一段得出。 (4) D；文中作者提到的不利因素是与毒品和失业相关的犯罪。把犯罪概括为社会问题。 (5) A；细节理解题。考查地理位置。这些古火山坐落在中心地带。由第一段“old volcanic mountains, long motionless, take up a large part of the center…”得出。