Question

9．Does your local town have a nickname？If so，what does it say about the area and the people who live there？Many cities are recognized across the world by  their unofficial names．New York is the Big Apple，London is the Big Smoke，and Los Angeles is famously called La La Land．
Now，as part of English Language Day on Wednesd ay，two British organizations，the English Project and Ordnance Survey，are launching （发起）  an interactive project which aims to identify the nicknames which people use in their daily lives for the places which they like or dislike．
"The name that people create for a place forms a connection with feelings，"explains Winchester University's Professor Bill Lucas，a patron （赞助者） of the English Project．
"So Basingstoke becomes Amazingstoke； Swindon is known as Swindump and Padstow，hometown of chef Rick Stein，is nicknamed Padstein．"
Basingstoke is a town in central England．The local nickname，Amazingstoke，shows the love that locals seem to have for the area．Swindon，on the other hand，is sometimes called Swindump，showing that some people think it's a dump（垃圾堆）．Stanford Le Hope in Essex is called Stanford No Hope by locals．
And Padstow in Cornwall is so closely connected with the local famous person Rick Stein that it's become known as Padstein．
Since launching the online survey last week，the creators have already received 3000 altemative titles for places and landmarls．
As well as creating what promises to be a fascinating resource of nicknames，there is a practical side to the project．"With the huge variety of place nicknames that exist，we could never hope to collect them all ourselves，"says Glen Hart，Ordnance Survey's head of research．"But the information from the project could prove vital．Organizations like the emergency services rely on our information when responding to 999calls，so by having the most complete set of nicknames we could help the emergency services quickly locate the
right place，and maybe even save lives．"

60．What is the passage mainly about？C
A．Some stories about nicknames for places．
B．Activities launched by two British organizations．
C．A survey of nicknames for places．
D．The attractiveness of place nicknames．
61． Unlike the town Basingstoke，Swindon is a place thatD
A．has a long history
B．attracts a lot of tourists
C．has few people living there
D．seems unpleasant to some people
62．According to the passage，people's response to the project isA
A．active
B．indifferent
C．opposed
D．strange
63． What does Glen Hart think of the project？C
A．It proves that most nicknames are interesting．
B．It may help increase the number of nicknames．
C．It is very helpful to emergency services．
D．It has helped prevent deaths from happening．

Answer 1

分析 这是一篇介绍城市绰号的说明文，文章介绍了两个组织发起了英国城市绰号的活动，并提到绰号的由来．

解答 60-63 CDAC
60：C  主旨题．通读全文可知，文章主要介绍了两个组织，即 English Project 和 Ordnance Survey 共同发起的一项关于地方绰号的调查．故正确答案为C．
61：D   细节题．由第五段第三句"Swindon，on the other hand，is sometimes called Swindump，showing that some people think it's a dump（垃圾）．"可知，有时候 Swindon 会被一些人叫作 Swindump，这表示有些人把 Swindon 视为一座垃圾堆．即有些人不喜欢 Swindon．故正确答案为D．
62：A    细节题．由倒数第二段"Since launching the online survey last week，the creators have already received 3，000 alternative titles for places and landmarks．"可知，调查刚刚推出一周后，组织者就已经收到了三千份回应．即人们对这项调查非常积极，A项"积极的"，符合人们的态度．B项"漠不关心的"，C项"反对的"，D项"陌生的"，均不符合人们的态度．故正确答案为A．
63：C   细节题．由最后一段中 Glen Hart 所说的话"Organizations like the emergency services rely on our information …help the emergency services quickly locate the right place，and maybe even save lives．"可知，Glen Hart 认为这项调查对 emergency services 非常有帮助．故正确答案为C．

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．