Question

   Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement from their native countries. “Toronto is truly multicultural(多元文化的)，”he said in a newspaper interview. “It’s a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city.”

   Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the University of Toronto. He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. “Most of Toronto’s immigrants are from lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life,” he said.

   Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city’s Executive Committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed out Toronto’s rich variety of national groups, “whose customs include market shopping.”

   Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto’s immigrant businessmen would support and open-air market. They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly. “A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it,” Salvatori said . “At first it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as a tourist attraction.”

61. What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for Toronto?

A. To provide different forms of amusement   C. To inspire its immigrant community

B. To keep the cultural variety of the city      D. To satisfy its immigrant merchants

62. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government____

A. to make an experiment   B. to start a marketplace 

C. to perform a research    D. to operate a business

63. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ________

A. market management   B. community service   C. travel industry  D. city planning

64. It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports _______

A. the protection of different cultures   B. the plan of an open-air market

C. the request of merchants           D. the attitude of shoppers

Answer 1

61 B

解析：本题考查细节。根据第一段最后一句话。“It’s a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city.”。可知目的是保持城市的文化多元性，故选B。此题如不注意易误选C或D.

62 C

解析：本题考查细节。根据最后一段的第一句话的do a study to find out……可找出同义词research.故答案为C。

63 C

解析：本题考查细节。根据最后一段的最后一句话。as well as a tourist attraction.可知答案为C。

64 A

解析：本题考查内容推断。根据最后一段的第一句，Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto’s immigrant businessmen would support and open-air market. 可知政府是保护来自不同地方的文化的。可知答案为A。而根据A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it 可知B项the plan of an open-air market是受到90 percent of shoppers的支持而不是政府。