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 an 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．” (1) What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for Toronto? [　　] A． To provide different forms of amusement． B． To keep the cultural variety of the city． C． To inspire its immigrant community． D． To satisfy its immigrant merchants． (2) 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 (3) According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ________． [　　] A． market management B． community service C． travel industry D． city planning (4) 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

答案：1．B;2．C;3．C;4．A;
解析：

(1)	细节题　从第一段的最后一句可知。即：它是－个来自于许多地方的人组成的一个城市，并且一个多元化的市场将会有助于多伦多人理解并喜欢这个团体。故选B。
(2)	细节题　从最后一段的第一句可知：这三个学生用政府提供的2000美元去做调研。目的是去看看是否移民商人会支持他们的想法。
(3)	细节题　最后－段的最后一句话的意思是：我们认为对于商人这将是好的商机，对于旅游业也一样。故选C。
(4)	推理判断　从最后一段的大意可知：就政府给予他们一定的资金表明政府是支持他们的，同时可推断出也是对不同文化传统的保护。

提示：

此文讲述的是Fidenzio想在多伦多城为那些来自于各移民团体的商人建立起一个户外的市场。其目的是使这一多元化的市场能够融合各国的文化团体，同时也能带动当地旅游业的发展。这一想法得到当地政府的支持与资助。