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By the year 2030, for the first time in history, 60 percent of the world’s people will be living in cities.
This is actually good news in some ways. “Cities are the fundamental building blocks of prosperity,” says Marc Weiss, chairman of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development, “ both for the nation and for families.” Industrial and commercial activities in urban areas account for between 50 and 80 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries of the world“ there’s the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city’s problems is to keep people out of them,”Weiss continued. “But the problems of the rural life are even more serious than those of the city.” For better or worse, urban-watchers are clear on one point: The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities. Those cities will be bigger than ever. And yet, population numbers by themselves don’t determine a city’s prospects; after all, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Hamburg, Germany, have the same population. Nor is explosive growth necessarily the determining factor. “City problems,” one authority points out, “mostly have to do with weak, ineffective, and usually unrepresentative city governments.”
小题1:The passage mainly discusses ______________.
A.Big cities. | B.City life. | C.Population. | D.Gross Domestic Product. |
A.there will be 21 cities having a population of more than 10 million. |
B.rural area will be extinct. |
C.most people will live in cities. |
D.the third world will keep abreast with the developed world. |
A.better city, better life |
B.both urban and rural areas have a larger population |
C.the larger population, the faster a city develops |
D.both urban and rural areas have larger gross domestic products |
A.The developing countries develop faster than the developed countries. |
B.Cities contribute more to the GDP than the villagers. |
C.Some problems are more easily solved in cities than in country. |
D.It’s impossible to solve urban problems by getting people out of cities. |
A.Public services are ineffective. |
B.Cities are increasing too fast. |
C.Population is not linked with development. |
D.Government should be responsible for the problems in the cities. |
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:A
小题5:D
解析
试题分析:这篇文章介绍了城市发展的过程和作用,对比了城市和农村,及发展中国家和发达国家的城市,还有城市出现的问题。
小题1:主旨题:从第一段的主题句:However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing ever more rapidly.可知是讨论城市生活。选A
小题2:推理题:从第二段的句子:可知60 percent of the world’s people will be living in cities.说明大多数的人会生活在城市里。选 C
小题3:推理题:从第三段的句子:The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities.可知作者认为城市更好生活更好。选A
小题4:排除题:第二段的句子:Industrial and commercial activities in urban areas account for between 50 and 80 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries of the world可知B是对的,这句话population numbers by themselves don’t determine a city’s prospects; after all, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Hamburg, Germany, have the same population.可知C是对的,这句话:there’s the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city’s problems is to keep people out of them,可知D是对的,选A。
小题5:推理题:从最后一句话:“City problems,” one authority points out, “mostly have to do with weak, ineffective, and usually unrepresentative city governments.”可知政府应该为城市问题负责。选D
点评:这篇文章以推理题的考查为主,解此类题需要结合上下文提供的语境和信息进行简单的概括和判断。也可以运用排除的方法去做。
核心考点
试题【However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing ever more rap】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
One Saturday afternoon, a six-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods __36__ she realized that she was lost.
Sitting on a rock and __37__ what to do, she began crying. After a while. she__38__ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. __39__ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and __40__ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out the door and back to the __41__. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a __42__.
The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy __43__ that his mistress was in danger. He jumped __44__ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields. But he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a __45__ scent (气味) as he lowered his head. He __46__ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking __47__ into the air, the dog __48__ through the woods until he found the __49__ . But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his __50__ , he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He __51__ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was __52__.When she opened her eyes and 53 her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you 54 me, Laddy,” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of 55 . That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak
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Inside the pleasingly fragrant cafe, So All May Eat(SAME) in downtown Denver ,t
he spirit of generosity is instantly noticeable: donation box stands in place of
a cash register customers here pay only what they can afford, no questions asked.
A risky business plan, perhaps, but SAME Café has done one unchangeable thing i
n the MileHigh City for six years: Open only at midday, the restaurant allows p
oor local customers who cannot pay to work as volunteers instead. They can act as
waitersandwaitresses,anddishwashers, or look after the buildings and equipment
for the cafe.It’s based on trust, and it’s working all right”, says co-owne
r Brad Birky, who started the caféin 2006. Previously volunteering at soup kitc
hens, the Birkys were dissatisfied with the often unhealthy meals they served t
here. “We wanted to offer quality food in a restaurant where every-one felt co
mfortable,regardless of their circumstances,” Birky says. SAME’s special lunc
h menu changs daily and most food materials are natural and grown by local farm
ers. The café now averages 65 to 70 customers (and eight volunteers) a day. And
the spirit of generosity behind the project appears to be spreading. In early
2007,one volunteer who hadcleared snow for his meals during the long winter sai
d goodbye to the Birkys.He said he was going to New Orleans to help with the hu
rricane clearing up,” says Birky.
小题1:What can we learn about the soup kitchens the Birkys previously worked for?
A.They refused to have volunteers. |
B.They offered low quality food. |
C.They provided customers with a good environment. |
D.They closed down because of poor management. |
A.The customers who cannot pay can work as volunteers instead. |
B.More volunteers will go to new Orleans for the hurricane cleanup. |
C.Many new cafes will be opened to offer free lunches in the town. |
D.The lunch menu has remained the same since the café was started. |
A.unfavorable | B.doubtful | C.cautious | D.approving |
With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about making choices. In this way you can make healthy balanced decisions. 72 You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.
Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. 73 But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself.
It is also perfectly natural at this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family 74 A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.
This period is a part of the life cycle. These are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey. There will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not even see all of your classmates again.
You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. 75 So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!
A.Choose your friends wisely. |
B.They will help shape the future. |
C.They may seem to happen quickly. |
D.You will probably want to be independent. |
F. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices.
G. Your family has been with you since you came into this world
It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend(超越) it. Once we truly know that life is difficult---once we truly understand and accept it---then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
小题1:From the passage, it can be inferred that ______.
A.everybody has problems |
B.we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life |
C.life is difficult because our problems bring us pain |
D.people like to complain about their problems |
A.save space | B.persuade readers |
C.get readers’ attention | D.make readers laugh |
A.teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem |
B.encourage them to learn |
C.help them learn to deal with pain |
D.teach them how to respect from problems |
A.most people feel life is easy |
B.most people complain about how hard their lives are |
C.the writer feels life is easy |
D.the writer likes to complain about his problems |
Last time I was there he introduced me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant(流动的)horse trainer. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be when he grew up.”
“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He put all his heart into the project and wrote about his dream in great detail. He even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of the buildings, stables and the track, and even a detailed floor plan for a 4000-square-foot house on it.”
“The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later ,he received a large red “F” on his paper with a note, ‘See me after class.’ The boy went to see the teacher and asked why. The teacher told him there was no way for a young boy like him to do that because owning a horse ranch required much money and resources, and then added ‘If you’ll rewrite his paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”
“The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what to do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it’s a very important decision for you.’”
“Finally, a week later, the boy turned in the same paper without any change and stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.’”
“I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
小题1: The teacher gave him an “F” for his written paper because the
teacher thought .
A.he didn’t do a good job in his studies |
B.he described an unrealistic goal in his paper |
C.he came from an itinerant horse trainer’s family |
D.he wrote his paper without the help of his father |
A.Because he made up his mind to stick to his dream. |
B.Because his father stopped him from rewriting it. |
C.Because he was angry about his teacher’s words. |
D.Because he had put too much of his heart into it. |
A.Monty himself | B.the author himself |
C.Monty’s friend | D.an unknown person |
that .
A.the boy was very interested in having a horse ranch of his own |
B.the boy might have got a higher grade if he’d rewritten his paper |
C.the boy succeeded in turning his dream into reality in the end |
D.the boy wouldn’t have reached his goal without his father’s support |
A.tell people how to describe their goals |
B.warn people against dream stealers |
C.encourage people to stick to their dreams |
D.teach people how to write their papers |
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