Question

Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two of the cities listed as “the world’s best.”

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

The city has comfortable weather all year round (15℃ to 26℃). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city’s older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés. Beautiful mountains are around the city. There are many natural sights . Lots of people go sightseeing every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.

HONG KONG, CHINA

This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (廟宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There’s also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population of nearly seven million! That’s why housing is often very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about San Jose?

A. The weather.                 B. The mountains.     C. The air.      D. The traffic.

2.What makes Hong Kong the world’s best according to this passage?

A. The lively city and the wonderful dishes.      

B. The large population and the traffic.

C. The expensive housing.                       

D. The beautiful temples.

3.What do the two cities have in common?

A. They both have beautiful mountains.   

B. They both have a large population.

C. Air pollution is a problem in both.          

D. They are both crowded.

4.From the passage, we can know that       .

A. San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world’s best

B. San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does

C. the weather inboth cities is fine

D. San Jose used to be small fishing village 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹的了在兩本雜志上被列為世界最好的兩個城市San Jose 和Hong Kong的人文地理情況。

San Jose氣候宜人，風景秀麗，房價不高，但是市中心有空氣污染。Hong Kong因生氣勃勃的城市和美食而出名。在這里大街上有川流不息的人群，高昂的房價，交通擁擠和空氣污染。

1.細節理解題。根據The city has comfortable weather all year round，Beautiful mountains are around the city. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.可知文中介紹了San Jose的天氣，山和空氣，沒有介紹交通。故選D。

2.細節理解題。根據This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. 和Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes.可知Hong Kong因為生氣勃勃的城市和美食而出名。故選A。

3.細節理解題。根據But air pollution is a problem in the city center. 和Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.可知兩個城共同的問題是空氣污染問題。故選C。

4.推理判斷題。根據here are many natural sights .可知在San Jose有很多自然風景，而在Hong Kong Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (廟宇).有很多現代的高樓和一些寺廟。因此San Jose 比Hong Kong的自然風景要多。故選B。

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