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A. The introduction of Paris
B. The culture of Paris
C. The population growth in Paris
D. The production of Paris
E. The education in Paris
F. The industries in Paris
小题1:Paris, the capital and the largest city of the country, is in north central France. The Paris metropolitan area contains nearly 20% of the nation’s population and is the economic, cultural, and political center of France. The French governments have historically favored the city as the site for all decision-making, thus powerfully attracting nearly all of the nation’s activities.
小题2:Paris has grown steadily since it was chosen as the national capital in the late 10th century. With the introduction of the Industrial Revolution, a great number of people moved to the city from the country during the 19th century. The migration was especially stimulated by the construction of railroads, which provided easy access to the capital. After World WarⅡ, more and more immigrants arrived.
小题3:The city is the centralized control point of most national radio and television broadcasting. It is a place of publication of the most important newspapers and magazines and an international book publishing center. With more than 100 museums, Paris has truly one of the greatest concentrations of art treasures in the world. The Louvre, opened as a museum in 1793, is one of the largest museums in the world.
小题4:In the late 1980s about 4. 1 million pupils annually attended about 47, 000 elementary schools. In addition, about 5. 4 million students attended some 11, 200 secondary schools. Approximately 1. 2 million students were enrolled annually at universities and colleges in France in the late 1980s. French centers of learning have served as academic models throughout the world.
小题5:Paris is the leading industrial center of France, with about one quarter of the nation’s manufacturing concentrated in the metropolitan area. Industries of consumers’ goods have always been drawn to Paris by the enormous market of the big population, and modern, high technology industries also have become numerous since World WarⅡ. Chief manufactures are machinery, automobiles, chemicals and electrical equipment.
答案

小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:E
小题5:F
解析

小题1:选A。本段介绍了巴黎的地理位置、是法国的政治、文化以及经济中心。总体对巴黎进行了介绍, 故选A项。
小题2:选C。本段介绍了由于工业革命许多人移民城市, 二战后越来越多的人来到巴黎, 故本段主要讲的是巴黎的人口情况。
小题3:选B。在本段中可知巴黎市是全国的无线电、电视台中心, 是个重要报纸和杂志的发行中心, 也有很多的博物馆, 其中非常著名的有卢浮宫。结合这些内容可知本段讲到的是巴黎的文化。
小题4:选E。本段主要讲了巴黎的小学、中学、大学的情况, 故讲的是巴黎的教育情况。
小题5:选F。根据本段第一句和最后一句明显看出本段讲的是巴黎的工业, 故选F项。
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Think of London and you will probably remember the bright red double-decker buses. Think of Thailand’s capital city, Bangkok, and the noisy tuk-tuks may come to mind. Think of San Francisco and you might see the city’s cable cars.

Imagining what these cities would look like without those is difficult. They are symbols of these cities that make them different. However, these city symbols are not always so well loved by their city leaders. City leaders want what is best for their city, which often means the most modern transport.
In Bangkok, city leaders have banned(禁止)tuk-tuks because they consider them noisy and polluting. However, the ban has largely been unsuccessful as it has not changed Thai people’s love for the cheap tuk-tuks over taxis.
In London the city’s first ever mayor(市长)removed the red double-decker buses, which he thought were old fashioned. His plan worked, but Londoners were unhappy to lose the nice old buses they believed represented the best of their city. They made their unhappiness felt when the mayor came up for re-election. Most Londoners voted for his competitor, who promised to bring the bus back.
As for San Francisco, several cable cars are still in use but mainly as tourist attractions. They are too slow to be used for anything other than scenic trips.
City transport symbols may have a place in their city people’s hearts, but it seems they are increasingly out of step with the modern world. As Londoners have proved, their continued life depends on people’s willingness to fight for their survival.
小题1: What’s the author’s purpose of writing the first paragraph?
A.To introduce some city transport symbols.
B.To explain why some cities are popular.
C.To talk about modern transport in some cities.
D.To attract more tourists to visit some cities.
小题2:The London double-decker bus is returning mainly because   .
A.the new mayor loves it
B.Londoners fought for it
C.it is an improved transport
D.it is popular with tourists
小题3: Which proves the old city transport symbols are not loved by city leaders?
A.Only a few cable cars are still in use in San Francisco.
B.Bangkok city leaders tried to remove the cheap tuk-tuks.
C.The mayor who sold double-decker buses lost the re-election.
D.The new mayor will bring back improved double-decker buses.
小题4: What can we infer from the passage?
A.Modern cities should remove old city transport symbols.
B.The writer thinks highly of the old city transport symbols.
C.Old city transport symbols face the problem of survival.
D.Tourist cities will lose their attraction without the symbols.

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Nearly all the tourists who come to southeast France make a tour to Monaco(摩纳哥), too. Lying near the French-Italian border, Monaco is not part of France, but a separate principality(公国), though it is surrounded by its greatest neighbour.
Monaco became a principality in the 16th century after being owned by a family member of a certain Italian king. The French and Italians, however, soon came to “protect” it one after another, until 1861, when it became its own master again.
Facing the blue Mediterranean(地中海), Monaco is mainly made up of two cities, Monaco, where the palace of the prince(王子)stands, and Monte Carlo(蒙特卡洛), which is a wonderful place for tourists. Every year, around half a million people from all parts of the world come to Monaco, nearly 25 times as much as its population.
Believe it or not, Monaco has no soldiers or policemen of its own. Law and order is kept by French police, and French stands for it in its foreign affairs, even the money used in Monaco is franc, too.
小题1:Monaco is   .
A.another name for Monte Carlo
B.mostly visited by French tourists
C.surrounded by France
D.more related to Italy than to France
小题2: Monaco has a population of   .
A.over 20, 000     B.20, 000 or so
C.more than 25, 000D.no more than 20, 000
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The national income of Monaco depends mainly on France.
B.Monaco is famous for having no soldiers or policemen of its own.
C.Monaco does not have a seat in the UN because it is too small a country.
D.Monte Carlo City seems more important for the existence of this principality.
小题4: The Head of Monaco is   .
A.the King
B.the President of France
C.a member of the royal family
D.the Emperor

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Can a Language Become Extinct? 
A language can become extinct when the last person who can speak it passes away. Or more likely when the second­last person who speaks it dies because then there is no one left to talk to. According to linguists (语言学家) there is nothing unusual about a single language dying out. But what is happening today is quite remarkable. According to the recent statistics, there are approximately 6,000 languages in the world as we speak. Of these, about half are going to die out in the next century.
There are several reasons as to why a language can eventually die out. These range from natural disasters, such as hurricanes, to sociological factors, like cultural assimilation, in which the culture of a minority group is gradually replaced by a stronger one. The former can cause tribes to leave their natural habitat(栖息地) and therefore become fewer and fewer in number. However, it doesn"t happen very frequently. In fact, the latter is a much bigger threat and it is responsible for the extinction of a lot of languages in countries like the USA and Australia. For instance, Chemehuevi is one of the languages which is really close to dying out since its sole speaker is an old, yet healthy, man named Johnny Hill, Jr.
It is very important for as many languages as possible to be preserved. Scientists have been trying to raise people"s awareness on how certain tribes have specific words which cannot be expressed in let"s say English simply because there is no equal meaning. Namely, the Yupik of Alaska have 99 names to describe different layers of ice formation, or how the Tofa of Siberia classify reindeer (驯鹿). In other words, when languages die out, mankind"s wisdom reduces.
On a happier note, there are many famous cases which show what can be done to preserve languages in danger of extinction. In particular, the Maori in New Zealand have created so­called “language nests”: organizations which help children under five learn the language. They provide them with a setting where they are exposed to the language intensively so that they get to realise that communicating in Maori is as natural as communicating in English. There is always, of course, the risk that the children won"t keep the language alive after they have left their “nests”. Nevertheless, hope dies hard.
小题1:What most probably caused the death of languages in the USA and Australia?
A.Habitats were lost.
B.Natural disasters struck.
C.Native cultures disappeared.
D.Foreign languages were spoken.
小题2:In Paragraph 3, the author states his opinion by ________
A.listing definitions
B.providing examples
C.presenting causes and effects
D.comparing with other opinions
小题3:What does the author really intends to tell us in the last paragraph?
A.Attempts may not produce the desired effect.
B.Environment is important in language protection.
C.People can do little about a language"s extinction.
D.Measures should be taken in spite of difficulties.
小题4:The author believes that ________.
A.all languages are finally going to die out
B.human wisdom can be reflected in languages
C.the protective approaches have proved ineffective
D.the current situation of languages hardly requires attention

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Sweetest Day in America is always the third Saturday in October. This holiday is much more important in some regions than in others (Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo being the biggest Sweetest Day cities). It is a holiday that is gaining in popularity every year throughout the country.
Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, aged, and orphaned, but also friends, relatives and associates whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.
Over 60 years ago, a man in Cleveland, believing that the city"s orphans and shut­ins (卧病在床的人) too often felt forgotten and neglected, thought of the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this through the distribution of small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he distributed these small remembrances on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to participate in the celebration ceremony, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”. In time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the underprivileged was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small remembrance. And soon the idea spread to other cities all over the country.
Sweetest Day is not based on any single group"s religious affection or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning.
Because for many people remembering takes the form of gift­giving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a practical way.
小题1:We can learn from the first paragraph that Sweetest Day is ________.
A.sometimes the third Saturday in October
B.hardly celebrated in Detroit
C.of equal importance in every part of the USA
D.getting increasingly popular in the USA
小题2:Sweetest Day was intended to remember ________.
A.the young and disabled
B.friends and relatives
C.orphans and shut­ins
D.the sick and aged
小题3:We can infer from the passage that the birthplace of Sweetest Day is ________.
A.Detroit        B.Cleveland
C.BuffaloD.Washington
小题4:Now on Sweetest Day gifts are given to those ________.
A.we careB.we admire
C.in need of helpD.in trouble

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Brighton: It is a seaside resort on the English Channel. Only 50 miles from London, it offers a good variety of lively entertainment. It is a cheerful place, busy and crowded in the summer, but alive in every season of the year. Its royal pavilion(布莱顿皇宫)is a masterpiece of English architecture.
Durham: Whatever travelers see or don"t see in England, they must see this city, in the northeast, just south of Newcastle­upon­Tyne. No one will forget the sight of its cathedral(教堂)and castle rising together on a steep hill overlooking a loop in the River Wear, which almost surrounds them. The cathedral itself is one of the great medieval(中世纪的,公元476~1500)buildings in Europe.
Liverpool: A port in the northwest of England which possesses a quality that is not found in quite the same way anywhere else in England: the quality of grandeur (壮观). Liverpool has this grandeur in its site on the broad River Mersey (more than half a mile wide) with the houses rising near it; in its great dock buildings, its broad streets, and its two enormous cathedrals.
Edinburgh: It has long been the capital of Scotland. Edinburgh Castle is Edinburgh"s important building, controlling the city from its perch on a rock over a hundred meters above sea level. Another important building is the Palace of Holyrood House, begun by James Ⅲ around 1500. Between the castle and the palace is the Royal Mile, which was the center of Edinburgh life before the 17th century and is fascinating to visit now.
小题1:Which is the suitable time to visit Brighton ?
A.Only summerB.All the year around
C.HolidaysD.Weekdays
小题2:Which of the following place mentions both a castle and a cathedral ?
A.BrightonB.Durham
C.Liverpool0D.Edinburgh
小题3:From this article, which of the following statements is WRONG?
A.Around the broad River Mersey you can enjoy the unique quality of Liverpool .
B.The sight of Durham"s cathedral and castle is probably best seen from the banks of the Riverwear .
C.The Palace of Holyrood House is much older than the cathedral in Durham.
D.Edinburgh Castle was built over a hundred meters above sea level.
小题4:This article can be found in ________.
A.a travel magazine
B.a daily newspaper
C.a chapter of science fiction
D.a column in the financial press

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