题目
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The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities. At the same time, the British countryside was in fact equally unattractive: though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression(萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life. Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city. Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside, far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.
Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries. They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions. As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit---Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away. Thus, over time, they would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.
小题1:What could be the best title for the passage?
A.City and Countryside |
B.A New City in Chicago |
C.The Invention of the Garden City |
D.A Famous Garden City in England |
A.Through his observation of the country life. |
B.By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago. |
C.By taking other people’s advice. |
D.Through the combination of different ideas. |
A.as far as possible from existing cities |
B.near cities where employment opportunities already existed |
C.in the countryside where agriculture was developed |
D.in the countryside where the land was cheap |
A.making use of |
B.making comments on |
C.giving an explanation of |
D.giving a description of |
A.People would live and work in the same place. |
B.Each one would continue to become larger. |
C.Their number would continue to rise. |
D.Each one would contain a certain type of business. |
答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
解析
试题分析:本文为记叙文,叙述了花园城市的起源和发展情况。Ebenezer Howard 受“花园城市”的启发,后来返回伦敦,在乡村引用了这个名称作为他新建花园城市的名称。后来不断扩大,并有了各种各样的同大城市里一样的服务设施。
小题1:主旨大意题。全文介绍了花园城市的名称来源以及它的发展情况,C符合题意。
小题2:细节理解题。从第一段信息句 it was nicknamed“the Garden City”certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns.得知Howard给花园城市命名是根据重建的芝加哥的别名。选B
小题3:细节理解题。从第二段的最后一句理解到“Howard 的想法是一群人建立一个公司,在远离大城市土地非常廉价的乡下借钱建一个花园城市。 ”故答案选D。
小题4:词义猜测题。联系前后文理解,Howard 回到伦敦后,利用了当时很流行的思想形成了比较独特的各种思想相结合的设计。这里是“利用”的意思。选A。
小题5:推理判断题。从最后一段段意“随着这些花园城市的建立,越来越多的人迁入花园城市,没有办法限制,后来各个花园城市彼此相连,各种服务都像大城市一样”。这表明花园城市的数目在不断增长。选C
核心考点
试题【The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard(1850~1928). After i】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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“Parents are continuing their financial involvement longer than we expected,” said Ted Beck, the president and CEO of National Endowment for Financial Education (NEFE).
About 60 percent of parents questioned in the survey said they are helping their adult children who are no longer in school financially, providing housing and living expenses.
For an increasing number of adult children, the situation is bad. Two - thirds of adult children, aged 18 to 39, who are not in school said they faced tougher financial pressures than previous generations, according to the survey. And nearly one - third of parents agreed that it was easier for them to earn money than for their children.
Parents are helping their children out of genuine concern, and because they do not want to see them struggle. But Beck said that parents who make sacrifices to help their adult children should be cautious about their own finances.
“If you are taking on extra debt or delaying retirement to help your adult child, you could be making a mistake and putting your own financial future in danger.” Beck warned.
Boomerang children can also cause other problems for their parents. Thirty percent of parents said they had given up privacy since their adult children moved back home, while more than a quarter have taken on added debt, and ten percent have delayed retirement. But the survey also showed that 42 percent of adult children living at home are helping with the cooking and cleaning.
小题1:The underlined words “boomerang children” in the first paragraph likely means ________.
A.adult children visiting parents often |
B.married adult children |
C.adult children depending on parents for financial support |
D.adult children independent and successful in life |
A.Asking their children to help with the housework. |
B.Leaving their children to struggle to live. |
C.Being careful when helping their children financially. |
D.Putting off their time of retirement. |
A.about 50% of parents give money to their adult children to cover the daily cost |
B.two - thirds of adult children are faced with financial problems in school |
C.one - third of adult children earn money more easily than their parents |
D.one in ten parents has delayed retirement |
A.Adult children are less independent. |
B.Parents help support adult children. |
C.Bad conditions affect children a lot. |
D.Adult children like living with parents. |
There can be many benefits of going to beauty school. The expense is much less than attending a four-year university. Besides, attending beauty school is mostly a hands-on(动手的) experience which appeals to many people. Some students don’t like sitting all day listening to lectures and then having to study at night. What’s more, most beauty school programs keep up with the changing trends and fashion. So you will always be working on different hair types which can be fun and will give you a lot of experience throughout the years of your career.
If you are worried about finding a job after graduation, many beauty schools will offer assistance for immediate job placement and give you peace of mind that you will not be stranded looking for a job. Most colleges and universities are not equipped to do that because of the large number of graduates each year.
Cosmetologists will also make a good salary. The average salary will depend on your location, but you may earn a salary around $3,000 — $3,500 a month. This is not including tips which could be $600 or more a month.
Not only can young people go to cosmetology school, but people of all ages can start this career. As you can see, there are many benefits of beauty schools that can be the perfect opportunity for anyone to become a great cosmetologist.
小题1:How many advantages of going to beauty school are mentioned in Paragraph 2?
A.Two. | B.Three. | C.Four. | D.Five. |
A.focused on | B.given up | C.stuck in | D.turned to |
A.A cosmetologist gets paid at least $3,600 a month. |
B.Beauty schools are not popular with young people. |
C.Graduates can easily be offered jobs by universities. |
D.It isn’t suitable for the old to start a career in cosmetology. |
A.The development of cosmetology |
B.How to become a cosmetologist |
C.The benefits of beauty schools |
D.Going to college or beauty school |
In March we published a photo story about the extraordinary Zsnskar region in northern India,which is cut off from the outside world for more than seven months of the year,and only accessible (可通行的)via a frozen river.We also included information about the limited use of skiing in the region and the recent creation of the Zanskar Ski School:
“Despite the difficulties of travelling through the region when the snow comes,skiing hasn’t traditionally been used as a means of transport by the locals,largely because trees don"t grow here, so there is little in the way of raw materials from which to make skis.In 1995, a group of British scientists in the region noticed the lack of skis and one of them returned to set up the Zanskar Ski School in Padam.The school provides lessons for a small fee and rents skis to the local people. Among the benefits that the school hopes to bring are improved education—children often find it difficult to get to school through the deep snow—and the possibility of offering ski tours to tourists in the future.So far,more than 300 local people have received training,and local doctors and policemen regularly borrow skis.”
But what we weren"t able to include in the article is that the ski school is always on the look out for old skiing equipment—particularly of a size suitable for children—and, I thought. Now the European ski season is drawing to a close,there might be a few of you out there who have some old equipment you"d like to see go to a good home.If that"s the ease you can get in touch with the school via their website www.zanskarski school.org.
小题1:What"s the purpose in writing the text?
A.To raise money to develop this area |
B.To attract more tourists to the area |
C.To appeal to more locals to attend the school |
D.To ask people to give away their skis to the school |
A.it is against the local custom |
B.they don"t have the wood to make skis |
C.trees are in the way of the skiing route |
D.it is dangerous to go skiing in this region |
A.People having old skiing equipment. |
B.Students in the Zanskar Ski School |
C.Locals in Zanskar region |
D.Tavellers enjoying skiing |
A.An extraordinary region in India |
B.A home for old skis |
C.A good means of transport |
D.A popular sport—skiing |
Cat security — It’s not easy keeping the ground of Disneyland spotless, as well as free of unwanted pests. Every night after closing time, 200 wild cats were freed into the park to help keep the rodent(啮齿)population under control. Though Disney doesn’t comment on the matter, rumor(传闻)has it that the cat taskforce dates back to 1957. After unsuccessful attempts to chase them out of the park, Disney decided to put the cats to work instead.
Hidden Mickeys—At Disneyland the round-eared Mickey Mouse image is everywhere. But you can also see hundreds of “Hidden Mickeys” across the park, which are very difficult to spot: they’re camouflage (伪装)in the architecture and landscaping as well as in the smallest stylistic details.
Cocktail(鸡尾酒)behind closed doors—Disney is dry unless you can manage to get your name on the list at Club 33. The secret cocktail club has a limited membership of just 487 and a waiting list of approximately 14 years. Walt Disney designed the club as a special space to entertain possible investors; since then, it has hosted US presidents, film stars and foreign guests.
Always on stage—At Disneyland, a doorman isn’t a doorman, he is a “cast member”. So are the large numbers of cashiers, painters, ride operators, gardeners and performers. All “cast members” are trained to follow a specific rule that helps preserve the Disney magic. On the list of dos and don’ts? Never break character. If wearing a costume that belongs in Fantasyland, don’t set foot in Tomorrowland—it might Confuse visitors or break the park’s orderly image. Cast members have a Disney “look book” that details the fresh-faced ideal—no long fingernails, beards, or unnaturally colored hair allowed. It’s a return to Walt Disney’s All-American standards: when the park opened even guests with facial hair weren’t allowed entrance.
小题1:The reason why there are many wild cats in Disneyland is that ________.
A.they’re in charge of the cleaning of the park |
B.they’re allowed to act as cleaners and guards |
C.they have to keep watch in the daytime |
D.they have a comfortable house to live in |
A.small | B.obvious | C.everywhere | D.dishonest |
A.It’s easy to join the Club 33. | B.The ground keeps dry. |
C.It doesn’t often rain. | D.Drinking alcohol is forbidden. |
A.must know the dos and don’t |
B.needn’t have their facial hair shaved |
C.can wear unnaturally colored hair |
D.mustn’t get in Tomorrowland |
Most new city dwellers will be in developing countries. The United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge. The World Economic and Social Survey points to the increasing demand for energy, water, sanitation, public services, education and health care.
The world population is expected to rise to more than nine billion by 2050, two-thirds of all people are expected to live in cities. The United Nations says about 80 percent of this growing urban population will be found in Africa and Asia.
The report says sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues, these include land-use, food security, job creation and transportation.
Willem Van Der Geest is with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, he says cities need to work closely with rural communities, so that food supplies can be secured, and the environment can be protected.
"We need enough integration(整合,融合) with cities... An integration between the rural and urban economies is absolutely vital for issues of nutrition, food security, and environmental sustainability."
The report says development in a sustainable(可持续发展)way is important to end poverty. The report also examines the problem of food insecurity, which affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. One in eight people still severely lack nutrition.
UN officials say some things are clear. The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, says world food production will have to increase by 70%, that increase will be needed to feed the additional 2.3 billion people expected on the planet by the middle of the century. She says an important part of meeting that need is to waste less food. "There has to be efforts to reduce food wastage. ."
Food and nutrition security are core elements of the sustainable development agenda.
小题1:The survey includes the following statements except that ______.
A.varieties of demands are hard to meet because of the increasing population in Africa and Asia. |
B.one way to put an end to poverty is to be able to develop for a long time. |
C.transportation is an important issue to deal with when it comes to sustainable development of urban areas. |
D.hundreds of millions of people around the world are affected by the problem of food insecurity. |
A.cities grow so fast that the world can’t find out new ways to deal with the growing population. |
B.the growing city dwellers who mainly come from the developing countries greatly challenge limited resources in the world. |
C.sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues |
D.food wastage is an effective way to feed the additional 2.3 biilion people by the middle of the century. |
A.The World Economic and Social Survey 2013. |
B.City Population Will Increase to 9 Billion. |
C.Cities Need to Cooperate with Rural Areas. |
D.The World Is Not Prepared to Deal with the Fast Growth of Cities. |
A.a textbook | B.a travel guide | C.a novel | D.a newspaper |
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