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°C to 26°C ). 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(咖啡馆). Beautiful mountains are around the city. You can visit them easily from San Jose. So lots of people go sightseeing there 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 mixof East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). 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. Nearly 7 million people live in Hong Kong! 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 beautiful mountains and the lively city.
C.The expensive housing and the food. D.The city and the people.
3.The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because________.
A.it was a small fishing village B.it is a mix of East and West
C.it is famous for its wonderful food D.there are too many people in the city
4.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.
5.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 in both cities is fine
D.Hong Kong is the more popular city of the two
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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°C to 26°C ). 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(咖啡馆). Beautiful mountains are around the city. You can visit them easily from San Jose. So lots of people go sightseeing there 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 mixof East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (庙宇). 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. Nearly 7 million people live in Hong Kong! 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 beautiful mountains and the lively city.
C.The expensive housing and the food. D.The city and the people.
3.The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because________.
A.it was a small fishing village B.it is a mix of East and West
C.it is famous for its wonderful food D.there are too many people in the city
4.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.
5.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 in both cities is fine
D.Hong Kong is the more popular city of the two
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The recent stories in this magazine, _____ one of yours, have been ____ in the list
of the best ones.
A.include; include B.including; including
C.including; included D.included; included
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After living in the city for 10 years he returned to the small village ______ he grew up as a child.
A. which B. where C. that D. when
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After living in the city for 10 years he returned to the small village ______ he grew up as a child.
A.which | B.where | C.that | D.when |
高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
After living in the city for 10 years he returned to the small village ______ he grew up as a child.
A.which | B.where | C.that | D.when |
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Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior.
One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study.
They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group. The students played in groups of four. Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players. Harvard researcher David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. The groups that rewarded the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded the least. And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings. The study appeared last month in the journal Science.
The other study involved children. It was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse(虐待). Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. More than eight hundred children were aged two to four the first time they were tested. More than seven hundred children were aged five to nine. The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test. Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not.
The study says the IQs of the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who were. In the older group, the difference was almost three points. The more they are spanked, the slower their mental development.
1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the second study?
A. Children’s IQs have much to do with physical punishment.
B. The study is about violence and cooperation of children.
C. The children tested were divided into groups of four.
D. Children’s mental development only relies on their IQs.
2.What does the underlined word “spanked” refer to?
A. punished B. blamed
C. tested D. praised
3.What might be the best title for the text?
A. The Best Way to Correct Misbehavior
B. Punishment Is the Best Way of Education
C. Cooperation Is the Most Successful Behavior
D. Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior?
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OTTAWA — Canada’s western city of Calgary is the world’s best city when it comes to healthy living, local press reported Monday.
According to an international survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a London-based consulting firm, Calgary was put at the top of a list of 144 cities. It scored 121 points, just above Honolulu’s score of 120. Helsinki(赫尔辛基,芬兰首都) and Ottawa followed at 119.5 and 118.5 respectively.
Three other Canadian cities came in the top 20. Montreal and Vancouver tied for ninth and Toronto came in at 18th.
The scores are based on air pollution levels, availability and quality of hospitals and medical supplies, as well as the efficiency of waste removal and sewage systems.
In America, the lowest scoring city was Atlanta, which was ranked 76th. Athens was the lowest scoring city in Western Europe, ranking 120th because of its air pollution. London was ranked 59th.
56. How many Canadian cities are in the top 20?
A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6.
57. Which of the following is NOT taken into account when the cities were scored?
A. Weather conditions. B. Air quality.
C. Waste removal. D. Medical supplies.
58. Among the following cities, which is the lowest scoring one?
A. Atlanta. B. Athens. C. London. D. Helsinki.
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OTTAWA—Canada's western city of Calgary is the world's best city when it comes to healthy living,local press reported Monday.
According to an international survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a Londonbased consulting firm, Calgary was top of a list of 144 cities. It scored 121 points, just above Honolulu's score of 120. Helsinki and Ottawa followed at 119.5 and 118.5 respectively.
Three other Canadian cities came in the top 20. Montreal and Vancouver tied for ninth and Toronto came in at 18th. The scores are based on air pollution levels, availability and quality of hospitals and medical supplies, as well as the efficiency of waste removal and sewage systems.
In America, the lowest scoring city was Atlanta, which was ranked 76th. Athens was the lowest scoring city in Western Europe, ranking 120th because of its air pollution. London was ranked 59th.
1.How many Canadian cities are in the top 20?
A.3. B.4. C.5. D.6.
2.Which of the following is NOT taken into account when the cities were scored?
A.Weather conditions.
B.Air quality.
C.Waste removal.
D.Medical supplies.
3.Put the following cities in order according to the score in the survey. Which one is right?
①Calgary ②Atlanta ③Helsinki ④London
A.①②③④ B.①③②④
C.①③④② D.①④③②
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听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1.When did the man live in the city?
A. Five years ago. B. Three years ago. C. Two years ago.
2.Why did the man go to the countryside?
A. He was always looking forward to the life there.
B. He failed in looking for a job in the city.
C. His company moved there.
3.How does the man feel about his present life?
A. Boring. B. Disappointing. C. Satisfying.
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As the first woman Chancellor(总理) in German’s history, Angela Merkel topped Forbes magazine’s list of “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.She has even been compared to Margaret Thatcher and many people called her “Iron Lady”.
Merkel was born in Hamburg, West Germany, on July 17, 1954.Six weeks after she was born, her family moved to Templin. As a small child, Merkel quickly learned to speak but took longer to walk. “I was a stupid person when it came to moving?” Merkel said. “A normal person could do something naturally, but I had to think about it in my mind and practice.” As a teenager, she was the top student and graduated from high school with perfect marks. In 1973, Merkel went to the University of Leipzig, where she studied physics. At 32, she got her doctor’s degree in physics.
She stepped_into_politics in 1989.In her first big political job as Minister for the Environment in 1994, her scientific background and strong will proved very useful. In 2005 she became Germany’s Chancellor. She has been reelected to a second term as German Chancellor on September 27, 2009.
Through her political career, Merkel’s persistence (坚持) and patience helped her a lot. “She’s bright and openminded,” said Hubert Markl. “She is the person who wants to know exactly what is going on, and how never giving up will influence our society and future.”
1.As a small child, Merkel was slow in ________.
A.speaking B.walking C.learning D.thinking
2.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 most probably means “________”.
A.fought the government B.began her scientific career
C.offered political guidance D.became a government official
3.We can infer from the passage that Angela Merkel ________.
A.is a powerful woman with a strong will and determination
B.got her doctor’s degree in politics in University of Leipzig
C.has worked as German Chancellor since Sep.27, 2009
D.showed her best talent as Minister for the Environment
4.In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express ________.
A.one must be brave in the political career
B.one should be patient when making decisions
C.persistence can help one’s dream come true
D.one can have a strong will when others haven’t
5.What’s the author’s attitude toward Angela Merkel?
A.Admiring. B.Thankful. C.Pitiful . D.Dull.
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