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【題目】 The Commonwealth games have meant that the eyes of the world have been focused on our fair city-Melbourne. And it would look pretty good, wouldn't it? And what better way to regain our title as world's most livable city? I'm told that we recently lost the right to say this to foreign friends proudly when the international list was re-examined and we slipped to the fourth place.

It's hard to see how Melbourne could have lost its crown (桂冠) when you look at what it has to offer. 24 hours Coles, free transport for drunks on New Year's Eve, a new freeway, it's all here.

The first focus for the international press will obviously be the endless stadiums dotted around the city. But as well as being full every other weekend, these great places often play host to slightly older kids. At Rod Laver, even the olds get a look-in as the Christian evangelical (教會(huì)的) road show rolls into town once a year for a night of stadium worship (崇拜).

Another pleasure Melbourne enjoys is that it's very easy to get around. There's a bit of a squeeze during rush hour for sure, but nothing like Bangkok, where the journey home can take longer than growing a beard and parking is barely distinguishable from the drive itself. Driving here is a piece of cake. It must be because the wise people who hand out the taxis seem to actively encourage a career behind the wheel within 24 hours of landing in the country as an educational tool for getting to know the city. No slowing down for learning bends, just go, go, go!

As for the social life, with over 40 million bars in Melbourne's CBD alone, we have plenty of places for spectators to celebrate national victory, making this town as good as any and it happens 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Unfortunately, the athletes themselves don't get to smell the roses to the same degree. But the rest of the world will know that this is the place to be. The most livable city in the world. By far the easiest place on earth to cheat death, which is essentially what we're talking about.

【1】In Paragraph 1 and 2 the author is wondering ________________.

A.how Melbourne has fallen behind

B.when the international list was re-examined

C.what they should do to regain the world's focus

D.whether Melbourne can offer greater convenience

【2】What does the author mainly want to show in the passage?

A.The casual life styles of Melbourne.

B.The competitive advantages of Melbourne.

C.The various social activities in Melbourne.

D.The convenient transportation in Melbourne.

【3】From the underlined sentence, we can infer the athletes __________.

A.have minimum social activities

B.take no interest in the beauty of the city

C.are forbidden to live in the busy city center

D.are unwilling to celebrate the victory publicly

【4】Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要點(diǎn)) C: Conclusion

A.B.

C.D.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要提出了對(duì)墨爾本丟失了最宜居城市桂冠的質(zhì)疑，以及從墨爾本城市體育場(chǎng)、交通、社會(huì)生活三個(gè)方面來(lái)說(shuō)明墨爾本所具有的優(yōu)勢(shì)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句I'm told that we recently lost the right to say this to foreign friends proudly when the international list was re-examined and we slipped to the fourth place. (我聽說(shuō)我們最近失去了向外國(guó)朋友自豪地說(shuō)這句話的權(quán)利，因?yàn)槲覀冎匦聦彶榱藝?guó)際名單，我們滑落到了第四名)以及第二段第一句It's hard to see how Melbourne could have lost its crown (桂冠) when you look at what it has to offer.(當(dāng)你看到墨爾本所能提供的東西時(shí)，很難想象它是如何丟掉桂冠的)可知，作者好奇為何墨爾本會(huì)落后于其他城市，故選A。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段第三句And what better way to regain our title as world's most livable city? (還有什么更好的方法讓我們重新成為世界上最宜居的城市呢?)以及文章第三、四、五段分別介紹了墨爾本的場(chǎng)地優(yōu)勢(shì)，交通優(yōu)勢(shì)和豐富的社交生活。由此可知，作者主要介紹了墨爾本的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)優(yōu)勢(shì)，故正確答案為B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)上一段在說(shuō)墨爾本豐富的社交生活，緊接著用unfortunately進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)折，所以是在暗示運(yùn)動(dòng)員的社交生活非常少。從劃線的句子中，我們可以推斷出運(yùn)動(dòng)員的社會(huì)活動(dòng)很少。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。文章第一、二段作者提出了對(duì)墨爾本丟失最宜居城市桂冠的質(zhì)疑，然后在三、四、五段分別從城市體育場(chǎng)、交通、社會(huì)生活三個(gè)方面來(lái)講墨爾本具有的三個(gè)優(yōu)勢(shì)，最后一段中By far the easiest place on earth to cheat death, which is essentially what we're talking about.(到目前為止，這是地球上最容易逃避死亡的地方，這基本上就是我們所說(shuō)的)對(duì)文章進(jìn)行了總結(jié)，故選D。

隱含意義推理判斷題。這類題的題干中常含有：infer/suggest/imply/conclude/intend/purpose/be likely to等標(biāo)志性詞語(yǔ)。解決這類問題時(shí)要理解文章潛在的含義和作者所給的提示。同時(shí)，要對(duì)文章的含義和作者的暗示作出合理的猜測(cè)和推斷。如第三小題，根據(jù)上一段在說(shuō)墨爾本豐富的社交生活，緊接著用unfortunately進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)折，所以是在暗示運(yùn)動(dòng)員的社交生活非常少。從劃線的句子中，我們可以推斷出運(yùn)動(dòng)員的社會(huì)活動(dòng)很少。故選A。