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  No matter where you travel in Asia,you’ll find yourself faced with a new culture. You can start your Asian exploration by visiting some of these attractive cities first.

Beijing,China Beijing is the second largest city in China and serves as the capital. The city is so old,in fact,that almost every building has some sort of cultural or historic features—no matter how small. Getting around the city,you’ll find yourself faced with amazing temples (寺廟) ， the largest palace in the world,and many works of art that leave you breathless.

    Siem Reap,Cambodia (柬埔寨) Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap has a lot of French and Chinese-style architecture. In the city,there are traditional dance performances,silk near the Tonle Sap Lake. Siem Reap today,being a popular tourist attraction,has a large number of hotels and restaurants.

    Kathmandu,Nepal (尼泊爾) Situated in the heart of the Himalayas,Kathmandu,the largest city and capital of Nepal,is considered to be one of the most outstanding cities in the world today. The shopping districts are world-famous and the hotels in Kathmandu are among the most comfortable hotels in the world.

Kyoto,Japan The city of Kyoto served as the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868. No longer the capital,it is known for being the seventh largest city in Japan. Kyoto was destroyed throughout history by fires and war. But now the city is home to more than 1. 4 million people,and it presents a modem face to the rest of the world.

Every city throughout Asia has a story of its own. It's up to you to explore them all and find out exactly what each one has to offer. Enjoy!

46. If you want to visit the biggest palace where ancient emperors lived in the world,you can go to .

   A. Beijing   B. Siem Reap

   C. Kathmandu   D. Kyoto

47. In Siem Reap you can see the following EXCEPT.

   A. Chinese-style buildings

   B. excellent art works

   C. traditional dance performances

   D. silk near the Tonle Sap Lake

48. Which city's development was greatly influenced by war?

   A. Beijing.      B. Siem Reap.

   C. Kathmandu.     D. Kyoto.

49. We can learn from the passage that .

   A. the cities are all capital cities now

   B. Beijing is the largest city in China

   C. one can't find a good hotel in Kathmandu

   D. all the cities have their own stories

50. The writer's purpose in writing the passage is.

   A. to introduce several attractive cities in Asia

   B. to compare some tourist cities in Asia

   C. to tell readers not to visit European cities

   D. to write an advertisement about a travel company

Answer 1

46. A 47. B 48. D 49. D 50. A

46. A解析:在對(duì)北京的介紹中的“ the largest palace in the world”可知，在北京你可以看 到世界上最大的皇宮。

47. B解析:推理判斷題。閱讀文章可知，A、 C、D 三項(xiàng)在對(duì) Siem Reap,Cambodia 的介 紹中均被提及;B項(xiàng)在對(duì)Beijing,China的 介紹中的最后一句被提及，而并非在Siem Reap,Cambodia 中。故選 B 6

48. D解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Kyoto Japan 內(nèi)容中的 “Kyoto was destroyed throughout history by fires and war. ” 可知答案為 D.

49. D解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章最后一段 首句“Every city throughout Asia has a story of its own. ”可知D項(xiàng)正確。

50. A解析:文章意圖題。分析文章可知，本 文對(duì)亞洲的四個(gè)城市作了詳細(xì)的介紹，故選A