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San Francisco"s Chinatown is the biggest and oldest in the country. It"s the third most visited tourist destination in the city. It"s also the city"s most densely populated neighbor- hood. So why are. businesses in Chinatown struggling?
In this week"s paper, I outline some of the reasons for why Chinatown"s crowded streets and busy shops might be declining. Underneath the surface, Chinatown is falling. And the city, local organizations and businesses are trying to figure out what they can do to turn things around.
While numbers of people visit Chinatown, they don"t stay long and they don"t spend a lot of money. And beyond annual festivals,1ike Chinese New Years, this month"s Moon Festival and last month"s Sunday Streets - which drew about 15,000 t0 20.000 people – the neighborhood has a hard time attracting locals.
Can you remember the last. time you went to Chinatown ?If you can"t, You"re not alone. Locals told me that Chinatown doesn"t have much to offer them - that the stores are all the same. There are some good eating joints, people said, but they don"t know how to find them. Some people even told me that they sometimes go to extreme measures to avoid the neighborhood altogether. But when asked if the-v would like to see Chinatown gone, the answer was always a strong no.
Locals are hopeful that things will get better and traffic will increase when the Central Subway is complete. But chat"s not for another five years. at least. And if" new shops or restaurants don"t make their way into Chinatown. the same problem of attracting locals will exist.
Not that Chinatown"s going to die. The dragon still has some fire in its belly. And many people are rooting for positive change. The question is, how does Chinatown change without losing the very importance of what makes it unique?
小题1:Which can we know about Chinatown according to the passage?| A．Businesses in Chinatown are going well. | | B．Local people like going shopping there. | | C．A great number of people visit it every year. | | D．No period has seen a more prosperous Chinatown. |
小题2:According to the locals we can know that _______.| A．Chinatown doesn"t love to offer them assistance | | B．shops in Chinatown lack their own characteristics | | C．it is hard to buy quality goods at proper prices | | D．they feel annoyed to see so many familiar faces |
小题3:What is the author"s attitude towards Chinatown?| A．Negative. | B．Sympathy. | C．Hopeful. | D．Indifferent. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage ______.| A．the Central Subway is under construction | | B．Chinatown has to make way for subway | | C．many restaurants have been closed down | | D．the locals hope Chinatown will be extinct |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：这篇文章介绍了旧金山唐人街是北美洲最古老的唐人街，亚洲以外最大的华人社区。但是近几年一直状况不佳，这种低迷的状况令华人和当地人感到担心。
小题1:细节理解题：依据文中第一段前两句San Francisco"s Chinatown is the biggest and oldest in the country. It"s the third most visited tourist destination in the city.可知唐人街仍是客流量很大。故选C。
小题2:细节理解题：依据文中的Locals told me that Chinatown doesn"t have much to offer them - that the stores are all the same.可知，当地人认为唐人街不能满足他们的需要，唐人街的商店都是一样的，故选B。
小题3:推理判断题：依据文中的Not that Chinatown"s going to die. The dragon still has some fire in its belly.可知，作者认为唐人街不会就这样消亡。故选C。
小题4:推理判断题：依据文中的Locals are hopeful that things will get better and traffic will increase when the Central Subway is complete.可知，当地人都希望当中央地铁完工时，事情会有所好转、交通会有所改善。由此可知中央地铁正在建设中。故选A。 |
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These days, many young people in Ho Chi Minh City(胡志明市), Vietnam, are taking gymnastics, dancing or yoga classes after work. Actually, there are many why young people are taking exercise classes and going to the gym, instead of shopping and entertaining friends work.
Nguyen Thu Nguyet, a white-collar worker, says, “Five o’clock is the time when everyone is in the street. If I to go home at that time, I’ll get in traffic. So rather than being in a traffic jam, in smoke and dust, I go to a gym near my office for about an hour. ”Tran Minh Tue, a staff member of a company, also says, “I’ve found dancing is a good way to the non-stop drinking. More , I’m in better health and my stomach has gotten smaller. ”
At present, traffic jams in Ho Chi Minh City are very . The government is installing(安装)water pipes, and many blockhouses(木屋)are built for their workers to work in. That the traffic problem. Authorities say that this year, another
57 km road will be up and more blockhouses will be built, the total dug-out road length to 200 km. At the same time, traffic jams can serious air pollution, people’s health and the city’s investment environment, not to mention(提到) the city’s future development.
If more people rush hour by exercising or taking classes the rush hour, traffic jams may be . This is a clever that can also help people improve their health and meet others with similar .
| 小题1: | | A．reasons | B．reactions | C．actions | D．activities |
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| 小题2: | | A．out of | B．after | C．except | D．at |
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| 小题4: | | A．manage | B．decide | C．try | D．refuse |
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| 小题5: | | A．lost | B．thrown | C．stuck | D．put |
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| 小题6: | | A．breathing | B．giving | | C．growing | D．breaking |
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| 小题7: | | A．keep up with | B．keep away from | | C．keep in touch with | D．keep on |
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| 小题8: | | A．surprisingly | B．interestingly | | C．importantly | D．fortunately |
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| 小题9: | | A．good | B．serious | | C．comfortable | D．convenient |
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| 小题10: | | A．improves | B．reduces | | C．worsens | D．shortens |
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| 小题11: | | A．dug | B．picked | C．put | D．given |
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| 小题12: | | A．rising | B．raising | C．providing | D．offering |
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| 小题13: | | A．let | B．strike | C．cause | D．influence |
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| 小题14: | | A．affording | B．preventing | | C．protecting | D．affecting |
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| 小题15: | | A．limiting | B．benefiting | | C．predicting | D．promising |
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| 小题16: | | A．avoid | B．admit | C．attract | D．attend |
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| 小题18: | | A．increased | B．reduced | | C．stopped | D．replaced |
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| 小题19: | | A．solution | B．search | | C．pollution | D．advice |
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| 小题20: | | A．jobs | B．friends | | C．equipment | D．interests |
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When I started my career in management, I was really green, but I always tried to stay positive on the job. I was working for a new company that was having a difficult time with its customers. Actually, at one point my General Manager told me he liked me and suggested I should start looking for a new job as we were about to lose our only order. Every day we faced people leaving the company, customers complaining, and upper management preparing to close the place.
One night, I went home thinking about the problems. My wife told me to forget about work and see a movie. We went and saw Slumdog Millionaire. Jamal, an eighteen-year-old Indian young man, is from a poor family and becomes rich later. He tries his best to change his position. I realized what we needed to do was to correct the situation.
The next day I called my customers to have a talk. I promised to do my best to solve the problems if they would give us some time. As a result, we were given one month to turn the situation around. This was our only chance to correct the situation. To achieve this, I worked day and night with my team. I can remember working from 6 a. m. and not going home until 2 a. m. the next day.
To make a long story short, we succeeded in solving all of the problems and at the same time increased our productivity(生产率). The customers and management were very happy, and I knew at that moment we had saved our jobs. Actually things went so well that we ended up having our pay doubled.
Through this experience I understand that you can achieve what you desire as long as you work at it and stay positive.
小题1: The General Manager advised the author to look for a new job mainly because . | A．he knew the author didn’t want to stay there | | B．his company was too small to hire so many people | | C．he believed the author could get more pay that way | | D．the management was preparing to close the department |
小题2: Who caused the author to decide to change his situation? | A．The hero in a movie. | B．His wife. | | C．His boss. | D．The customers. |
小题3: How long did the author stay in his department every day during that month? | A．8 hours. | B．15 hours. | | C．20 hours. | D．24 hours. |
小题4:The experience of the author shows that . | A．if a person does his best and keeps positive, he’ll succeed | | B．if a person takes advice from others, he’ll make progress | | C．if a person is clever, he’ll realize his dream sooner or later | | D．if a person wants to change his fate, he mustn’t change his job |
小题5:What would be the best title for this passage? | A．My Work Experience | | B．My First Management Job | | C．How to Correct Your Situation | | D．The Importance of Working Hard |
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They are the sort of friends who are so close that they trust each other with their lives. If one falls, the other is there to catch him.
They are Wellman, whose legs were permanently injured nine years ago in a rock-climbing accident, and Corbett, an experienced rock climber. Together, they climbed up Half Dome, the famous 2, 000-foot rock in the Yosemite National Park, through one of the most difficult routes(路线).
During the climb, Corbett took the lead, hit in the metal spikes(尖状物)that guided the ropes, and climbed up. Then, after Wellman pulled himself up the rope, Corbett went down to remove the spikes and climbed up again. This process was repeated time and again, inch by inch, for 13 days. Wellman’s job was not easy either. He got himself up the rope through upper body strength alone. In all, Wellman figured that he had done 5, 000 pull-ups up the rope on the climb.
However, when the two men first met, they never talked about climbing. “He knew that was how I got injured. ”Wellman said. Until one day Wellman decided that he wanted to climb again and they started training.
Their climb of Half Dome was not all smooth. At one point, pieces of rock gave way, and Corbett dropped down quickly. Wellman locked their rope in place, stopping the fall at 20 feet. His quick action probably saved his friend’s life.
“Your partner can save your life—you can save your partner’s life. ”Wellman said as the pair received congratulations from friends. “There are real close ties. ”
小题1: Which of the following was a challenge for Corbett in climbing Half Dome? | A．To climb up to remove the spikes. | | B．To climb it twice. | | C．To do 5, 000 pull-ups up the rope. | | D．To lock the rope in place. |
小题2: Why did the two men never talk about climbing when they first met? | A．Corbett was poorly trained. | | B．Wellman had lost interest in climbing. | | C．Corbett didn’t want to hurt Wellman. | | D．Wellman hadn’t decided whether to climb again or not. |
小题3: What do we know about Wellman? | A．He climbed Half Dome by himself. | | B．He was disabled in a traffic accident. | | C．He stopped rock-climbing for some time. | | D．He was saved by Corbett during the climb. |
小题4: The main idea of the text is that . | A．two heads are better than one | | B．friendship is precious in life | | C．the disabled should never give up | | D．a man can be destroyed but cannot be defeated |
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A school master of Thurso in Caithness, William Munro, wrote in a report in THE TIMES on September 8, 1809 that twelve years earlier he had been walking along Sandside Bay shore when he saw what he first thought was a naked woman, sitting on a rock and combing her light brown hair. The face was fatty round, with reddish cheeks and blue eyes. If the rock where the woman sat had not been so dangerous for swimmers, Munro would have thought it was human. After a few minutes it dropped into the sea and swam away. Others had seen it too.
The island of Benbecula in the outer Hebrides, about 1830, women cutting seaweed reported they had met a creature of female form playing happily off the shore. A few days later her dead body was found two miles from where she had first been seen. The description of the creature was recorded thus, “the upper part of the creature was about the size of a well-fed child of three or four years of age, with an extraordinarily developed breast. The hair was long, dark and glossy(有光泽), while the skin was white, soft and tender. The lower part of the body was like a salmon(鲑鱼). ”
小题1:From the description given by the witnesses, we know that . | A．mermaids did exist | | B．mermaids shaped like females | | C．mermaids looked terrible | | D．mermaids shaped like fish |
小题2: This passage most probably comes from . | A．scientific books | B．tales collection | | C．travel guide | D．fishing webpages |
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE? | A．The school master and the women saw a mermaid in the same year. | | B．The school master saw a mermaid swimming in the sea. | | C．The women saw a mermaid swimming in the sea. | | D．It was said that mermaids developed from salmons. |
小题4: Which of the following is WRONG? | A．Not all the people believe they were mermaids. | | B．People have taken photos of the creature. | | C．The creature in the second case looked like a woman with a fish’s tail. | | D．Both of these two tales may not be true. |
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There has been an outpouring of love for a 23-year-old disabled woman whose dog was killed in front of her while a groomer(美容师)tried to trim(修剪)its claws.
Calls and e-mails came from as far away as the Upper Peninsula and Arizona as well as Oakland and Macomb counties, offering Laurie Crouch, who uses a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis(硬化症), everything from dogs to money, such as that from Jason Daly of Roseville who said, “I would like to buy her a new dog. ”
A story about the death of Crouch’s pet, Gooch, was printed on the front page of Macomb Daily. Crouch said a groomer tied Gooch up with a collar, and then she and a man sat on the dog to trim its nails. Gooch died after one claw was trimmed.
Crouch yelled at the groomer to stop when she saw Gooch was struggling to breathe, but she said she was ignored. “If I could have walked, I would have put my hands on her and pulled her off my dog and physically stopped her, but I can’t do that. ”Gooch was not a trained service animal, but naturally helped Crouch by picking up things for her.
“This case is absolute animal abuse(虐待), ”Larry Obrecht, division manager of the Oakland County Animal Shelter in Auburn Hills said.
People who read the story contacted Oakland Press to offer help. A message, from Rebecca Amett of Giggles N Wiggles Puppy Rescue in Roseville, said, “We have puppies to donate and want to help the young woman who lost her service dog. ”
“When Gooch was with me I was happy, ”Crouch said, “I think I can be happy again but no animal can replace Gooch. There’s never going to be another Gooch out there but I think I will find a dog that can bring me joy again. ”
小题1:People called and emailed to . | A．give their angry voice to the groomer | | B．offer help and care to Laurie Crouch | | C．tell Crouch how to punish the groomer | | D．offer a cure for Crouch’s disease |
小题2: Gooch died mainly because . | A．the groomer was careless | | B．the groomer didn’t know how to trim the dog’s nails | | C．the groomer sat on the dog with another man | | D．the dog was wearing a collar |
小题3:What do we know about Crouch’s dog? | A．It was a specially trained service dog. | | B．It was trained to do many things for people. | | C．It was Crouch’s only friend. | | D．It could offer some help to Crouch. |
小题4:What does the passage mainly tell us? | A．A disabled woman’s service dog. | | B．A cruel groomer killed a disabled woman’s dog. | | C．People’s love for a disabled woman who lost her dog. | | D．A disabled woman loves to have the dog as company. |
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