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【題目】 Dubai is a city of big business, expensive hotels, skyscrapers (摩天樓), and shopping malls. In the early 20th century, Dubai was a successful trading port. People from the world stopped in Dubai to do business. But it was still a small city, and most people lived as fishermen and businessmen. Then in 1966, oil was discovered. This brought a lot of money into the area, and soon Dubai began to change.

Today Dubai is one of the world's most important business centers. In fact, each year the city gets its money mainly from business, not oil.

Recently Dubai has attracted more and more visitors abroad. They come to relax on its beaches, and every year, millions visit just to go shopping!

Dubai is also one of the world's fastest growing cities. Many tall buildings are built in months. The city also has many manmade islands. One of these, the Palm Jumeirah, is like a palm tree (棕櫚樹) and is very beautiful.

The city is still an amazing mix (混合體) of people from different countries. The people from 150 countries live and work in Dubai, and foreigners now outnumber Dubai natives (本地人) by eight to one!

Many people welcome the city's growth. But an increasing number of Dubai natives worry about the speed of change. As a Dubai native says, “We must always remember where we came from. Our kids must know we worked very, very hard to get where we are now, and there's a lot more work to do.”

【1】Why did people stop in Dubai in the early 20th century?

A.To relax.B.To buy oil.

C.To go shopping.D.To do business.

【2】Which of the following is NOT true?

A.Dubai has created many manmade islands.

B.There are many foreigners working in Dubai.

C.Many international visitors come to Dubai every year.

D.Dubai now gets money mainly from selling oil.

【3】What does the underlined word “outnumber” mean?

A.To be smaller in size than another group.

B.To be more in number than another group.

C.To be bigger in area than another group.

D.To be smaller in area than another group.

【4】In the last paragraph, what does the underlined part mean?

A.We should always visit Dubai.

B.We should learn from foreigners.

C.We must always remember our past.

D.We must only think about the future.

【5】What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Dubai is growing very fast.

B.Dubai was a big city before 1966.

C.Many tall buildings are built in months.

D.Many tourists come to relax on Dubai's beaches.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

主旨大意：本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。主要介紹了高速發(fā)展的國(guó)際性性大都市迪拜的過(guò)去發(fā)展情況、經(jīng)貿(mào)往來(lái)、城市建設(shè)、人員構(gòu)成和未來(lái)規(guī)劃等基本情況。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干意為：為什么人們?cè)诙�十世紀(jì)初期來(lái)到迪拜？A項(xiàng)：為了放松；B項(xiàng)：為了購(gòu)買石油；C項(xiàng)：為了購(gòu)物；D項(xiàng)：為了做生意。定位在第一段第二、三兩句“In the early 20th century, Dubai was a successful trading port. People from the world stopped in Dubai to do business.”可知在二十世紀(jì)初期，人們來(lái)到迪拜的主要目的是做生意，故選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干意為：下列哪一項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的？A項(xiàng)：迪拜已經(jīng)興建起了許多人工島；B項(xiàng)：現(xiàn)在有許多外國(guó)人在迪拜工作；C項(xiàng)：每年都有許多國(guó)際游客來(lái)到迪拜；D項(xiàng)：迪拜現(xiàn)在主要的經(jīng)濟(jì)收入是出口石油。A選項(xiàng)定位在第四段第三句“The city also has many manmade islands.”可知迪拜這個(gè)城市確實(shí)興建了許多的人工島，故A選項(xiàng)正確；B選項(xiàng)定位在第五段第二句“The people from 150 countries live and work in Dubai...”可知目前在迪拜有大量的外國(guó)人在那里生活和工作，故B選項(xiàng)正確；C選項(xiàng)定位在第三段第一句“Recently Dubai has attracted more and more visitors abroad.”可知每年迪拜從國(guó)外吸引越來(lái)越多的游客，故C選項(xiàng)正確；D選項(xiàng)定位在第二段最后一句“In fact, each year the city gets its money mainly from business, not oil.”可知迪拜的主要經(jīng)濟(jì)收入是商貿(mào)，而非石油出口，D選項(xiàng)是錯(cuò)誤的，故選D。

【3】詞義猜測(cè)題。題干意為：劃線單詞“outnumber”的意思是什么？ A項(xiàng)：在規(guī)模上比另一個(gè)群體更�。�B項(xiàng)：在數(shù)目上比另一個(gè)群體更多；C項(xiàng)：在地域上比另一個(gè)群體更大；D項(xiàng)：在地域上比另一個(gè)群體更小。定位在第五段最后一句“...and foreigners now outnumber Dubai natives(本地人) by eight to one!”(現(xiàn)在外國(guó)人與當(dāng)?shù)厝说娜丝诒壤�達(dá)到了八比一。)由此我們可推知outnumber表示目前在迪拜國(guó)外人口在數(shù)目上占據(jù)優(yōu)勢(shì)，選項(xiàng)B符合本題語(yǔ)境，故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干意為：在最后一段中，劃線部分的意思是什么？ A項(xiàng)：我們應(yīng)該經(jīng)常造訪迪拜；B項(xiàng)：我們應(yīng)該向外國(guó)人學(xué)習(xí)；C項(xiàng)：我們必須記住我們的過(guò)去；D項(xiàng)：我們必須只考慮將來(lái)。結(jié)合劃線部分及全文大意可知，此處主要是一位迪拜本地的有識(shí)之士對(duì)目前迪拜發(fā)展的一些個(gè)人見(jiàn)解：希望在迪拜高速發(fā)展的同時(shí)，不忘回顧過(guò)去，珍惜今天來(lái)之不易的幸福生活，年輕人應(yīng)該奮發(fā)努力，為創(chuàng)造迪拜更好的明天，他們還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走。選項(xiàng)C符合本題語(yǔ)境，故選C。

【5】主旨大意題。題干意為：這篇文章的主旨大意是什么？ A項(xiàng)：迪拜正在高速發(fā)展；B項(xiàng)：迪拜在1966年之前是一個(gè)大都市；C項(xiàng)：許多高層建筑在數(shù)月間被建成；D項(xiàng)：許多游客來(lái)到迪拜海灘休閑度假。結(jié)合全文大意可知本文主要講述國(guó)際性大都市迪拜正在迅速地發(fā)展，目前已成為世界上最重要的商貿(mào)中心之一。選項(xiàng)A符合本文大意，故選A。