Puerto Rico may be part of the USA but its music and dance is a mixture of both Spanish and African rhythms. The country, as a result, is a mixture of very new and very old. It exhibits the open American way of yet retains the more formal Spanish influences. This is reflected in the architecture, not just the contrast between the colonial and the modern in urban areas but also in the countryside, where older buildings sit side by side with concrete schools and buildings.
However, if you do not wander beyond the tourist areas on the coast, you will not experience the real Puerto Rico. Old volcanic mountains, long inactive, occupy a large part of the interior(內(nèi)陸), with the highest peak, Cerro de Punta, at 1,338m in the Cordillera Central. North of the Cordillera is the karst (巖溶)country where the limestone(石灰石)has been acted upon by water to produce a series of small steep hills and deep holes. The mountains are surrounded by a coastal plain with the Atlantic shore beaches cooled all the year round by trade winds.
The population is 3.8 million, of which about 1.5 million live in San Juan, although about another two million Puerto Ricans live in the USA Average life expectancy is 73.8 years and GDP per capita is US $12,212, the highest in Latin America, although not up to the level of mainland USA. Most Puerto Ricans do not speak English and less than 30% speak it fluently. Second generation Puerto Ricans who were born in New York but who have returned to the island, are called Nuyoricans. The people are very friendly and hospitable but there is crime, liked to drugs and unemployment.
1.What are the disadvantages of Puerto Rico?
A.Too many Puerto Ricans live in the USA
B.Few people in Puerto Rico can speak English
C.Puerto Rico’s GDP is lower than that of the USA
D.Social problem connected with drugs and lack of jobs.
2.We can learn from the passage that Puerto Rico _________.
A.is a state of the United States B.used to be ruled by Spain
C.is an agricultural country D.is gently affected by Africa
3.Nuyorican is a person who _______.
A.has been living in New York
B.is living in New York
C.was born in New York but has returned to Puerto Rico
D.has got the citizenship of America
4.What does the underlined word “retains” mean?
A.loses B.keeps C.enjoys D.returns
1.D
2.B
3.C
4.B
【解析】
試題分析:文章講述了波多黎各的人文自然景觀,以及它的人口分布情況,絕大多數(shù)的波多黎各人所說的語言并非英語,波多黎各也存在毒品和失業(yè)率高等問題。
1.細節(jié)題。從最后一段The people are very friendly and hospitable but there is crime, liked to drugs and unemployment.可知波多黎各也存在一些與毒品和失業(yè)有關(guān)的社會問題。故選D
2.推斷題。從第一句Puerto Rico may be part of the USA but its music and dance is a mixture of both Spanish and African rhythms.可知它并非是美國的一個州,從It exhibits the open American way of yet retains the more formal Spanish influences. 可知,它保留著更多的正統(tǒng)的西班牙的影響,可知它曾被西班牙統(tǒng)治過。故選B
3.細節(jié)題。從最后一段Second generation Puerto Ricans who were born in New York but who have returned to the island, 可知,那些出身在美國,后又回到波多黎各的人,故選C
4.推斷題。從第一段可知,波多黎各這個國家是新舊的結(jié)合體,它有美國人的開放的生活方式,也有更多的西班牙因素,這些可以反映在建筑上,所以推出是保留的意思,故選B
考點:政治經(jīng)濟文化類說明文
點評:本文屬于說明文中較容易的文體。說明文是歷年高考很常見的文體,對于科技類的說明文比較難,而對于介紹地方的文體較容易。本文中,把握好是對波多黎各的人文景觀的描述。同時,此類文章對于細節(jié)題,在對文章看懂了的基礎(chǔ)再仔細對比選項和文章,即可得出答案。
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