Question

    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 (教会的) 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(次要点)   C: Conclusion

A. B.

C. D.

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要提出了对墨尔本丢失了最宜居城市桂冠的质疑，以及从墨尔本城市体育场、交通、社会生活三个方面来说明墨尔本所具有的优势。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句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. (我听说我们最近失去了向外国朋友自豪地说这句话的权利，因为我们重新审查了国际名单，我们滑落到了第四名)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.(当你看到墨尔本所能提供的东西时，很难想象它是如何丢掉桂冠的)可知，作者好奇为何墨尔本会落后于其他城市，故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第一段第三句And what better way to regain our title as world's most livable city? (还有什么更好的方法让我们重新成为世界上最宜居的城市呢?)以及文章第三、四、五段分别介绍了墨尔本的场地优势，交通优势和丰富的社交生活。由此可知，作者主要介绍了墨尔本的竞争优势，故正确答案为B。

3.推理判断题。根据上一段在说墨尔本丰富的社交生活，紧接着用unfortunately进行转折，所以是在暗示运动员的社交生活非常少。从划线的句子中，我们可以推断出运动员的社会活动很少。故选A。

4.推理判断题。文章第一、二段作者提出了对墨尔本丢失最宜居城市桂冠的质疑，然后在三、四、五段分别从城市体育场、交通、社会生活三个方面来讲墨尔本具有的三个优势，最后一段中By far the easiest place on earth to cheat death, which is essentially what we're talking about.(到目前为止，这是地球上最容易逃避死亡的地方，这基本上就是我们所说的)对文章进行了总结，故选D。