Question

    When you think of a national park, you generally picture fresh air and wild animals, right? Well, now you're going to have to add tea shops and something called "the Tube" to your definition, because London, England has signed up to be the first "National Park City."

London was established by the Romans around 2.000 years ago and has been continually inhabited (居住于) since then. In all that time, however, nobody had the idea to replace all the parks with big box stores or high buildings, which means London already has a much lower urban density (密度)than most of the worlds cities. Nowadays about a third of the city is green space,

In July 2019, London announced its willingness to become the world's first National Park City. Now the city is moving toward the goal of achieving 50% green space by the year 2050 by connecting and expanding public parks, greening up unused parking lots and the private yards of existing and new houses, fixing some green roofs on existing buildings and even cutting holes in fences for wildlife to pass through.

"Inspired by the aims and values of our precious rural national parks, the London National Park City is basically about making life better in the capital through both small everyday things and long-term strategic thinking." Daniel Raven-Ellison, who began the campaign to make London a National Park City six years ago said in a press release. "We’ ve been doing that in London for centuries, which is why London is so green and diverse.”

London will have a much easier job achieving this type of green transformation than more densely-urbanized cities like Paris and New York, which have 10% and 27% greenspace respectively. But that doesn't mean it's not possible--- the National Park City Foundation hopes to employ 25 more cities in addition to London by the year 2025. Glasgow. Scotland and Newcastle upon Tyne in northeast England are both currently considering becoming National Park Cities.

1.What makes London more likely to become a national park city than other cities?

A.Its smaller population. B.Its less dense urbanization.

C.Its citizens' great support. D.The government's efforts.

2.Where can we find the data on London's measures to achieve its goal?

A.In Paragraph 1. B.In Paragraph 2.

C.In Paragraph 3. D.In Paragraph 4.

3.What is Daniel Raven-Ellison trying to talk about in the fourth paragraph?

A.The significance of London's campaign.

B.The effects of national parks on London.

C.The resources of London's green space.

D.The strategic thinking of London for long.

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Trying to be a national park city is turning new trend.

B.National park cities are springing up around the world.

C.It is so easy for London to become a national park city.

D.National park cities are making improvements to our life.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.A

【解析】

本文为新闻报道。文章主要介绍了伦敦致力于建成国家级的公园城市，努力创造更加湛蓝清洁的天空，国家公园城市的创建已成为一种新的趋势。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段“which means London already has a much lower urban density (密度)than most of the worlds cities” 这意味着伦敦的城市化密度已经远远低于世界上大多数城市。可知。伦敦与世界上的其他城市相比是城市化密度比较低的城市。故选B。

2.推理判断题。第三段“Now the city is moving toward the goal of achieving 50% green space by the year 2050 by connecting and expanding public parks” 现在，该市正朝着到2050年通过连接和扩展公共公园实现50%绿地率的目标迈进。可知，第三段提到了伦敦为了实现到2050年达到50%是绿色空间这一目标而努力，接着后面是具体的措施。由此可知在第三段能找到伦敦为实现其目标而采取的措施的数据，故选C。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段中的the London National Park City is basically about making life better in the capital伦敦国家公园城基本上是为了改善首都的生活。以及最后一句.. which is why London is so green and diverse这就是为什么伦敦是如此的绿色和多样化。由此可知伦敦正在把城市变得更美丽，更多样化，环境更清新，这是伦敦行动产生的影响，故选A。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段…the National Park City Foundation hopes to employ 25 more cities in addition to London by the year 2025. ……国家公园城市基金会希望到2025年，除了伦敦之外，还能再运用于25个城市。由此可推断出，许多城市都在努力争取成为国家公园城市，这已变成了一种趋势。可知选A。