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SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA  The city has comfortable weather all year round (15℃ to 26℃). Housing is not very expensive in San Jose. Also, many of the city’s older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and cafés.Beautiful mountains are around the city. Lots of people go sightseeing there every year. But air pollution is a problem in the city center.
HONG KONG, CHINA    This lively city—once a small fishing village—is today an international business center. It is an interesting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern tall buildings are next to small temples (廟宇). Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy people fill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parks for walking or relaxing. Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There’s also food from Europe, North America, and other parts of Asia. However, this small city has a large population of nearly seven million! That’s why housing is often very expensive. Traffic and air pollution are also a problem.
小題1:Which of the following is NOT mentioned about San Jose?
A．The weather.B．The mountains. C．The air.D．The traffic.
小題2:What makes Hong Kong the world’s best according to this passage?
A．The lively city and the wonderful dishes.
B．The large population and the traffic.
C．The expensive housing.
D．The beautiful temples.
小題3: The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because ________.
A．it is a small fishing villageB．it is a mix of East and West
C．it is a beautiful cityD．there are too many people in the city
小題4:What do the two cities have in common?
A．They both have beautiful mountains.B．They both have a large population.
C．Air pollution is a problem in both.D．They are both crowded.
小題5:From the passage, we can know that       .
A．San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world’s best
B．San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does
C．the weather in both cities is fine
D．San Jose used to be small fishing village

小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:B

小題1:短文第二段介紹了圣何塞的天氣，自然景觀及空氣污染，沒有提到交通問題。D
小題2:通過：Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes.這句話可以看出A 為最佳選項。
小題3:通過However……后面兩句話可以看出香港生活成本高的原因主要是人口多。D
小題4:在二三段末尾都提到了這兩個城市的環(huán)境污染問題，所以最佳答案為C.
小題5:排除題：通過短文前兩句我們可以知道圣何塞和香港只是這兩家雜志列出來的城市之一�？芍狝不對，在介紹香港時沒有提到香港的天氣，C不對，香港過去是個小漁村。D不對，在短文第二段提到圣何塞城市四周環(huán)山，所以正確答案為B。
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