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　　Taravura is as beautiful as it sounds. It is everything a Pacific city should be. You might have imagined a seafront lined with palm trees, sea-washed beaches as white as the waves, a busy port trading in all the products of the South Seas; you might have dreamed about houses made of dried grass standing among tall trees, brightly painted wooden churches, and open-air markets full of happy, friendly people, dressed as colorfully as the flowers and the fruits they sell. If you have ever thought that you might find all these things in one place, you were thinking of Taravura.

　　Taravura is all things to all men. It is a capital city, with international hotels that will give you the warmest welcome you have ever received; with streets of buildings old and new, and of stores big and small; with shops full of bargains, and parks and gardens full of things to see and do. Government House and the President's Palace are there.

　　The international airport has regular and direct flghts to and from cities all over South-East Asia, Australia and the South Pacific. Yet Taravura does not feel big: few of its buildings are higher than the trees; none of its streets is so full of traffic that it is difficult to cross, even at the busiest times of the day; and from all parts of the city you can see either Mount Bari and its brothers, the Endi Mountains, to the north, or the sky-blue sea to the south. Nowhere in Taravura are you very far from nature.

　　But do not be deceived into thinking that because Taravura is small among capital cities, you will have done everything worth doing within a day. Taravura is a mine of golden opportunities. St. Cecilia's Cathedral, for example, contains many pieces of local art-work; and Komati Museum has a collection of paintings by South Pacific artists that is without equal in the world. For those who enjoy watching sports and games, you can be sure that somewhere in the city there is a national or an international team playing football, cricket or basketball; and for those who would rather play than watch, Taravura offers plenty of opportunities to try your hand at any sport.

　　Until you have been to Taravura, you have not visited the city of your dreamstruly a heaven on earth.

1．“Taravura is all things to all men,” means ________.

[　　]

A．there is nothing that you will not find there

B．everyone will find something there to suit him

C．there are as many things to do as there are men

D．the men will do anything you wish them to do

2．Taravura “does not feel big” in spite of the fact that ________.

[　　]

A．it is a capital city with an airport and international hotels

B．its streets are full of traffic at all times of the day

C．few of its buildings are higher than the trees

D．its buildings are old and new, its stores big and small

3．Nowhere in Taravura are you very far from nature in that

[　　]

A．the open-air markets are full of flowers and fruit

B．the houses are made of grass and the churches of wood

C．there are mountains on one side and sea on the other

D．there are parks and gardens full of things to see and do

4．“Taravura is a mine of golden opportunities” means that

[　　]

A．St. Cecilia's Cathedral is a local piece of gold art-work

B．there are many things made of gold in the Cathedral and the museum

C．there are all sorts of things to do in the city

D．Taravura is a very wealthy city in many ways

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