Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in£®Here are two of the cities listed as¡°the world¡¯s best£®¡±
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SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA The city has comfortable weather all year round(15¡æ to 26¡æ)£®Housing is not very expensive in San Jose£®Also, many of the city¡¯s older neighborhoods are very beautiful and have small hotels and caf¨¦s(¿§·È¹Ý)£®Beautiful mountains are around the city£®You can visit them easily from San Jose£®So lots of people go sightseeing there every year£®But air pollution is a problem in the city center£®
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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(ÃíÓî)£®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£®Nearly seven million people live in Hong Kong!That¡¯s why housing is often very expensive£®Traffic and air pollution are also a problem£®
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Which of the following is not mentioned about San Jose?
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The weather£®
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The mountains£®
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The air£®
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The traffic£®
(2)
What makes Hong Kong the world¡¯s best according to this passage?
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The lively city and the wonderful dishes£®
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The beautiful mountains and the lively city£®
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The expensive housing and the food£®
D£®
The city and the people£®
(3)
The writer thinks housing in Hong Kong is expensive because ________£®
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it was a small fishing village
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it is a mix of East and West
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it is famous for its wonderful food
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there are too many people in the city
(4)
What do the two cities have in common?
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They both have beautiful mountains£®
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They both have a large population£®
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Air pollution is a problem in both£®
D£®
They are both crowded£®
(5)
From the passage, we can know that ________£®
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San Jose and Hong Kong are the only two cities of the world¡¯s best
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San Jose has more natural sights than Hong Kong does
¡¡¡¡You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year£®You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly£®
¡¡¡¡Perhaps you have been told about some habits (Ï°¹ß) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have£®
¡¡¡¡Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering¡°yes¡±or¡°no¡±to these questions£®
¡¡¡¡(1) Do you move your lips (×ì´½) when reading silently?
¡¡¡¡(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
¡¡¡¡(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
¡¡¡¡(4)Do you read one word at a time?
¡¡¡¡If you answer¡°yes¡±to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit£®If you move your tips£¬hold your fingers over them£¬or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading£®Then if your lips move£¬your will know it and can stop them£®
¡¡¡¡If you point to words£¬hold the two sides of your book£¬one side with your left hand£¬the other side with your right hand£®Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading£®If you move your head£¬place your chin (Ï°Í) in one hand and hold your head still (¾²Ö¹²»¶¯µÄ)£®
¡¡¡¡If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time£¬you need to work very hard in learning to take in (ÎüÊÕ) more words at each glance (һƳ) as your eyes travel across the lines of words£®
¡¡¡¡Even if you do rather fast now£¬you can learn to read even faster£®As you probably have been told£¬the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance£®Read in through groups and force (ÆÈʹ) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go£®Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster£®
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______£®
¡¡¡¡A£®to tell others to be silent
¡¡¡¡B£®to feel whether your lips move or not
¡¡¡¡C£®to hold a piece of paper between them
¡¡¡¡D£®to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read£¬______£®
¡¡¡¡A£®don't keep your head still
¡¡¡¡B£®don't hold your books with your hands
¡¡¡¡C£®don't stand up near a desk
¡¡¡¡D£®don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast£¬______£®
¡¡¡¡A£®you can read more in less time
¡¡¡¡B£®you can write faster
¡¡¡¡C£®you can understand better
¡¡¡¡D£®you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading£®