题目内容
【题目】【四川省成都市2015年中考英语试题】She says her favorite is English.
A．color B．sports C．subject
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析：句意：她说她最喜欢的科目是英语。color颜色； sports运动； subject科目。因为英语属于科目，故选C。
【题目】Top Global Cities
What makes a city great? To answer this question, the creators of The Global Cities Index(全球城市指数) look at the following areas:
The Global Cities Index | Business |
People | |
Media (information) | |
Entertainment (museums, sports, music...) | |
Politics(政治) |
The 2018 Global Cities Index
The Global Cities Index is a list of the world’s most powerful and important cities. Here are the top 10 cities on the 2018 index. Some top cities are strong in five areas.
2018 rank City Scoring breakdown
1. New York 
2. London 
3. Paris 
4. Tokyo 
5. Hong Kong 
6. Los Angeles 
7. Singapore 
8. Chicago 
9. Beijing 
10. Brussels 
Future Leaders
Which cities will become more powerful in the future? Creators of the Global Cities Index predict the most growth in the following places:
Asia: Beijing and Shanghai are both business centers and will continue to grow. In a few years, they will be as powerful as New York. Some Indian cities have a lot of business potential(潜力), too.
South America: Some cities in Brazil and Colombia will become more powerful. In these cities, life for many people is improving.
The Middle East: Istanbul in Turkey, Cairo in Egypt, etc. will hold more power in international politics and business—especially in helping East and West work together.
In 10 years, the top cities on the index may be different, but one thing is certain: tomorrow’s global cities will be more powerful than ever.
【1】Which is the most powerful city in 2018 from the Global Cities Index?
A.Beijing.B.New York.C.London.D.Paris.
【2】According to the reading, which part of the world will grow most in the area of politics?
A.Asia.B.South America.C.The Middle East.D.Europe.
【3】The writer most probably agrees that ________.
A.a top global city need to be strong in several areas
B.Brazil will be the world’s fastest-growing country in 10 years
C.tomorrow’s global cities will probably be less powerful than today’s
D.the Global Cities Index will probably list the same top cities 10 years from now
【题目】
FUTURE VIEW | ||||
It will be great if there is some kind of fuel(燃料）we can use in cars that won’t produce any pollution. I guess there are scientists right now trying to do that, and I hope they’ll succeed because the world would be a much cleaner place, wouldn’t it? Charlie | ||||
I think it will be great if they invent something so that we only have to sleep for one or two hours every day. Then we’d all have much more time to do things and to enjoy ourselves. Life would be better, I think, and everyone would do a lot more with their lives. Miguel | ||||
If I could choose anything, I’d go for a time machine so that I could go back and do some things differently. Of course, It will be great if there that’s impossible— but wouldn't it be great if it was possible? I wish I could go back in time to when I was a kid and say some of the things in a different way! Hannah | ||||
Well, of course, the best thing is medicine for rally bad diseases（疾病）.A lot of scientists are working very hard to stop diseases like Ebola, a terrible disease that has killed many thousand people in Africa. So if they found a special treatment for Ebola, or a way of completely preventing it, life would be easier in so many places. Isabella | ||||
I wish there was a machine that did homework! Wouldn’t tat be fantastic? But I guess teachers wouldn’t be very happy. Georgina | ||||
【1】Why does Hannah want to go back in time?
A.To be young again.B.To live a better life.
C.To do something for Africans.D.To say some words differently.
【2】Who might be worried about the pollution of the world?
A.Miguel.B.Isabella.C.Charlie.D.Georgina.
【3】In which part of a newspaper may this passage appear?
A.Health.B.Science.C.Travel.D.Education.
