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12.http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/14/africa/egypt-plans-new-capital/index.html?hpt=travel_hp_blogrollForget the pyramids,Tahrir Square and the Nile.Egypt is ready to ditch Cairo and build a shiny new capital if the government has its way.
Fed up with pollution,traffic jams,a packed population with soaring rents,Egypt is teaming up with a developer in the United Arab Emirates to build a city in what could be one of the world's most ambitious infrastructure programs.
The yet-to-be-named city will spread out over 150square miles,or roughly the size of Denver,and could eventually be home to 7million people,the developers and government announced Friday.
The current capital of Cairo,while full of history and vibrant charm,is home to more than 18million people,and living in and getting around the city can be maddening and frustrating.The government says the idea is to reduce congestion in Cairo,which is projected to double in population in the coming decades.
An exact location was not announced,but the city is expected to be built east of Cairo.It will be closer to the Red Sea--between two major highways--the Suez and the Ain Sokhna roads.
The ambitions are big.In addition to the new embassies and government buildings,it plans to have an international airport bigger than Heathrow,solar energy farms,40,000hotel rooms,nearly 2,000schools and 18hospitals--all linked together by over 6,000miles of new roads.
But if th e dream is big,the bill will be bigger.
The total cost is estimated at U.S.$45billion,Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouly announced at an economic development conference in Sharm el-Sheikh.
The revealing of the new capital was paired with a glamorous website showing a luxurious and technological urban view of glass towers and pools.
The plan is backed by a group that describes itself as"a private real estate investment fund by global investors focused on investment and development partnerships"led by Emirati developer Mohamed Alabbar.
Alabbar made his name as the founder of Dubai's Emaar Properties,primarily known for developing the world's tallest building,the Burj Khalifa.
Egypt is not the first country to plan on moving its capital from established big cities to rural greener pastures.Myanmar(缅甸) has only recently completed its move from Yangon to the new city of Naypyidaw.Nigeria moved to Abuja in the 1990's,and Brazil carved its capital Brasilia out of the wilderness over 50years ago.
And then there was another crazy idea of building a capital city on a square of swampland that seemed mainly to be a boondoggle for wealthy land speculators(商人) at the time.
That city?
58.Egypt is ready to join hands with some experienced developers to build a new capital mainly because of the following EXCEPTC in the old capital.
A.pollution and population
B.its location and higher rents
C.its long history and charm
D.traffic jams and crowdedness
59.The underlined sentence in the passage means that it isA.
A.a new city with expensive infrastructure programs
B.a new city with beautiful glass towers and pools
C.an enterprising dream with abundant funds
D.a noble dream with rich cooperative teams
60.Which city was the outcome of a crazy idea at that time?D
A.Abuja.
B.Brasilia.
C.Naypyidaw.
D.Washington,D.C.
分析 本文是一篇说明文阅读.主要介绍由于污染和人口、地理位置和高租金、交通堵塞和拥挤,埃及将建立一个新的首都.
解答 58.C.细节理解题.根据第二段 Fed up with pollution,traffic jams,a packed population with soaring rents.可知埃及将建成一个新的首都是因为它的污染和人口、地理位置和高租金、交通堵塞和拥挤.故选C.
59.A.推理判断题.根据第七段The total cost is estimated at U.S.$45 billion可知总花费预估为450亿.故选A.
60.D.推理判断题.根据最后一段And then there was another crazy idea of building a capital city on a square of swampland that seemed mainly to be a boondoggle for wealthy land speculators at the time.可知华盛顿原是一片灌木丛生之地,只有一些村舍散落其间.而现在确实经济繁荣的地区.故选D.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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