Question

Section One

The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin word “civitas”(meaning “city” ), and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.

Section Two

The emblem(会徽), showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世” (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which shows the various urban cultures of the world.

Section Three

Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always human. The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.

The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help（互相帮助）. If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.

Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ― “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China welcomes you!”

1.The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.

A．the civilization      B．the philosopher     C．the word          D．the city

2.Which correctly matches the sections with the pictures they describe?

Pictures           

A.          Section One      Section Two      Section Three

B.          Section Two      Section Three    Section One

C.          Section Three     Section Two      Section One

D.          Section Three     Section One     Section Two

3.In Section Three, the second paragraph explains how the creation is connected with the _____ of the Chinese word “人”.

A．story             B．meaning          C．shape            D．usage

4.The underlined word “stroke” in the second paragraph of Section Three means ______.

A．one of the ideas a word has

B．a line made by a writing tool

C．a member of a family or the society

D．a person who has met with trouble

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了上海世博会的会徽、主题以及吉祥物的产生和由来。

1.根据The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher Lewis Mumford put it,故选D。

2.根据The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”， The emblem(会徽), showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind.以及The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.故选C。

3.根据The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help（互相帮助），故选C。

4.根据If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.

故选B。

考点：政治经济文化类短文阅读理解

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