20．New York has taken the title of the world's top fashion capital from Milan．The annual survey suggest that the top five fashion cities are facing competition from Asia and Australia．New York had been the top fashion city for five years，but Milan took the title in 2009．The survey was made by the Global Language Monitor，a US based organization．It tracks the frequency（頻率） of words and phrases in the media，on the Internet and throughout the blog．With the US economy recovering，New York once again took the top title．Hong Kong took second place．It was followed by London，Paris and Los Angeles．The other top 10 cities were Milan，Sydney，Miami，Barcelona and Madrid．
"Because of the new economic situation，the global fashion centers have also changed a lot，"said Bekka Payack．the Manhattan-based fashion reporter for the Global Language Monitor．"The new list shows that global fashion centers will change now and then．Compared with the traditional fashion cities，some new ones are performing better and better．"She said that perhaps this is new trend，and it is the first sign that the traditional top five fashion cities--New York，Paris，London，Milan，and Rome--do not control global fashion any more．
    The biggest changes in the list are Hong Kong，Madrid and Melbourne．The Group said that the top newcomers to the list include Amsterdam at number 17，Cape Town at 23，Johannesburg at 25 and Vienna at 27．
The following are the 10 top fashion cities of 2010 and the changes from 2009．
  1．New York（up 1）2．Hong Kong（up 5）
  3．London（up 2）4．Paris（down 1）
  5．Los Angeles（up 1）6．Milan（down 5）
  7．Sydney（up 2）8．Miami（up 5）
  9．Barcelona（up 5）10．Madrid（up 11）
40．New York has regained the title of the world's top fashion capital mainly becauseA．
A．the US economy has been recovering
B．Milan faced competition from other cities
C．few big cities took part in the competition
D．the survey was made by an American organization
41．Compared with the 2009 list，which of the following has the greatest change？C
A．Hong Kong    B．Milan    C．Madrid         D．Barcelona
42．We can infer from the text thatC．
A．New York has lost the top title several times
B．a(chǎn)ll the traditional fashion cities are in the 2010 list
C．economic situations influence global fashion centers
D．new fashion cities have performed better than traditional ones
43．The text is probably taken from aB．
A．science report                     B．fashion magazine
C．geography textbook                 D．history book．

分析 本文講述了隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢的變化，全球流行時尚中心將會時不時轉(zhuǎn)移．

解答 ACCB
40．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題．結(jié)合With the US economy recovering，New York once again took the top title可知答案：隨著美國經(jīng)濟(jì)的復(fù)蘇，紐約再一次奪得了時尚界老大的頭銜．41．C細(xì)節(jié)理解題．結(jié)合The biggest changes in the list are Hong Kong，Madrid and Melbourne和Hong Kong（up 5）及10．Madrid（up 11）可知答案．"列表中最大的變化是香港、馬德里和墨爾本的排名變化．"
42．C推理判斷題．結(jié)合Because of the new economic situation，the global fashion centers have also changed a lot可知答案：由于新的經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢的出現(xiàn)，全球流行時尚中心將會時不時轉(zhuǎn)移．
43．B文章出處題．文章主要內(nèi)容是：隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢的變化，全球流行時尚中心將會時不時轉(zhuǎn)移．中心說的是"世界時尚中心"的變化，所以選B．

點評 做閱讀時經(jīng)常犯錯的主要原因是，僅憑讀過文章后殘留在腦海中的一絲印象來勾選答案，這樣便很容易掉入出題人故意設(shè)布下的題目陷阱．所謂閱讀理解，對于題目的理解一定要忠實于原文，因此，每一道題都應(yīng)該與原文作全面的對比與核查，再得出答案．也就是說，閱讀理解的每一道題目，在原文都應(yīng)該有明確的出處，我們把這一出處叫做原文相關(guān)句，（1）排除與原文相關(guān)句主題不一致的選項（2）排除與原文相關(guān)句態(tài)度相反的選項  （3）排除用于過于極端或負(fù)面的選項（4）注意結(jié)合文章主旨和主題去排除．

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