Question

【題目】 Vancouver has had a crazy property（房地產(chǎn)）market since it hosted the winter Olympics in 2010.The downtown area is forested with new apartment blocks. Prices have risen by nearly 60% in the past three years. But until recently developers have largely avoided Chinatown. It is an underdeveloped area. Many Chinatown residents（居民）are old and poor.

Developers now have Chinatown in their sights. Two years ago one built a 17-storey apartment building on its edge. This alarmed many residents，who had formed a group to stop the high-rise advance，now called #SaveChinatownYVR. Ms Melody Ma is its leader. Recently it has been successful.

The main theatre of battle is a car park known as 105 Keefer，where Beedie Living plans to build a nine-storey brick-and-glass apartment block. The developer promises 111 luxury flats，with rooftop landscaping and shops below.

105 Keefer is in an area rich with cultural associations. Just to the south is a monument to Chinese-Canadian builders of the Canadian Pacific Railway and veterans of the Second World War. Across the street is the Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden and the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum. "A lot of people were frightened" because of the building's "closeness to sacred sites in the heart of Chinatown", says Ms Ma. Some residents also fear that it will push up rents.

Conservationists hope that the parking lot is where they can stop development, which they say has spoil the charm of other Vancouver neighbourhoods such as Mount Pleasant. The dispute（分歧）is part of a debate about the city's identity，says Andy Yan，an urban planner. Vancouverites， he says，are asking themselves，"Who are we？And what are we building for？"The people who might want to buy the flats that do not yet exist are，of course，not being consulted.

【1】What will Ms. Melody Ma agree？

A.To preserve Chinatown.

B.To rebuild Chinatown.

C.To build skyscrapers in Chinatown.

D.To promote the property market in Chinatown.

【2】What does the author intend to do in paragraph 4？

A.To state some reasons.B.To offer some advice.

C.To make some comparisons.D.To introduce a new topic.

【3】What is Vancouverites' attitude towards the recent development in Chinatown?

A.Positive.B.Doubtful.

C.Unfavorable.D.Divided.

【4】What is the best tile for the text?

A.The alarmed citizens of Vancouver

B.The cultural associations of 105 Keefer

C.The property battle in Vancouver's Chinatown

D.The identity of Vancouver

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。溫哥華的唐人街居民反對(duì)開發(fā)商在唐人街修建大樓的行為，認(rèn)為這會(huì)影響周邊的生態(tài)和文化，而溫哥華當(dāng)?shù)厝藢?duì)此有不同看法。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段的Two years ago one built a 17-storey apartment building on its edge. This alarmed many residents，who had formed a group to stop the high-rise advance，now called #SaveChinatownYVR. Ms Melody Ma is its leader.可知兩年前一個(gè)開發(fā)商在唐人街邊上建了一棟17層的公寓，領(lǐng)頭人Ms Melody Ma和很多唐人街居民成立了組織——保護(hù)唐人街——來阻止高樓的推進(jìn)，故推測(cè)Ms Melody Ma贊成保護(hù)唐人街。 A. To preserve Chinatown. （保護(hù)唐人街）符合以上說法，故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段敘述的內(nèi)容尤其是A lot of people were frightened" because of the building's "closeness to sacred sites in the heart of Chinatown", says Ms Ma. Some residents also fear that it will push up rents.可知，該段主要陳述了居民不愿意停車場(chǎng)建在唐人街的原因。A. To state some reasons.（為了陳述一些原因）符合以上說法，故選A項(xiàng)。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的Vancouverites. he says，are asking themselves，"Who are we？And what are we building for？可知，當(dāng)?shù)厝嗽趩栕约?/span>“我們是誰？我們建造的目的是什么？”，故可推斷溫哥華當(dāng)?shù)厝藢?duì)唐人街開發(fā)的態(tài)度是有分歧的。故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第五段的The main theatre of battle is a car park known as 105 Keefer和最后一段的The dispute（分歧）is part of a debate about the city's identity，says Andy Yan，an urban planner. Vancouverites. he says，are asking themselves，"Who are we？And what are we building for？以及全文敘述的內(nèi)容來看，本篇主要講述了對(duì)于溫哥華唐人街房地產(chǎn)開發(fā)的事情，唐人街居民、開發(fā)商、溫哥華當(dāng)?shù)厝硕几鲌?zhí)己見，即他們對(duì)唐人街房地產(chǎn)的爭(zhēng)斗。C. The property battle in Vancouver's Chinatown（關(guān)于溫哥華唐人街房地產(chǎn)的爭(zhēng)斗）可以作為本文標(biāo)題，故選C項(xiàng)。