Question

Nearly all the tourists who come to southeast France make a tour to Monaco(摩納哥), too. Lying near the French-Italian border, Monaco is not part of France, but a separate principality(公國), though it is surrounded by its greatest neighbour.

Monaco became a principality in the 16th century after being owned by a family member of a certain Italian king. The French and Italians, however, soon came to “protect” it one after another, until 1861, when it became its own master again.

Facing the blue Mediterranean(地中海), Monaco is mainly made up of two cities, Monaco, where the palace of the prince(王子) stands, and Monte Carlo(蒙特卡洛), which is a wonderful place for tourists. Every year, around half a million people from all parts of the world come to Monaco, nearly 25 times as much as its population.

Believe it or not, Monaco has no soldiers or policemen of its own. Law and order is kept by French police, and French stands for it in its foreign affairs, even the money used in Monaco is franc, too.

1.Monaco is _____________.

A. surrounded by France

B. mostly visited by French tourists

C. another name for Monte Carlo

D. more related to Italy than to France

2.Monaco has a population of _____________.

A. more than 25,000 B. over 20,000

C. 20,000 or so D. no more than 20,000

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The national income of Monaco depends mainly on France.

B. Monaco does not have a seat in the UN because it is too small a country.

C. Monaco is famous for having no soldiers or policemen of its own.

D. Monte Carlo City seems more important for the existence of this principality.

4.The Head of Monaco is ___________.

A. the King

B. a member of the royal family(王室)

C. the President of France

D. the Emperor

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要介紹了與法國、意大利接壤的摩納哥的概況。摩納哥主要由兩個城市組成--摩納哥城和蒙特卡洛城，摩納哥的人口是大約兩萬人。摩納哥沒有警察和士兵，主要依靠法國的警察來維持社會秩序，由法國代表摩納哥處理對外事務(wù)。

1.Lying near the French-Italian border”排除A；根據(jù)第三段“around half a million people from all parts of the world ”排除B；根據(jù)最后一段“Law and order is kept by French police, and French stands for it in its foreign affairs, even the money used in Monaco is franc, too.”排除D；根據(jù)第三段“Monaco is mainly made up of two cities, Monaco,...and Monte Carlo(蒙特卡洛),”可知，C項正確，故選C。

2.around half a million people...nearly 25 times as much as its population”可知，每年的游客數(shù)量是摩納哥人口數(shù)量的25倍，500000除以25等于20000，說明摩納哥的人口大約是兩萬人，故選C。

3.Every year, around half a million people from all parts of the world come to Monaco”可知，摩納哥的收入主要來自旅游業(yè)，排除A；每個獨立的主權(quán)國家，無論其大小，在聯(lián)合國都有席位，排除B；根據(jù)第三段“Monaco, where the palace of the prince(王子) stands”可知，摩納哥城是王室所在地，比蒙特卡洛更重要，排除D；根據(jù)最后一段“Monaco has no soldiers or policemen of its own”可知C項正確，故選C。

4.Monaco is not part of France, but a separate principality(公國)”可知，摩納哥是一個獨立的公國，根據(jù)第三段“Monaco, where the palace of the prince(王子) stands”可知，摩納哥由王室統(tǒng)治，故選B。

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