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   Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now,when you go to a certain shopping mall,you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi,you can book one with your phone. In fact,all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

   The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally,a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning,save money and resources,and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

   In 2009,Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect (探測) water waste and leakage (泄漏) and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way,people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

   Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop,the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App (應用程序) that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature,and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.

() 1. According to the passage,which of the following is RIGHT?

     A.Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

     B.An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

     C.A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

     D.A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

() 2. The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to        .

      A. useful   B. normal   C. suitable   D. easy

() 3. Compared to traditional water meters,smart water meters do better in        .

      A. cleaning water   B. supplying water   C. saving water   D. producing water

() 4. The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects (方面) EXCEPT      .

      A. business              B. health care

      C. traffic controlling   D. public transportation

() 5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

      A.Digital technologies help improve city planning.

      B.Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

      C.Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

      D.Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

Answer 1

1. A 2.D 3.C 4.B 5.B

1. A    (題干意為:根據文章，下列哪項是對的？A. 數字技術被用于智慧城市;   B. —家英國公司首先提出智慧城市的想法;   C. 智 慧城市主要由免費Wi-Fi和手機組成;   D. 智慧城市仍然是一種想法并沒有被實際應用。根據文章Generally,a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies…(通常，智慧城市是應用數 字技術的城市……) 可知，選項A是正確的。)

2.D    (題干意為：畫線單詞“convenient”在意思上最接近        。A.有用的;   B. 正常的；   C. 合適的；   D. 容易的。根據Now,when you go to a certain shopping mall,you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi,you can book one with your phone.(如今，當你去商場，你可以享受 免費Wi-Fi。當你想打出租車，你可以用手機預訂。) 可知，智慧 城市可以讓我們的生活更容易，故選D.)

3.C    (題干意為:與傳統水表相比，智能水表在          方面做得更好。A. 凈化水；   B. 供水；   C. 節水；   D. 生產水。根據文章 They can detect water waste and leakage and send data to let the house owner know.(它們可以探測水浪費和泄漏并把數據 發送給房子主人讓他們知道) 可知，智能水表在節水方面做得 更好，故選C.)

4.B    (題干意為：桑坦德展示了應用智慧系統方面的例子除了_________ 。人商業；   B. 衛生保��；   C. 交通控制；   D. 公共交通。根據文章最后一段可知，文章主要講了智慧城市應用于交通方 面和提供即時的超市信息。而對于衛生保健方面只字未提。 故選B.)

5.B    (題干意為:這篇文章的主旨大意是什么？A. 數字技術有 助于提高城市規劃；   B. 智慧城市將使我們未來的生活更好；   C. 智慧城市在迪比克和桑坦德是很常見的；   D. 西班牙和美國 在建設智慧城市中處于領先地位。通篇文章講的是智慧城市 讓我們的生活更方便，并列舉了兩個智慧城市的案例來證明此 觀點。因此選項B是正確的。)