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Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement from their native countries．“Toronto is truly multicultural(多元文化的),” he said in a newspaper interview．“It’s a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city．” 　　Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the university of Toronto．He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents．“Most of Toronto’s immigrants are from lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life,” he said． 　　Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years．This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city’s Executive Committee, asking for their support．The proposal pointed out Toronto's rich variety of national groups, “whose customs include market shopping．” 　　Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto’s immigrant businessmen would support an open-air market．They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly．“A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it,” Salvatori said．“At first it would be an experiment．But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as a tourist attraction．” (1) What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for Toronto? [　　] A． To provide different forms of amusement． B． To keep the cultural variety of the city． C． To inspire its immigrant community． D． To satisfy its immigrant merchants． (2) Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government ________． [　　] A． to make an experiment B． to start a marketplace C． to perform a research D． to operate a business (3) According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ________． [　　] A． market management B． community service C． travel industry D． city planning (4) It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ________． [　　] A． the protection of different cultures B． the plan of an open-air market C． the request of merchants D． the attitude of shoppers

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．C;3．C;4．A;
解析：

(1)	細節題　從第一段的最后一句可知。即：它是－個來自于許多地方的人組成的一個城市，并且一個多元化的市場將會有助于多倫多人理解并喜歡這個團體。故選B。
(2)	細節題　從最后一段的第一句可知：這三個學生用政府提供的2000美元去做調研。目的是去看看是否移民商人會支持他們的想法。
(3)	細節題　最后－段的最后一句話的意思是：我們認為對于商人這將是好的商機，對于旅游業也一樣。故選C。
(4)	推理判斷　從最后一段的大意可知：就政府給予他們一定的資金表明政府是支持他們的，同時可推斷出也是對不同文化傳統的保護。

提示：

此文講述的是Fidenzio想在多倫多城為那些來自于各移民團體的商人建立起一個戶外的市場。其目的是使這一多元化的市場能夠融合各國的文化團體，同時也能帶動當地旅游業的發展。這一想法得到當地政府的支持與資助。