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【題目】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

【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. usefulB. normal

C. suitableD. easy

【3】Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in .

A. cleaning waterB. supplying water

C. saving waterD. 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 controllingD. 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

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：你注意到現在的生活更加容易了嗎？當你進入一購物中心，你可以免費wifi。你若想坐出租車，你可以用電話叫一輛。這些就是智慧城市的一部分。智慧城市是美國IBM公司2010年提出的，智慧城市是用數碼科技的城市。本文介紹了智慧城市的特點、發展史等等。

【1】A理解判斷題。題意：根據短文內容，下面哪一個是對的？A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.數碼科技用于智慧城市；B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.英國公司第一次提出了智慧城市的想法。是美國的IBM公司第一次提出，錯；C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.智慧城市主要由免費wifi及電話組成，根據短文第二自然段，智慧城市是用網絡改進城市規劃，節約金錢與資源，使生活更方便等等。錯；D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.智慧城市只是一個還沒有實現的一個想法。根據短文內容2009年，美國的迪比克成為第一個智慧城市。錯。故，正確選A。

【2】D 詞義猜測題。題意：打下劃線的 “convenient”與哪一個意思最接近？A. useful有用的；B. normal正常的，標準的；C. suitable適合的；D. easy容易的。句意：并使我們的生活方便，故選D。

【3】C 細節理解題。題意：與傳統的水表想比較，智能水表在哪方面做得更好？A. cleaning water清潔水；B. supplying water供應水；C. saving water節約水；D. producing water生產水；根據第3自然段，智能水表可以探測水的浪費與泄漏，故可以節約水。因此選C。

【4】B 理解判斷題。題意：Santander這個例子顯示了智能系統的作用，除開哪一個方面？A. business商業，文中有提到有關超市購物的，錯；B.health care衛生保健，未提到；C.traffic controlling交通控制，最后一自然段有提到，錯；D. public transportation公共交通，最后一段有提到，錯。故選B。

【5】B 主旨大意題。題意：短文的主要意思是什么？選項A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.數碼科技改善城市規劃。這只是智慧城市的一個方面。B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.智慧城市會使我們的生活更好。C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.智慧城市很普遍，這只是本文的兩個例子，不是本文主題。D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.西班牙和美國占據了建設智慧城市的領導地位，是本文提到的實例，不是本文的主旨。所以，應選B。