1、语篇提能.阅读理解Town twinning is also known as partnering towns or sister cities. It refers to the idea of pairing cities across the world as a way to build human and cultural links(联系) among nations. The first official(官方的) town twinning happened in 1930 between the cities of Klagenfurt, Austria and Wiesb
2、aden, Germany. However, town twinning actually didnt become popular until after WW .Developed in Europe as a way of creating friendship and understanding between the countries suffering from the war, town twinning quickly spread outside Europe as well. In 1944, Vancouver became the first city to be
3、paired with a transatlantic(横渡大西洋的) sister city, when it was linked to Odessa, in Ukraine. The pairing was a great way for both cities to provide support to each other during the war.Town twinning is considered so important that the European Union spends about 12 million Euros a year to support it.
4、This often leads to cultural exchange, trades and student exchanges.Town twinning often pairs cities with a lot in common, such as similar population, same names, or similar development problems. For example, Toledo, Spain and Toledo, America, are twin cities. Certain countries have preferences when
5、 choosing cities. For example, 50 percent of the town twinnings founded in the United Kingdom are with France.Therere no agreed rules as to the number of town twinnings a city can have. For example, the city of Las Vegas has only one town twinning, pairing with Banes, Cuba. On the other hand, New Yo
6、rk City has fifteen twin cities: Tokyo, Beijing, Cairo, Rome, Sydney, London, and so on.Town twinning is a very popular system with students and young people, as youth clubs, junior colleges, and voluntary groups often organize exchanges between the paired cities. Most cities have a town twinning as
7、sociation, which deals with anything that has to do with exchanges between the sister cities.1In the beginning, most sister cities were created to _.Afight against the warBdevelop their tradeCsupport each other Drebuild their cities2According to the text, the European Union _.Atries to prevent town
8、twinningBcares little about town twinningCmainly encourages links between the UK and FranceDsupports town twinning very much3What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?AHow to increase town twinnings.BHow to choose a sister city.CThe problems of town twinning.DThe history of town twinning.4Which of t
9、he following are NOT twin cities?AToledo, Spain and Toledo, America.BLas Vegas, America and Banes, Cuba.CBeijing, China and New York, America. DSydney, Australia and Tokyo, Japan.答案与解析：1解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的“Developed in Europe as a way of creating friendship and understanding between the countries suffer
10、ing from the war, town twinning .”和“The pairing was a great way for both cities to provide support to each other during the war.”可知，刚开始城市结对的目的是促进饱受战争之苦的国家之间的友谊和理解，使得他们在战争中相互支持。答案：C2解析：推理判断题，根据第三段的“.the European Union spends about 12 million Euros a year to support it.”可知，每年欧盟都要花很多钱来支持城市结对，由此可以推断欧盟是非
11、常支持这种做法的，故选D项。答案：D3解析：段落大意题。第四段主要讲述了城市结对的一些特点，也就是说如何选择一个姊妹城市。姊妹城市通常有一些共性的东西，而有的国家在选择姊妹城市时有偏爱。答案：B4解析：细节理解题。由第四段第二句以及第五段二、三句可知，澳大利亚的悉尼与日本的东京均与美国的纽约为姊妹城市，而非这两个城市为姊妹城市，故选D项。答案：D.完形填空It had been a long drive to the Veterans hospital. My brother and I had gone to _1_ my Dad who had been _2_ days earlier,
12、 weak, sick and confused. The _3_ had diagnosed (诊断) him with pneumonia (肺炎) and found cancer cells in his brain. My Dad looked so _4_ lying there in bed. It wasnt just the _5_ that was getting to him. It was also being so _6_ his family and friends.As I sat by his _7_， a little woman with a big smi
13、le _8_ into his room. She was at least 80 years old but seemed to have the _9_ of someone 60 years younger. She was a volunteer _10_ handmade getwell cards from the local elementary school. Gently, she took my Dads hand and thanked him for his service to our country. It was the first time since he h
14、ad gotten _11_ that I saw my Dad smile. I _12_ her into the hallway as she left and _13_ her for lifting my Dads _14_ . “I am just sharing a little _15_， sweetie，” she said with a smile as she walked into the next _16_ room to share a little more.That 80yearold angel reminded me again of what is _17
15、_ in this life: sharing our love. When we share our love, we create _18_ not only in the hearts of those _19_ us, but in our own hearts as well. When we share our love, we find ourselves doing what we were always _20_ to do. When we share our love, we make our souls lighter, our lives brighter and t
16、he world better.1A.invite BamuseCvisit Dwatch2A.refused BadmittedChurt Dwounded3A.family BpatientCnurse Ddoctor4A.sad BsmallCbored Dcalm5A.work BillnessCfailure Dloneliness6A.related to Bstrange toCfar away from Ddifferent from7A.bed BchairCtable Dwindow8A.broke BwalkedCturned Dlooked9A.looks Bskill
17、sCwealth Denergy10A.delivering BteachingCselling Dcollecting11A.hurt BblamedCsick Dbored12A.forced BwatchedCpushed Dfollowed13A.thanked BquestionedCforgave Dblamed14A.head BarmsCspirits Ddreams15A.love BpresentCtime Dinformation16A.nurses BdoctorsCpatients Dwomens17A.hard BeasyCinteresting Dessentia
18、l18A.surprise BjoyCsafety Dwonder19A.within BbeyondCaround Dabove20A.meant BorderedCwarned Dattracted答案与解析：1解析：由下文可知父亲生病住院了，所以这里应该是指作者和哥哥去医院里看望父亲，所以选C。答案：C2解析：下文提到父亲被诊断为得了肺炎，同时大脑里还有癌细胞，可知父亲住院了，sb. be admitted在这里表示“某人被收纳住院”。答案：B3解析：能诊断病人病情的只能是医生，故选D。答案：D4解析：根据常理可推测，父亲患肺炎加上得知自己大脑里还有癌细胞，他的心情一定不好，A最符合语境
19、。答案：A5解析：get to sb.表示“对某人有影响”，结合前面父亲的病情可知这里表示不仅病情对他有影响。答案：B6解析：上文提到作者和哥哥来看望父亲，可知父亲住院，远离亲朋好友，这也影响他的心情，故选C。答案：C7解析：这里对应上文的“My Dad looked so _4_ lying there in bed.” bed在这里表示“病床”。答案：A8解析：这里对应下文的“she said with a smile as she walked into the next _16_ room to share a little more”，表示一个80岁的老太太走进病房。答案：B9解析：
20、句意：这个老太太看起来至少有80来岁了，但是精力旺盛却如同20来岁的年轻人，故选D。答案：D10解析：结合语境，可以推知作为志愿者的老人到医院里来只能是发送(delivering)当地小学做的爱心卡。答案：A11解析：由上文可知父亲生病了，所以这里表示这是作者自父亲生病以来第一次看见他笑。答案：C12解析：为了感谢老人劝慰父亲，作者尾随(followed)她到走廊。答案：D13解析：根据上下文可知老人让父亲情绪高涨，所以作者要表示感谢。答案：A14解析：参见上题。lift ones spirits “提起某人的情绪”。答案：C15解析：由下一段的“That 80yearold angel re
21、minded me again of what is _17_ in this life: sharing our love.”可以推知A为正确答案。答案：A16解析：老人刚才安慰过父亲，作为志愿者的她应该是走进另一个病人的病房去安慰下一个病人，故选C。答案：C17解析：由下文作者谈论的分享爱的重要性可推知，这里表示作者从老人身上学到了分享爱的重要性，故选D。essential“必需的，必要的”。答案：D18解析：由上文老人分享爱给父亲带来的是快乐，所以可推知这里应该填B。答案：B19解析：句意：分享爱，不仅仅是我们身边的人带来快乐，还能给我们自己带来快乐。故选C。答案：C20解析：句意：当我们分享爱的时候，我们发现自己在做我们一直应该做的事。be meant to do sth.在这里表示“注定要做某事，指定要做某事”。答案：A