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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 (探测) 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 (应用程序) 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    (题干意为:根据文章，下列哪项是对的？A. 数字技术被用于智慧城市;   B. —家英国公司首先提出智慧城市的想法;   C. 智 慧城市主要由免费Wi-Fi和手机组成;   D. 智慧城市仍然是一种想法并没有被实际应用。根据文章Generally,a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies…(通常，智慧城市是应用数 字技术的城市……) 可知，选项A是正确的。)

2.D    (题干意为：画线单词“convenient”在意思上最接近        。A.有用的;   B. 正常的；   C. 合适的；   D. 容易的。根据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，当你去商场，你可以享受 免费Wi-Fi。当你想打出租车，你可以用手机预订。) 可知，智慧 城市可以让我们的生活更容易，故选D.)

3.C    (题干意为:与传统水表相比，智能水表在          方面做得更好。A. 净化水；   B. 供水；   C. 节水；   D. 生产水。根据文章 They can detect water waste and leakage and send data to let the house owner know.(它们可以探测水浪费和泄漏并把数据 发送给房子主人让他们知道) 可知，智能水表在节水方面做得 更好，故选C.)

4.B    (题干意为：桑坦德展示了应用智慧系统方面的例子除了_________ 。人商业；   B. 卫生保健；   C. 交通控制；   D. 公共交通。根据文章最后一段可知，文章主要讲了智慧城市应用于交通方 面和提供即时的超市信息。而对于卫生保健方面只字未提。 故选B.)

5.B    (题干意为:这篇文章的主旨大意是什么？A. 数字技术有 助于提高城市规划；   B. 智慧城市将使我们未来的生活更好；   C. 智慧城市在迪比克和桑坦德是很常见的；   D. 西班牙和美国 在建设智慧城市中处于领先地位。通篇文章讲的是智慧城市 让我们的生活更方便，并列举了两个智慧城市的案例来证明此 观点。因此选项B是正确的。)