Question

     In Europe,many people make friends across the borders through town twinning. Two towns in different countries decide to become twin towns.

    Their citizens find penfriends in the twin town. They exchange newspapers and stamps. The school teachers discuss teaching methods with the teachers in the twin town. Officials visit the twin town for celebrations. Ordinary citizens travel to the town,too,but not very often if it is far away.

   Sometimes,schools even exchange school classes for two or three weeks. For example,German middle school students study for a while at the school in their twin town in Britain,staying with British families. A few months later,their British friends come to study in Germany.

   Some towns even arrange exchange visits for theatre groups,choirs and orchestras (管弦乐队). Others send lecturers to the twin town who tell the people there all about their own town,and show photos and slides.

Some towns organise exhibitions to show works of art,for example paintings by artists from their own town.

Many British towns are so pleased with the result of the twinning that they set out to find more than one twin town.

    Tonbridge,a medium-sized town in Kent,for example,has twin towns in Germany and in France. Richmond near London has links with Germany,France and a town in former Yugoslavia.

     Town twinning can help make friends and help people to learn from each other. It helps students to improve their language skills,and it contributes to international peace and understanding.

1. Altogether countries are mentioned in this

passage.

   A. 4   B. 5   C. 6   D. 7

2. Which of the following can't be found in this passage?

   A. Newspapers and stamps are exchanged between twin towns.

   B. Business trade is developed in the town twinning.

   C. Teachers of the twin towns often discuss the scientific ways of teaching.

   D. Lecturers are sent to the twin town who tell the people there about their own town.

3. Twin towns develop .

   A. between European countries and China

   B. in the English-speaking countries

   C. between countries not far away from each other

   D. between different countries

4. The underlined part u it contributes to international

peace and understanding” in the last paragraph has similar meaning to “ ”.

   A. it helps people between countries to know each other better and live peacefully

   B. it encourages people to do something for the peace of the world

   C. it makes people understand the international peace

   D. it is good for students to learn the language better by understanding

5. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

   A. Town Twinning

   B. Friendly Towns

   C. Exchange Teachers and Students

   D. International Peace and Understanding

Answer 1

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

1. A解析：细节理解题。根据文章内笔可知文中提到法国、德国、英国和前南拉夫4个国家。

2. B解析:细节理解题。根据文章第二 四段可知A、C、D三项均涉及了，B项:A 文中未涉及,故正确答案为B项。

3. D解析：推理判断题。由第一段中Two towns in different countries decid to become twin towns. ” 可知 D 项正确。

4. A解析:句意猜测题。根据句意“姐妹 城有助于国际和平与理解”可知A项意 思与此相近,故正确答案为A项。

5. A解析：主旨大意题。文章主要讲述 了欧洲不同国家之间建立姐妹城市的内 容，故正确答案为A项。