In Europe, many people make friends between their countries through town twinnin
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In Europe, many people make friends betweentheir countries through town twinning. Town or city twinning means two towns indifferent countries agree and decide to become “twins” with a sister-cityrelationship.
The people find pen friends in the twintown. They exchange newspapers and stamps. The school teachers discuss teachingmethods with the teachers in the twin town. Officials visit the twin town forcelebrations. Ordinary people travel to the twin town, too, but not very oftenif it is far away.
Sometimes, schools even exchange theirclasses for two or three weeks! For example, German middle school studentsstudy for a while at the school in their twin town in Britain, staying withBritish families. A few months later, their British friends come to study inGermany.
Many British towns are so pleased with theresults of the twinning that they set out to find more than one twin town!
Tonbridge, a small town in Kent, forexample, has twin towns in both Germany and France. Richmond near London hasrelationships with Germany, France and even a town in a Balkan(巴尔干半岛的) country!
Town twinning can help make friends. Ithelps students improve their language skill, and also helps people to understandthe differences between nations.
1.Which is the best title for the passage?
| A．Town Twinning |
| B．Friendly Towns |
| C．Exchanging Teachers and Students |
| D．Peace and Understanding |
2.Which of the following is NOT mentionedin the passage?
| A．Twin towns exchange newspapers and stamps. |
| B．Twin towns exchange business skill. |
| C．Schools in twin towns exchange classes for a period of time. |
| D．Ordinary people travel to the twin town. |
3.Twin towns develop ____________.
| A．between European countries and China |
| B．in the English-speaking countries only |
| C．in the same country |
| D．between different countries |
4.How many countries are mentioned in thispassage?
| A．7 | B．6. | C．5 | D．4 |
5.One of the advantages of town twinning isto ________.
| A．earn more money |
| B．set up schools |
| C．improve students’ language skills |
| D．develop industry and agriculture |
试题答案
【答案】
1.A
2.B
3.D
4.D
5.C
【解析】文章讲述的是城市结谊的内容和相关的信息以及带来的好处。
1.主旨大意题，根据第一段可知，该文章主要讲的就是城市结谊。
2.事实细节题，根据文章第二三四段可知，B项内容没有涉及到
3.事实细节题，根据第一段In Europe, many people make friends between their countries throughtown twinning. Town or city twinning means two towns in different countriesagree and decide to become “twins” with a sister-city relationship可知，这是指不同国家的镇之间形成的关系
4.事实细节题，跟第三段和第五段内容可知，共四个国家被提及。
5.事实细节题，根据最后一段It helps students improve their language skill, and also helpspeople to understand the differences between nations可知。