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【題目】

When was the last time you used a phone booth (電話亭) on the street? With the rise of mobile phones, they have become something out of date. But Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths by turning them into mini-libraries.

Shanghai plans to divide 263 phone booths in Xuhui district into six new kinds. One kind will each offer 60 books for people to read or borrow. A second kind will allow users to listen to audiobooks (有聲讀物) and even record their own voices. A third kind will become " Celebrity Exhibition Halls (名人亭) ", showing old photos and works of famous artists like Ba Jin and Zhang Leping.

Shanghai is not the only city trying to save the old phone booths. The British care about them-even more, because the red phone booths have long been a part of the country's identity (特征). The world's first phone booth was built in the 1880s in Germany. But in the 1930s the UK painted them red and made them a special attraction (吸引人的事物) in cities. People from other cities usually stopped to watch them.

In recent years the country has come up with many ideas to help phone booths stay useful. The UK company British Telecom has added screens and free Wi-Fi to some booths. Users can use them to surf online and search for maps and weather reports. People are also allowed to rent (租用) some booths to change them as they want to. Since 2009, more than l, 500 phone booths have been turned into flower shops, mini-cafes, art museums and even shower rooms. Maybe in the future phone booths will become city attractions once again, but in a more creative way.

【1】What will the phone booths in Shanghai be used as?

A. Internet halls.B. Special attractions.

C. Small libraries.D. Exhibition windows.

【2】In which country was the first phone booth built?

A. China.B. UK.C. America.D. Germany.

【3】In UK, people may find a phone booth to ______.

A. have some coffeeB. borrow some books

C. create city attractionsD. see some famous people

【4】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. The British can buy flowers from a phone booth.

B. The British have new ways to reuse phone booths.

C. The phone booths in UK have been useless for years.

D. If you want to take a shower in UK, enter a phone booth.

【5】What is the best title for the passage?

A. Phone booths repaired in ShanghaiB. Street phone booths given new life

C. Development of phone booths in UKD. Rise of phone booths across the world

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

文章主要講述上海和英國(guó)如何給電話亭帶來(lái)新的生機(jī)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)But Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths by turning them into mini-libraries．上海正試圖通過(guò)把舊電話亭改造成小型圖書(shū)館來(lái)給它帶來(lái)新的生機(jī)．故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The world's first phone booth was built in the 1880s in Germany世界上第一個(gè)電話亭19世紀(jì)80年代建于德國(guó)，故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)more than l， 500phone booths have been turned into flower shops， mini-cafes， 1500多個(gè)電話亭變成了花店，小咖啡館等，所以可以找一個(gè)電話亭去喝咖啡，故選A。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)首句In recent years the country has come up with many ideas to help phone booths stay useful．最近幾年英國(guó)想了很多辦法賦予電話亭新生，同時(shí)后文寫(xiě)的都是電話亭的改造方法，故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù) Shanghai is trying to bring new life to the old phone booths by turning them into mini-libraries．上海正試圖通過(guò)把舊電話亭改造成小型圖書(shū)館來(lái)給它帶來(lái)新的生機(jī)the country has come up with many ideas to help phone booths stay useful．英國(guó)想了很多辦法賦予電話亭新生，文章主要寫(xiě)的就是如何讓過(guò)時(shí)的電話亭發(fā)揮新的作用，故選B。