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[单项选择]The cold and rainy weather in Paris has not stopped Joe Schaeffer, an American tourist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from visiting the City of Lights with his family of four. Nor have the city’s expensive prices—all the higher because of the huge drop in value of the American dollar compared to the European euro. "We were coming anyway, not matter the price. We might not stay as long. We might eat cheese sandwiches," he said.
At Notre Dame Cathedral a few blocks away, Linda Surma from Detroit, Michigan says she is also shocked by high prices in Paris these days. But Surma does not regret deciding to come to Paris, and has no plans to trim tourist attractions from her itinerary because of the expense—even if she might not buy souvenirs.
Paul Roll is managing director of the Paris Convention and Visitors Office. He says American tourists in Paris—who numbered about 1.5 million last year—tend to cut expenses when the dollar is weak, rather than cancel their trip.
"We have no s
A. Foreign visitors in the US.
B. Foreign investors.
C. Exporters of America.
D. American visitors to other countries.
[单项选择]A university student in Nairobi, Kenya, was stopped for a traffic violation the other day. The policeman took out his ticket book and asked, "What tribe are you " In Lusaka, Zambia, a young man applying for a job was told to see the manager. He leaned over the receptionist’s desk and asked, "What tribe is he " When the receptionist told him that the manager was a Mashona, the applicant replied, "Then I’ll never get the job."
This phenomenon is called tribalism. There are more than 2,000 tribes in black Africa. Each has its own language, customs, names, and physical characteristics that make its members almost immediately recognizable to a person from another tribe. To the Westerner, tribalism is one of the most difficult of African customs to understand. It makes many people think of savagery, warfare, or old fashioned customs.
However, to most Africans, tribalism simply means very strong loyalty to one’s ethnic group. It is a force that can be both good and bad. By defin
A. Because he was a Mashona.
B. Because he was not a Mashona.
C. Because he could do the job.
D. Because he had no such ability.
[单项选择]Pedestrian zones reduce city center pollution.（ ）
A. Traffic reductions have improved city center air quality.
B. Larger roads have reduced city center traffic jams.
C. Cycle areas have improved the flow of city center traffic.
[单项选择]What is good about living close to the city center（）
A. Traveling by bus or car.
B. Living in an expensive way.
C. Enjoying city life.
D. Finding places to live in.
[填空题]The electric current (break)（）, the workers stopped working right away.
[单项选择]For many years the city has been a business center with hotel accomodation mainly for businessmen together with other ______ travellers and completely inadequate for the swarms of short-stay tourists landing in the city.
A. affluent
B. agonistic
C. afferent
D. amicable
[单项选择]A. It’s still raining. B. The wind stopped.
C. The rain stopped. D. Both the rain and wind stopped.
