1、試卷總分:100 得分:100閱讀短文，完成后面的閱讀理解練習。Cultural Diversity in London?Benjamin Disraeli, the famous nineteenth century prime minister, said, “London is not a city, - it is a nation .” Today this is an understatement; London, with its vast range of different ethnic groups, is a world.倫敦的文化多樣性英國十九世紀著名的首相本杰明?迪斯

2、雷利說過：“倫敦不是一個城市，而是一個國家”。今天看來這種說法已經顯得保守了，倫敦城內居住著很多不同種族的人群，堪稱為世界的縮影。Certainly, London is the most culturally diverse city in the world. The city was founded by the Romans and since then new arrivals have constantly added to its character and prosperity.毫無疑問，倫敦是世界上文化最多樣化的城市。這座城市是由羅馬人建的，從那時起，新到的移民就在不停地增加

3、它的特點，促進它的繁榮。Within 10 years 40% of Londoners will be from ethnic minority groups , including the growing number of Londoners of mixed ethnic origin, but most of them will have been born in Britain. Children of Caribbean-Chinese marriages will go to school with children of Russian-Irish couples . Non

4、e of them will be English but all of them will be Londoners .用不了10年，倫敦將有40%的人口來自少數民族，包括不斷增加的混血倫敦人，但他們中的大多數都將是在倫敦出生的。加勒比海和中國夫婦所生的孩子將和俄國和愛爾蘭夫婦所生的孩子一起上學。他們中沒有人是英國人，但卻都將是倫敦人。Most of Britains ethnic minority residents live in the capital, speaking over 300 languages. Nearly all of the African population

5、and many of the Caribbean population of Britain live in London (83% and 58% respectively); 39% of the Chinese population of Britain and 36% of the Asian population of Britain live in London. The largest migrant community is from the Irish Republic with 256,000 people, 3.8% of the total population of

6、 London.英國大多數少數民族居民都生活在首都倫敦，他們所講的語言超過300種。在英國的幾乎所有的非洲人和很多加勒比海人都生活在倫敦（分別是83%和58%）；在英國的39%的中國人和36%的亞洲人也生活在倫敦。最大的移民群落來自愛爾蘭，擁有人口256,000，占倫敦總人口的3.8%。There are an estimated 330,000 refugees and asylum seekers living in London, with most recent arrivals coming from Eastern Europe, North Africa and Kurdista

7、n .據估計生活在倫敦的難民及要求避難者達330，000人，其中大多數新到的移民來自東歐、北非和庫爾德斯坦。Young people, in particular , are skilled at dealing with a large number of different and hybrid cultures. They themselves often have several different ethnic identities since their parents and grandparents may come from several different backgro

8、unds and their friends and partners do also. They are “skilled cross-cultural travellers” without leaving their home-town.年輕人尤其擅長處理很多種不同的混雜的文化。由于他們的父母和祖父母可能來自不同的種族背景，所以他們自己經常有幾種不同的種族身份， 他們的朋友及伴侶也是如此。他們不必離家出游便成了老練的跨文化游人。Why does the writer think that Benjamin Disraelis statement is an understatement?

9、 Because he thinks London is _.part of the worldeven larger than some countries in the worldnot a nation at alla miniature world thanks to its great cultural diversity答案:D2.London is regarded as the most culturally diverse city in the world due to the following facts EXCEPT that _.?within 10 years 4

10、0% Londoners will be from ethnic minority groupsmost of Britains ethnic minority residents live in London, speaking over 300 languages?London accommodates about 330,000 refugees and asylum seekers from many other countries?many young people are immigrants from different backgrounds答案:D3.Why does the

11、 writer think new arrivals are an advantage (好處) to London?Because they have regularly increased its character and prosperity.Because they speak different languagesBecause they are superior (優越) to Londoners in many aspectsBecause they are unique ethnic minority groups答案:A4.The passage mainly deals with _.?the advantage of hybrid cultures in Londonthe composition of the population in London?the cultural diversity in London?the contribution made by the new arrivals to London答案:C5.The last paragraph mainly tells us in London _.young people are from different backgrounds?youn