46. The underlined word “slum” most likely means ________.

A. a village

B. a small town

C. an area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings

D. the part of a town that lacks water badly

45. Which of the following words can best describe Amsterdam as a tourist city?

A. Modern　　 B.　　　 Quiet　　　 C. Delightful　 D. Historic

B

Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Prubahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers don’t come at all. “That water kills people,” a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel(焦糖)– colored liquid. “Whoever drinks it will die.” The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neighbourhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink it.

There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litres. The government of India promises(but rarely provides)forty. Most people drink two or three litres – less than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred litres of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hope to drag away a hundred litres that day-two or three buckets’ worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesn’t go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; it’s cheaper. Like the poorest people everywhere, the people of New Delhi’s slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.

44. According to the passage, the local people have all the following characteristics EXCEPT_______.

A. they are party goers　　　　 B. they show hospitality

C. they can speak English　　　 D. they are fond of cycling

43. What the author`s purpose in writing the passage?

A. To share his experiences with readers

B. To list the places of interest in Amsterdam

C. To introduce the residents life in Amsterdam

D. To attracts people to visit Amsterdam

42. Which tourist attraction is mentioned in detail in Paragraphs Four and five?

A. Royal palace. 　B. Club Paradiso. 　C. Dam Square. 　　D. Magns Plaza.

41. At the beginning of the passage, the author indicates that______.

A. Amsterdam is generally known as a quiet city

B. Amsterdam presents two different pictures

C. Parties go on all day long in Amsterdam

D. Amsterdam attracts many daytime visitors

9. A. restored　　　　　 B. absorbed　　　　　　 C. prohibited　　　　　 D. remove

8. A. extra　　　　　　　 B. traditional　　　　　 C. basic　　　　　　　　　 D. regular

7. A. surprisingly　　 B. individually　　　　 C. equally　　　　　　　　 D. hardly