15.Does your local town have a nickname?If so,what does it say about the area and the people who live there?Many cities are recognized across the world by their unofficial titles.New York is the Big Apple,London is the Big Smoke,and Los Angles is famously called La La Land.
Now,as part of English Language Day on Wednesday,Britain's national mapping agency,Ordnance Survey,and the British linguistics charity (語言學慈善機構(gòu)),the English Project,are launching an interactive project which aims to identify the nicknames people use in their daily lives for local places.
"The name that people create for a place forms an emotional connection,"explains Winchester University's Professor Bill Lucas,a supporter of the English Project."So Basingstoke becomes Amazingstoke,Swindon is known as Swindump and Padstow,hometown of Chef Rick Stein,is nicknamed Padstein."
Basingstoke is a town in central England.The local nickname,Amazingstoke,shows the affection that locals seem to have for the area.Swindon,on the other hand,is sometimes called Swindump,showing that some people think it's a dump (垃圾場).Stanford Le Hope in Essex is called Stanford No Hope by locals.And Padstow in Cornwall is so closely connected with the local famous person Rick Stein that it's become known as Padstein.
Since launching the online survey last week,the creators have already received 3,000 alternative titles for places and landmarks.
There is a practical side to the project.Glen Hart,Ordnance Survey's head of research,says the information could be very helpful to the emergency services.For example,"By having the most complete set of nicknames we could help the emergency services quickly locate the right place,and maybe even save lives."he says.
24.What's the passage mainly about?C
A.Some stories about nicknames for places.
B.Organizations collect official place names.
C.A survey of the nickname for places.
D.People have a great affection for their cities.
25.Unlike the town Basingstoke,Swindon is a place thatD.
A.has a long history
B.a(chǎn)ttracts a lot of tourists
C.has few people living there
D.seems unpleasant to some people
26.According to the passage,people's respond to the project isA.
A.a(chǎn)ctive B.indifferent C.opposed D.strange
27.What does Glen Hart think of the project?C
A.It proves that most nicknames are interesting.
B.It may help increase the number of nicknames.
C.It is very helpful to the emergency services.
D.It has helped prevent deaths from happening.
分析 本文屬于說明文,介紹了一項旨在于調(diào)查不同城市的綽號調(diào)查.文章中還列舉了一些城市的有趣的綽號的例子.
解答 24.C 主旨大意題.本文第一段屬于引子,引出第二段要討論的話題.根據(jù)第二段the English Project,are launching an interactive project which aims to identify the nicknames people use in their daily lives for local places.可知本文主要介紹的是一項調(diào)查,這項調(diào)查旨在于調(diào)查不同城市的綽號.故C項正確.225.D 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段第二句The local nickname,Amaxingstoke,shows that affection that localsseem to have for the area.Swindon,on the other hand,is sometimes called Swindump,showing that some people think it's a dump (垃圾場).可知Amaxingstoke能夠表現(xiàn)人們對Basingstoke的熱愛;而Swindump則表現(xiàn)出人們對Swindon的討厭.故D正確.
26.A.細節(jié)理解題.由倒數(shù)第二段nce launching the online survey last week,the creators have already received 3,000 alternative titles for places and landmarks.,上周啟動這個項目之后,已經(jīng)收到了3000份昵稱和地標,可知人們對此是很積極的,故選A.
27.C.細節(jié)理解題.由最后一段Glen Hart,Ordnance Survey's head of research,says the information could be very helpful to the emergency services,可知這些信息對緊急救援很有幫助,故選C.
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