题文
More than half of the world’s population live in cities. Traffic and pollution are becoming big problems in big cities all over the world. In cities like Mexico City, Shanghai or Cairo the quality of air is getting worse every day. In the United States, people spend more time sitting in traffic jams.Some of the world’s cities have already found the answer to the problem. In Bogota, the capital of Columbia, the government has taken measures to improve the quality of life for the city’s 8 million people. They created over a thousand new parks, a new public transport system, and built hundreds of cycling and walking paths. People who live in the city also joined in making their city one of the most livable (适合居住的) places in South America.
Today city planners around the world are looking for ways to provide more room for living and less room for cars. In America, public transport has increased over 2 % since the mid 1990s — not much but a start. More and more people leave their cars at home and get on buses, trains or even ride a bike to work. Some cities are far better at planning than others. In Amsterdam, for example, only 40 % of the population use their cars to get to work, 35 % ride bikes while 25% use public transport. In Paris, about half of the city’s workers drive their cars to work.
For cities in developing countries, the problems have just started. Traffic is getting worse as more and more people can afford to buy a car.
小题1:The writer listed Mexico City, Shanghai and Cairo as examples of cities of ______.A．heavy trafficB．air pollutionC．rapid developmentD．large population小题2:What did Bogota do to improve the quality of life for its people?A．It shut down some factories in the city.B．It introduced a foreign public transport system.C．It encouraged people to plant trees in the city.D．It built new parks and a new public transport system.小题3:From the third paragraph, we can learn that ______.A．35% of the population in Paris ride bikes to workB．half of the people in Amsterdam drive their cars to workC．a quarter of the people in Amsterdam use public transportD．American public transport has increased much since the 1990s小题4:What would be the best title of the text?A．Ways to solve traffic jamsB．New changes in transport systemsC．People’s new choice in big citiesD．Parks instead of cars for cities 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析
【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了世界一半以上的人口居住在城市，城市的交通、空气质量越来越差。为了改善人们的生活质量，很多城市开始多建公园和自行车、人行道路。减少汽车的使用，少给给汽车留一些空间。
小题1:B考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的In cities like Mexico City, Shanghai or Cairo the quality of air is getting worse every day. 可知，在墨西哥、上海或开罗，空气的质量越来越差。故选B。
小题2:D考查细节理解。根据文章第二段中的They created over a thousand new parks, a new public transport system, and built hundreds of cycling and walking paths. 可知，他们建了1000多个公园，全新的公共交通系统和建了几百个自行车和步行道路。故选D。
小题3:C考查细节理解。根据文章第三段中的 In Amsterdam, for example, only 40 % of the population use their cars to get to work, 35 % ride bikes while 25% use public transport. 可知，有 25%的人使用公共交通工具。也就是说1/4的人使用公共交通工具。故选C。
小题4:D考查文章的标题。根据文章的整体内容可知，第二段讲述了建更多的公园，提高人们的生活质量。第三段创造更多的生活空间减少汽车的空间。所以，文章的整体说明为了改善人们的生活质量，要多建一些公园少用一些汽车。故选D。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“More than half of th.....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
