首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext]The city of Singapore was not built up gradually, like most citie
[originaltext]The city of Singapore was not built up gradually, like most citie
游客
2024-02-03
47
管理
问题
The city of Singapore was not built up gradually, like most cities are, but by the development of commerce on the banks of some river, or on the crossroads of old trade routes. [22] It was simply invented one morning by a man early in the nineteenth century looking at a map. “Here”, he said to himself, “is where we must have a city, half way between India and China. This will be the great stopping place on the trade route to the Far East.” This man’s name was Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Before the war his bronze statue used to stand in Empress Palace. He has been moved along now and, turned to stone, occupies a shady spot by the river. He was by no means the strong individual you might have expected: indeed, he was a rather vague-looking man in a long coat. Although people had once lived there, [23] the island of Singapore, when he arrived, was largely deserted except for a large quantity of rats and insects. There were also a great many human skulls and bones, [24] which had been left by local pirates. He wasted no time, however, in buying the island from its owners and then proceeded, his biographer tells us, to set up a flagpole thirty-six feet high. [25] As he stood there on that lonely beach and looked up at the flag, with the rats and insects running over his shoes, did Raffles foresee the wealth and prosperity which lay ahead for Singapore? Undoubtedly he did.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. What do we learn about Singapore?
23. What did Raffles find when he arrived in Singapore?
24. What can we infer from the passage?
25. What did Raffles think after he bought the island?
选项
A、The island was a sandy place.
B、Not many people lived on the island.
C、There were a lot of pirates on the island.
D、The people had been chased away by rats.
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3419169.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Wearerapidlynearingtheendofthiscourseinthehistory
[originaltext]Wearerapidlynearingtheendofthiscourseinthehistory
[originaltext]Thediamondisconsideredthemostfamousandvaluablejewel
[originaltext]EverycountryintheworldcelebratesNewYear,butnotevery
[originaltext]EverycountryintheworldcelebratesNewYear,butnotevery
[originaltext]W:Hey!Yougotanewtelevision!M:Yeah!Itwasdeliveredyeste
[originaltext]M:Hi,Sue,wherehaveyoubeen?W:Oh,Hi,Dan,Iwasjustatth
[originaltext]M:Hi,Sue,wherehaveyoubeen?W:Oh,Hi,Dan,Iwasjustatth
[originaltext]M:Hi,Sue,wherehaveyoubeen?W:Oh,Hi,Dan,Iwasjustatth
[originaltext]W:ProfessorSmithwassostrangetoday.M:Inoticedthat,too.
随机试题
Readthistextaboutofficepaper.Inmostofthelines34—45thereisoneextra
FreeSchoolMealsA)MillionsofAmericanschoolchildren
以下指标可说明该考评指标体系缺乏超越空间的是()。A.零错误率 B.100%
下列关于风险绩效考核的表述,说法正确的有()。A.RAROC=税后净营业利
在布鲁纳看来,发现并不限于那种要求人类针对尚未知晓的事物所表现出的行为,也包括用
平行于坝轴线方向的缝称为()。A、纵缝 B、斜缝 C、错缝 D、横
按照《证券公司私募投资基金子公司管理规范》的规定,证券公司设立私募基金子公司,最
弗里德曼认为货币政策的传导变量是( )。A.利率 B.基础货币 C
下面是一段心理咨询师与来访者的访谈过程,请据此回答问题。 心理咨询师:你来这里
(2015年真题)在龙口建造浮桥,沿龙口前沿抛投块料,使堆筑戗堤均匀上升的是(
最新回复
(
0
)