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Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect(探测) water waste and leakage(泄漏) and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App(应用程序) that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

   A. Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

   B. An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

   C. A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

   D. A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

2. The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to _______.

   A. useful                  B. normal                      C. suitable                  D. easy

3. Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in _______.

   A. cleaning water      B. supplying water         C. saving water           D. producing water

4. The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects(方面) EXCEPT _______.

   A. business              B. health care                C. traffic controlling    D. public transportation

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

   A. Digital technologies help improve city planning.

   B. Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

   C. Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

   D. Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

【回答】

1. A  由文中第二段a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies(智能城市是一个使用数码技术的城市)可知，A项正确；而由The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010.(智能城市的想法是由美国IBM公司于2010年提出的)可知B项是错误的；由文章第一段最后一句中In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.(实际上，所有这些可以看作是智能城市的基础部分)可知C项说法不全面；由第三段第一句In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US.(2009年，迪比克成为美国第一个智能城市)可知D项不正确。故选A。

2. D  useful意为“有用的”；normal意为“正常的”；suitable意为“合适的”；easy意为“容易的；舒适的”。结合第一段第一句Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier?(你注意到你的生活变得更容易些了吗？)可知make our life convenient中的convenient与easy同义，故选D。

3. C  clean water意为“净水”；supply water意为“供水”；save water意为“节水”；produce water意为“制水”。由文章第三段第三句They can detect water waste and leakage and send data to let the house owner know.(它们能探测水浪费和渗漏情况并发送数据资料让房主知道)可知，该题选C。

4. B  business意为“商业”；health care意为“健康护理”；traffic controlling意为“交通控制”；public transportation意为“公共交通”。由第四段中的If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times.(如果人们把手机指向附近的一个公交车站，它立刻呈现服务这个站点的所有公交车线路及它们的到达时间)可推知，智能系统可应用于交通控制和公共交通；由文章最后一句Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.(在超市附近打开应用程序，它立即提供有关优惠价的信息)可知，智能系统也用于商业。而B项没有提及，故选B。

5. B  由文中提及的“城市智能化能让人们的生活更方便、省钱、节能”可推知，文章的中心思想应该是：智能城市会让未来的生活更好、更智能。故选B。

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