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Hong Kong and Paris are now the world’s most expensive cities to live together with Singapore. It’s the first time that three cities have been for the first place in the 30-year history of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey.
Hong Kong moved up three places to join Singapore, which has been the world’s most expensive place to live for the last five years. Paris, which has been one of the top 10 since 2003, moved up this year from the second most expensive last year. Paris, Singapore and Hong Kong are all 7 percent more expensive to live than New York.
The survey released on Tuesday compares the cost of 160 items, such as food, drink, transport, utility bills, and rent, in 133 cities. The top 10 most expensive cities are largely from Asian and European cities.
● Japan’s Osaka moved up six positions, and now shares the fifth place with Switzerland’s Geneva.
● New York and Los Angeles are the only North American cities in the top 10, to seventh place, a position it shares with Denmark’s Copenhagen.
● Los Angeles was named the 10th most expensive city in the world, along with Israel’s Tel Aviv. San Francisco has also become a more expensive place to live in.
● Swiss cities Zurich and Geneva, coming in at fourth and fifth (with Osaka), had the highest costs when it came to household, personal care and entertainment.
21. Which city ranks tenth in the world’s most expensive cities to live in?
A. Hong Kong. B. Tel Aviv. C. Geneva. D. San Francisco.
22. Where do the top 10 most expensive cities to live in mainly come from?
A. Asia and Europe. B. Asia and America.
C. America and Africa D. America and Europe.
23. Which section of the newspaper does the text mostly appear in?
A. Education. B. Amusement. C. Finance. D. Sports.
【答案】21. B 22. A 23. C
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【分析】
这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了世界上生活成本最高的一些城市排名变化。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段Los Angeles was named the 10th most expensive city in the world, along with Israel’s Tel Aviv.（洛杉矶和以色列的特拉维夫被评为世界上生活成本第十高的城市。）可知Tel Aviv在世界上生活成本最高的城市中排名第十。故选B。
【22题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句The top 10 most expensive cities are largely from Asian and European cities.（生活成本最高的10个城市主要来自亚洲和欧洲城市。）可知生活成本最高的10个城市主要来自亚洲和欧洲。故选A。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段Hong Kong and Paris are now the world’s most expensive cities to live together with Singapore. It’s the first time that three cities have been for the first place in the 30-year history of the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2019 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey.（香港和巴黎现在是世界上与新加坡一起生活成本最高的城市。在经济学人智库2019年全球生活成本调查的30年历史上，这是三个城市首次位居榜首。）以及文章主要内容为讨论世界上生活成本最高的城市可知文章最有可能选自“金融”板块。故选C。
【点睛】细节理解题大多是根据文章中的具体信息如事实、例证、原因、过程、论述等进行提问的。抓住文段中的事实和细节是做好该题型的关键，也是做好其它类型问题的基础。该题型几乎都可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息，或是其变体。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节。做这类题一般采用寻读法，即先读题，然后带着问题快速阅读短文，找出与问题和选项有关的词语或句子，再对相关部分进行分析对比，找出答案。正确选项虽然一般不是原文照搬，但是一般是原文的改写，意思不变。如换一个同义词，把否定改为肯定，把肯定改为否定等。如第一小题，根据倒数第二段Los Angeles was named the 10th most expensive city in the world, along with Israel’s Tel Aviv.（洛杉矶和以色列的特拉维夫被评为世界上生活成本第十高的城市。）可知Tel Aviv在世界上生活成本最高的城市中排名第十。故选B。
