1、2021国家开放大学电大专科英语阅读(1)期末试题及答案(试卷号：2155)Purt 1Questions I 10 are based on Pussage L (30 pointst 3 points each)Passage 1When Sir Scamlordniter whom the world famous Raffles Hotel is tMmed.arrived tn Singaporr at the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were only a few fishermen living there. Toda
2、ys it ix a modern city-state with a population of about 3 million people.Singflpore is one of the few countries in the world where the number of tourists in a year is greater than the population. Some 7 milhon visitors come io see and enjoy all that Singapore has to offer. Fortunately the consistent
3、ly warm wether, with an average dully temperature of about 26. 5 V maken ii possible for tourism to be spread throughout the year, although many people try to avoid December which is usually the wettest monfh.While many visitors make Singapore their xole holiday destination# some visit * in transit*
4、 on their way to places like Australia Indonesia and so on. Others make Singapore part of s tour of the region perhaps visiting Thailand and journeying south through Malaysia before crossing the border into Singapore.The city is full of life and variety. Using the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system to
5、get from one area of the city to another in one day you can experience the traditions and da广today lifr of the different races which make Singapore so colourful and vibrant. In Chinatown# in Arab Streets in Little India* in Orchard Road everywhere there is a mixture of people and languages as rcside
6、nis and visitors go about their business9 speaking one of the four oFfidal iangiKiges - Malay. Tamil. Mandarin or English - and mnny other languages too.Directions tRead passage 1 csirTfully and then decide whether statements I 10 are true or false. Write T for true and F for false against the numbe
7、r of the Item on your answer sheetL Raffles Hotel is named after a person.2. Singapore was already a city-state nt the beginning of the nineteenth century.3. There arc quite 8 Few countries in the world where the nujnbrr of visitors in a year is greater than its population.4. The average daily tempe
8、rAlurc in Singapore i about 26. 5 degrees CtlciUKSt It S warm and dry all thr year round in SingApore6. Some people stop in Singapore on their way to Auemh Irwloncjiia and so o-7. MRT MancU fur nuirkeL8. Thert ar? many different fbccm in Singapore.9. There nu|(ht br many Indians in Stnuapore.lOt Thr
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