In Europe ,many people make friends between their countries through town twinning .Town or city twinning means two towns in different countries agree and decide to bee “twins”with a sister relationship .
The people find pen friends in the twin town .They exchange newspapers and stamps .The school teachers discuss teaching methods with the teachers in the twin town .Officials visit the twin town for celebrations .Ordinary people travel to the twin town ,too,but not very often if it is far away .
Sometimes ,school even exchange their classes for two or three weeks !For example ,German middle school students study for a while at the school in their twin town in Britain ,staying with British families .A few months later ,their British friends e to study in Germany .
Many British towns are so pleased with the results of the twinning that they set out to find more than one twin town !
Tonbridge ,a small town in Kent ,for example ,has twin towns in both Germany and France .Richmond near London has relationships with Germany ,France and even a town in a Balkan country .
Town twinning can help make friends .It helps students improve their language skills ,and also helps people to understand the differences between nations .
【小题1】Which is the best title for the passage ?A．Town Twinning B．Friendly TownC．Exchanging Teachers and Students D．Peace and Understanding【小题2】Which of the following is Not mentioned in the passage ?A．Twin towns exchange newspapers and stamps .B．Twin towns exchange business skills .C．Schools in twin towns exchange classes for a period of time .D．Ordinary people travel to the twin towns .【小题3】Twin towns develop .A．between European countries and ChinaB．in the English-speaking countries onlyC．in the same countryD．between different countries【小题4】How many countries are mentioned in this passage ?A．7B．6C．3D．4A
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(答案→)A
解析：本文叙述了城市联谊的定义，联谊城市互相交流的内容以及城市联谊带来的好处。城市联谊意味着在不同国家的两个城镇同意和决定与一个城市联谊成为姐妹关系。联谊城市交流邮票，报纸，旅游和学校的课程。城市联谊有助于交朋友和语言技能的提高。因此，很多城市愿意与其他城市联谊。
【小题1】标题归纳题。根据第一段的In Europe ,many people make friends between their countries through town twinning 及全文围绕着town twinning（城市联谊）的好处展开的，因此本文的标题是town twinning。故选A。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据第二段的They exchange newspapers and stamps .Ordinary people travel to the twin town ,too联谊城市交流邮票和报纸，普通人可以去联谊城市旅游，故排除AD。根据第三段的Sometimes ,school even exchange their classes for two or three weeks可知联谊城市的学校课程会交换一段时间，故排除C. exchange business skills交流业务技能，本文没有提到。故选B。
【小题3】推理判断题。根据第一段的Town or city twinning means two towns in different countries agree and decide to bee “twins”with a sister relationship .可知城市联谊意味着在不同国家的两个城镇同意和决定与一个城市联谊成为姐妹关系。因此联谊的城市是不同国家的，故选D。
【小题4】细节理解题。文中共提到了四个国家，即German，Britain，Germany，France 故选D。