Milan Has More Than Fashion
FOOD, football, and fashion – Milan has it all. The city is perhaps most famous for its annual (一年一度的) Milan Fashion Week and its world-class soccer teams AC Milan and Inter Milan. And May will see it host the six-month Milan Expo, the theme of which is food and nutrition.
Milan may not be the first place tourists think of when they think of Italy. Rome is the most famous city in Italian history, Venice draws visitors who want to travel along its canals (运河) and Florence is popular with art lovers. Yet Milan can often be left off tourists’ lists. But although some see Milan as the “ugly sister” of these cities, according to Lonely Planet, in 2015 the city is “suddenly back in fashion in a big way”.
The delicious Milan Expo will look at the future of food, trying to answer the question of how Earth’s fast-growing population can be fed in the future. According to the Lonely Planet website, “144 countries will set up shop northwest of central Milan, forming a mini city-within-a-city”.
Milan’s famous opera house, La Scala, normally closed in the summer, will also host daily performances during the expo, reported Fox News.
Not interested in opera? Don’t worry. Visitors who prefer sports may want to visit the San Siro stadium, home of the soccer teams AC Milan and Inter Milan. The stadium is one of the most famous in Europe and has seen many important games over the years, both in Serie A and the European Champions League.
So even if all of its fashion and beautiful people can make Milan seem “soulless”, as Lonely Planet said, it still has “a serious sense of history and place”. Many people will be discovering it this year, and eating great food from all over the world to help solve world problems. Will you?
32. The features of Milan are mentioned in the article except_____.
A. economy B. fashion C. sports D. culture
33. The attitude of the editors from Lonely Planet towards the city of Milan was______.
A. uninterested B. dissatisfied C. supportive D. disappointed
34. The author’s purpose in writing this article is to ______.
A. inform readers of the theme and activities of the 2015 Milan Expo
B. explain why Milan will be holding the world Expo in 2015
C. give an objective review of the food culture in Milan
D. show that Milan is a good choice for traveling
35. Where does this passage probably come from?
A. A travel journal B. A sports report C. A science fiction D. A tourist magazine
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A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025