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39。 s el ec tri c i ty us e by 8 0 perc ent. Th e i m p ro v em e nt w i l l ta k e a b o ut f i v e y ea rs a nd co s t 3 5 0 m i l l i o n d o l l a rs . I f y o u c a n 39。 4 . W h a t co n cl u s i o n c a n w e d ra w f r o m th e tex t? A . A fri ca n c i ti e s w e re g en e ra l l y th e w o rs t p l a c es to l i v e. B. Sw i tz er l a n d pe rf o rm ed m uc h b ette r i n 2 0 1 3 . C . Th e re w ere tw o A m eri c a n ci t i e s o n t he t o p 1 0 l i s t. D . F ew p eo p l e pa y a tte nt i o n to th e r a nk i ng i n t he l i s t. 答案與解析: A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。最后一段說明,人們?cè)谶x擇宜居城市時(shí),受到危險(xiǎn)威脅小的城市是最受歡迎的,故 D 項(xiàng)正確。 s M o s t Li v a b l e C i ty 2 0 1 3 , ci t i e s i n C a na d a , A us tr a l i a , A us tri a , F i nl a nd a nd N ew Z ea l a nd a re t he m o s t l i v a bl e ci t i es . T he l i s t i s b a s ed o n thei r ex cel l ent g o o d s a nd s er v i ce s , l o w per s o na l da ng er a nd w o n derfu l r o a ds , ra i l w a y s a nd b ui l d i ng s . The l i s t p l a ced M e l b o urne , A us tra l i a a s the m o s t l i v a bl e ci ty i n the w o r l d, w i th V i e nna , A u s tri a ta k i ng s ec o nd pl a ce fo l l o w ed by V a nc o uv er , C a n a d a i n thi r d pl a ce. T hre e o t her A u s tr a l i a n c i t i es (A del a i de a t 6 th a nd S y dney a t 7 th a nd P erth a t 9 th) w o n po s i ti o n s i n the to p 1 0 . Oth er C a n a d i a n ci ti e s a l s o ra nked hi g h l y . I n a ddi t i o n t o V a nco uv e r , the C a n a d i a n ci t i e s T o ro nto a nd C a l g a ry w er e ra nked 4 th a nd 5 th . O n the 2 0 1 3 l i s t, the Sw i s s c i t i e s Z uri ch a n d Gen ev a d r o pped o ut o f the t o p 1 0 , re pl a ced by A de l a i de , A u s t ra l i a a nd A u ckl a nd, N ew Z ea l a nd . P i t ts bu rg h i s t he h i g hes t r a nked U S c i ty . Ha r a r e, Z i m ba bw e w a s the w o rs t ci ty i n t he w o r l d t o c a l l h o m e. A fr i ca n a n d So uth A s i a n c i t i es w ere g ener a l l y the w o r s t p erfo rm i ng o n t hi s l i s t. The o rg a n i z a ti o n w h i ch m a de the l i s t s a i d “ I n the p re s e nt g l o ba l p o l i t i c a l cl i m a te, i t i s n o s urpr i s e th a t t he m o s t a ttr a ct i v e c i ti es a re th o s e w i t h a l o w e r thre a t o f d a ng e r .” 1 . W h a t i s th e r i g ht o rd e r o f th e f o l l o w i ng c i ti e s a cc o rd i ng to th e 2 0 1 3 l i s t? a . Sy dn ey b. V i en n a c. M e