【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 television industries are based in Los Angeles. So it is not surprising that it is called The Entertainment Capital of the World. Many films are made in the area of Los Angeles called Hollywood. Millions of people visit the area. No trip to Los Angeles is perfect without seeing the word Hollywood spelled out in huge letters on a hillside. Many movie stars live in Los Angeles. The city is sometimes called Tinseltown. This nickname es from the shiny, bright and often unreal nature of Hollywood and the movie industry. Another nickname for Los Angeles is LaLa Land, using the first letters of Los and Angeles. This means a place that is fun and not serious, and maybe even out of touch with reality. A good place for watching unusuallooking people is Venice, an area on the west side of Los Angeles. A system of waterways designed after the Italian city of Venice has been built there. Many people love Los Angeles for its warm sunny weather, beautiful mountains and beaches, and movie stars. That includes Randy Newman, who sings about his hometown. On the whole, Los Angeles is growing attractive just for its rich nicknames. 39. Choose the one that isn’t the function of a nickname of a place. A. Uniting surrounding cities B. Entertainment C. Bringing pride to the locals D. Establishing characteristics 30. Which of the following can best replace the underlined sentence? A. Seeing the big letters Hollywood on a hillside means you39。ve been really to Los Angeles. B. Not seeing the word Hollywood on a hillside means you haven39。t been to Los Angeles. C. If you visit Los Angeles you should first pay a visit to Hollywood s on a hillside. D. Your trip to Los Angeles is not plete if you miss the big letters Hollywood on a hillside 31. What’s the number of the nicknames given to Los Angeles? A. 5 B. 4 C. 7 D. 6 32. According to the passage, the true statement is ________. A. Los Angeles was built after the Italian city of Venice B. Hollywood alone adds fame to Los Angeles C. Los Angeles is most famous for its nicknames D. All the nicknames increase the charm of Los Angeles D Thousands of taxi drivers in Shenyang, Liaoning province, reportedly blocked streets with their cars on Sunday in protest against unlicensed cars using taxihiring apps (打車軟件 ) and appsbased car rental panies providing passenger services, including highend cars. Although the drivers also plained about the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy(補貼 ) by the government, their main plaint was the loss of business because of the rising number of Interbased car services panies. On Wednesday, news reports came that Beijing transport authorities will take measures to stop the illegal “taxi business” of private cars through the newly rising Inter apps, following the footsteps of Shenyang and Nanjing. It is not yet clear how the Shenyang city government will handle the issue and whether it will declare the services offered by market leaders such as Didi Dache, a taxihiring app provider backed by Tencent Holdings, and Kuaidi Dache illegal. But Shanghai transport regulators(交通管理機構(gòu) ) have set a rule, by banning Didi Zhuanche, or car services offered by Didi Dache in December. Such regulations (規(guī)定 ) will cause a setback(挫折 ) to the carhiring panies and investors that are waiting to cash in on the potentially booming business. Just last month, Didi Dache got $700 million in funding from global investors, including Singapore state investment pany Temasek Holdings, Russian investment pany DST Global and Tencent. Besides, the market is uncertain that Kuaidi Dache is about to finalize its latest round of funding after getting $800 million from global investors. Regulatory uncertainties, however, could cast a shadow on the future of the Interbased carhiring services, which have bee popular in most of China’s big cities. To be fair, these panies’ business model is anything but bad. For example, Didi Zhuanche works side by side with established car rental panies to provide highend car service mainly for businesspeople through the Inter and mobile phone apps. Every link in this business model chain has legal panies and services. Hence, it is hard to define it as illegal and ban it.[ZXK] 33. Why did taxi drivers in Shenyang block the streets with their vehicles? A. Because they wanted the authority to increase their driving allowances. B. Because they wanted to be taught how to use the taxihiring apps. C. Because they wanted to make their main plaints known to the authority. D. Because they wanted to appeal to passengers not to hire the private cars. 34. The author’s attitude to banning inter car hiring service is______. A. positive B. negative C. neutral (中立的 ) D. unclear 35. Which of the following st