【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 China. On May 20, one lucky foreigner would be selected to bee the modernday Marco Polo, getting a free 15day trip to the scenic city of Hangzhou in China, and rewarded $55,000 in the next year for working parttime to promote the city to the global audience. Five finalists from Australia, Romania, ., Switzerland and France were in the final race. They came from a pool of 700 applicants from around the world, carefully selected by the Hangzhou Tourism Commission on their familiarity with China, social media presence and adventurous spirit. Located about 100 miles southwest to Shanghai, Hangzhou is home to 844 million population and among China?s richest cities as measures by percapita GDP. Traditionally, Hangzhou is known for its charming West Lake, a UNESCO world heritage site with traditional Chinese stories and tales, and the Grand Canal, which travels from Hangzhou to Beijing and was a key route of transportation in ancient China. The city?s mild climate and charming environment drew 97 million tourists last year, contributing to % of the city?s GDP. The lucky winner would start an allexpensepaid trip to Hangzhou, which, in addition to visits to tourist sites and tastings of delicious food, also would include a fourday ride along the Grand Canaland three evenings spent at a local resident?s home. “It is in fact a parttime job. How you work that out efficiently is your problem,” Liam Bates,perhaps the strongest petitor because of his fluent Chinese, said. “We will see how hard it is to meet these numbers.” 28. The purpose of Hangzhou choosing a social media ambassador is to ______. A. keep Marco Polo in people?s memories B. attract more foreign tourists to China C. encourage more foreigners to speak Chinese D. explore a new route of transportation 29. From paragraph 3, we know that ______. A. Hangzhou is 100 miles northwest to Shanghai B. million visitors came to Hangzhou in 2021 C. tourism plays an important in the GDP of Hangzhou D. the Grand Canal travels from Hangzhou to Shanghai 30. Liam Bates was most likely to get the job mainly due to his ______. A. travel experience B. fluent Chinese C. adventurous spirit D. excellent videos 31. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage? A. Hangzhou rewards international visitors to China B. Liam Bates creates a dream job of social media ambassador C. Dream job in China—$55,000 to the contemporary Marco Polo D. Hangzhou, a famous city for West Lake and the Great Canal D Chinese car makers have narrowed the quality gap with their foreign rivals in the world?s largestvehicle market to the smallest level in seven years, according to research. But the improvements have not been enough to see an obvious drop in the market share for localcar panies this year, raising questions about their ability to be global petitors. The annual quality survey of China?s car market by . Power, a Californian market research pany, tracks the number of mechanical and design problems reported per 100 vehicles by more than 21,000 Chinese drivers. It documented 131 problems per 100 domestic(國內(nèi)的 ) vehicles, pared with 95 per 100foreign vehicles. The 36point gap was the narrowest in the study’ s sevenyear history. When China overtook the US as the world’ s largest car maker in the 2021, the gap between domestic and foreign cars was 145 points. “It?s evidence to the improvements that domestic brands have been making,” said Geoff Broderick, head of . Power?s operations. “By 2018 the domestic and the global brands will beequal in terms of quality.” Despite the steady improvement in quality, local vehicle makers have been performing poorly thisyear. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, domestic brand?s share of themarket for cars—not including SUVs—has fallen from about 25 percent to 20 percent. “ Chinese customers are very picky in the world because they have been trained to distrust products,” said Mr Broderick, citing scandals(丑聞 ) affecting baby milk powder and toys. “They go into a situation expecting there could be quality issues, whereas in the West we trust the brands. 32. What was the gap between Chinese vehicles and foreign vehicles in 2021? A. 131 points. B. 145 points. C. 95 points. D. 36 points. 33. The data in the fourth paragraph shows that ______.