When we walk on a street or sit down to have a cup of coffee in a small café in Shanghai, we will often see foreign faces at every turn. Today, foreigners do not come to Shanghai to seek adventures, as they did in the old days, or arrive in the city for a short visit, as some did when China just carried out the opening-up. Instead, many foreigners come to Shanghai to settle in the city. They are attracted by the life in Shanghai and choose to stay in the city. Their stay has made Shanghai more like an international city.
Early in the 1990s, a group of Western-style buildings emerged at the Gubei New District in the southwestern part of the Hongqiao Development Zone in Shanghai. The Western-style buildings, marked by their great arches and the typical flavors of the unique European style, appealed to many foreigners and become their favorite choice when they came to live or work in Shanghai. Foreigners gathered in the zone, enjoying their quiet life there.
As the city further develops, more and more foreigners choose to live in the downtown area where most native Shanghai people live. They live close to local residents and gradually become interated(一体化)into the local life—they learn to cook local dishes, they learn to speak the Shanghai dialect and they celebrate traditional Chinese holidays together with native people. Their lifestyle is becoming more and more similar to that of local residents.
In the past, foreigners that came to Shanghai were mostly representatives(代表)sent to work in the city. Today, however, many foreigners that live in the city are students, business starters or ordinary people. Related information shows that there are more than 50,000 foreigners living and working in Shanghai.
小题1:Foreigners used to come to Shanghai to_____.
A．start small cafés
B．help build houses
C．have a short visit
D．learn the Shanghai dialect小题2:The underlined word“emerged”in the second paragraph probably means_______.
A．built
B．appeared
C．stood
D．lay小题3:In the past, most of the foreigners coming to Shanghai were_______.
A．business starters
B．students
C．ordinary people
D．representatives小题4:Which of the following can be inferred from the text?
A．There are fewer foreigners in Beijing than in Shanghai.
B．It is the foreigners who make Shanghai an international city.
C．Many foreigners enjoy the traditional Chinese festivals.
D．The foreigners came to Shanghai to seek for money in the past.小题5:The best title for this text would be______.
A．Foreigners Settling in Shanghai
B．The Development of Shanghai
C．The Lifestyle of Shanghai People
D．Contributions of Foreigners in Shanghai
