阅读理解
Section One
The city is an accumulation (积累)of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher
(哲学家) Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact（简洁的）, has been
designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their
versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin (拉丁语的) word “civitas”(meaning “city”), and
it is by no means a coincidence（巧合）. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of
order in human society.
Section Two
The emblem, showing the image of three people ? you, me, him/her holding hands together,
symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世”
(meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global
scale and which displays the various urban cultures of the world.
Section Three
Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture.
It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always
human. The mascot（吉祥物） “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of
World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.
The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke(一笔，一划) supports
each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help. If the human
are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available.
Such an urban life will be nice.
Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ? “World Expo 2010
Shanghai China welcomes you!”
1. Section One mainly tells us about ______.
A. the part cities play in human civilization
B. the development of the word “city”
C. why the Expo is held in Shanghai
D. where human civilization originated
2. The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.
A. the civilization
B. the philosopher
C. the word
D. the city
3. Which correctly matches the sections with the pictures described in the passage?
4. The second paragraph in Section Three explains how the creation is connected with the _____ of
the Chinese word “人”.
A. story
B. meaning
C. shape
D. usage
