新教材高考英语一轮总复习Unit2LookingintotheFuture单元主题训练新人教版选择性必修第一册.docVIP

PAGE PAGE PAGE 1 UNIT 2 单元主题训练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 eq \a\vs4\al(?2022·烟台市高三高考适应性练习?)With over 4.1 billion people, or around 55 percent of the worlds population, living in urban areas, cities and towns worldwide are getting increasingly jammed. In addition to spending hours stuck in traffic, residents are also exposed to high air pollution levels caused by transportation emissions (排放). Now, Saudi Arabia hopes to overturn urban living with “The Line” — a futuristic city designed around nature, without cars, roads and crowded places! The totally different city, announced on January 10, 2021, is the brainchild of Saudi Crown Prince (王储) Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). Located in Neom, a 10, 000-square-mile high-tech planned development on the Red Sea coast. The Line will be the base of MBSs Saudi Vision 2030. The strategic plan aims to diversify Saudi Arabias oil-dependent economy into other fields, like tourism, and create exciting job opportunities for its citizens. The 105-mile-long city, expected to cost between D|S100 billion and D|S200 billion, will be built along a straight line and comprise several self-sustaining communities. To ensure all services are within a short, five-minute walk, each community will feature a three-layer infrastructure (基础设施)． There will be no cars or roads on the top “pedestrian layer”， so residents can freely walk and bike in the surrounding green spaces. The second “service layer” will include all essential daily services, such as schools, medical clinics, leisure facilities, and grocery stores. The third “spine layer” will house ultra-high-speed transportation and autonomous vehicles transporting residents across communities in less than 20 minutes. The entire city will be powered with renewable clean energy sources such as solar and wind, and possibly even hydrogen. If all goes according to the plan, construction of this groundbreaking, complex infrastructure project will start before the end of this year. In addition to providing up to a millio