D. To support the British-based firm．
C
Every day around the world， thousands of people with little to no scholarly training in art history walk into
museums． They may or may not read notice boards that share relevant information of the artworks or
attractive to business and investment， and have good schools， hospitals and housing while such factors seldom
influence tourists．
Still， Mercer's Quality of Living Survey has its uses for tourists， since it also looks at natural and cultural
A. The volunteering was a challenge．
B. The time at the camp was difficult．
C. The work at the project was a delight．
D. Communication was time-consuming．
museums if that were the case？
5. What is Mercer more concerned about when ranking livable cities？ ______
A. Tourist attractions．
B. ATM availability．
C. Business-friendliness．
D. Local residents．
includes hotels， rental-cars and even ATM availability， all of which make a destination friendly to expats and
visitors alike．
4. What do we know about livable cities？ ______
A. They hardly offer tourist passing interest．
B. They may not be good tourist destinations．
C. They can arouse the inspiration of visitors．
D. They are usually highly ranked by tourists．
friends in the USA．
Of course，not all the time at Turtle Camp was consumed by volunteering．Scheduled activities included a trip to
Crystal Bay， a beautiful paradise for swimming and sunbathing， an awesome beach bonfire complete with a
getting to know the other volunteers! With volunteers from all over the world， it was just common to hear Finnish
being spoken， Australian slang mixed with French expressions and Swedes making plans to visit newly-found
independent turtles! Hopefully， the love and care provided at the turtle project would ensure that these turtles had
a greater chance of survival in the big， wide tle feeding'， the pretty fun ‘tank cleaning'， the exciting ‘medicine administering' or the less
appealing ‘fish cutting'？ Fine in theory but not when every fly in Indonesia decides to crowd onto these dead
afternoon shift at Turtle Camp in Nusa Penida， Indonesia． Upon arrival at the project each day， we would look
eagerly for our names on the whiteboard to see which task we would be undertaking． Would it be the highly
2019 年浙江省温州市高考英语模拟试卷（2 月份）
一、阅读理解（本大题共 10 小题，共 25.0 分）
A
‘Turtle time!， loudly called out by one of my newly-found friends， meant the beginning of either a morning or
6. Why does the writer use Mercer's Quality of Living Survey？ ______
A. To make his view convincing．
B. To compare those livable cities．
C. To better understand the survey．
fish while you're cutting!
Life at the turtle project was fun because twice a day we got to hang out with sea turtles． By ‘hang out'， I
obviously meant ‘work'， as we were on shift， but it certainly didn't feel like work． Another fun thing was
3. When setting free the two turtles， the volunteers felt a sense of ______ ．
A. achievement
B. belonging
C. loss
D. independence
B
If you're looking at livable cities as inspiration for your holiday， you'll miss out on many great tourist destinations． According to Mercer's 2018 Quality of Living Survey， Moscow ranks 167 and Beijing only 119， yet both provide ample visitor pleasures． Meanwhile high-ranked cities such as Kobe （神户） or Seattle may be easy places to live in，but offer only passing interest to tourists．In truth，many of the world's most livable cities are a little dull． The world isn't rushing to visit Canberra or Montreal．In fact，none of the world's 10 most visited cities appear in Mercer's top 20． Clearly， considerations that create enjoyable holiday destinations differ from those that make cities fine places to live in． This should be no surprise， since livability lists aren't concerned with tourists or even local residents but rather expats（侨民）． Mercer， for example， is a British-based professional service firm whose lists supply multinationals with human resources information about where to locate their businesses． "The success of foreign business is influenced by issues such as ease of travel and communication， personal safety， and access to public services， says Slagin Parakatil， who oversees Mercer's research． In short， Mercer considers whether cities are