Many of India's biggest cities are struggling. They have too many people and not enough places for them to work, live and play. They often lack services, including effective public transportation and recreational areas, like parks.

The number of people living in cities in the fast-growing nation is expected to rise to 814 million by 2050. This kind of sharp growth is known as "mass urbanization （城市化）." It has happened before only in China.

To deal with the predicted growth, India will build many "smart cities." These cities will have clean water, waste collection and a power center. These are luxuries （奢侈品）for many Indians.

A year ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a plan to build 100 smart cities by 2022, at a cost of one trillion dollars. He hopes the construction of the cities will provide jobs for the one million Indians who join the workforce every month.

The first smart city is near Gandhinagar, the capital of the state of Gujarat. It is called Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT. The Indian government hopes it will be a model for future Indian cities.

Officials hope to persuade banks and other businesses to open in GIFT. To do that, the government is reducing their taxes and giving them other financial benefits.

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1.Many of India’s big cities don't lack________.

A Jobs

B Parks

C People

D Public transportation

解析：选C。C。细节理解题。文章第1段说印度的大城市面临‘人太多’, 而居住环境，交通和休闲缺乏等难题，故选C。

2.The underlined word “It”in paragraph 2 refers to_________.

A the number of people

B the growing of nation

C usual growth of cities

D mass urbanization

解析：选D。D。推理判断题。印度现在所面临的问题正是中国原本所面临过的问题：城市化（mass urbanization)问题。

3.In “smart cities”, which of the followings is not a necessary part?

A Luxuries.

B Clean water.

C Waste collection.

D Electricity.

解析：选A。A。细节理解题。莫迪提倡的‘智慧’城市，会提供清洁用水，垃圾处理和电力供应等，而这些东西对现在许多的印度人来说就像是奢侈品一样。

4.According to Modi, a workforce of__________are entering the cities every month in India.

A 100

B one million

C 814 million

D one trillion

解析：选B。B。细节理解题。文章第4段最后1句可知，(智慧）城市的修建，会为每月100多万进城人员提供工作岗位。故选B。

5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A Banks hope to open in GIFT.

B Government will tax banks open in GIFT.

C Banks don’t like to open in GIFT.

D Government will reduce banks’ benefits there.

解析：选C。C。推理判断题。政府劝说银行和其它公司到新建城市去开门营业，为此政府还要为它们提供其它的优惠措施，由此可推知，银行开始的时候是不愿意去的。