閱讀測驗: (I) Dubai is like no other place on Earth. It is a city of big business, luxury hotels,skyscrapers, and huge shopping malls. In the early 20th century, Dubai was a successfultrading port. People from all over the world stopped in Dubai to do business. But it was stilla small city, and most people lived as fishermen, merchants, or by raising animals. Then in1966, people discovered oil. Oil brought a lot of money into the region, and soon Dubaibegan to change.Today Dubai is one of the world’s most important business centers. In fact, each yearmost of the city’s annual earnings come from business, not oil. The city is also a globaltrading port.  These days Dubai has become a popular place for tourists. People from abroad come torelax on its beaches and every year, millions of people visit just to go shopping!  Dubai is also one of the world’s fastest growing cities. Construction is everywhere.Buildings ( some of the tallest on Earth) are built in months. The city also has a number ofman-made islands. One of these, the Palm Jumeriah, is shaped like a palm tree and is verybeautiful. The city is still an amazing mix of people from different backgrounds. People from 150countries like and work in Dubai, and foreigners now outnumber Dubai natives eight to one. luxury 豪華 merchant 商人 discover 發現 region 地區 annual earnings 年收入construction 建造, 施工 background 背景 outnumber 比…多 native 本地人
【題組】34.What is the main idea of this reading?
(A) Dubai is becoming an increasingly(增加)difficult city to live.
(B) Dubai is growing fast.
(C) Dubai is now very similar(相似的) toother cities in the world.
(D) Dubai was a great city before, but this is changed.