Paris
1. Paris, the capital and the largest city of the country, is in north central France. The Paris metropolitan area contains nearly 20 of the nation's population and is the economic, cultural, and political center of France. The French governments have historically favored the city as the site for all decision making, thus powerfully attracting nearly all of the nation's activities.
2, Paris has grown steadily since it was chosen as the national Capital in the late 10th century. With the introduction of the Industrial Revolution, a great number of people moved to the city from the "country during the 19th century.The migration was especially stimulated by the construction of railroads, which provided easy access to the capital. After World War II more and more immigrants arrived.
3. The city is the centralized control point of most national radio and television broad- casting. It is a place of publication of the most prestigious newspapers and magazines and an international book-publishing .center. With more than 100 museums, Paris has truly been one of the greatest concentrations of art treasures in the world. The Louvre, opened as a museum in 1793, is one of the largest museums in the world.
4. In the late 1980s about 4. 1 million pupils annually attended about 47,000 elementary schools. In addition, about 5. 4 million students attended some 11, 200 secondary schools. Approximately 1. 2 million students were enrolled annually at universities and colleges in France in the late 1980s. French centers of learning have served as academic models throughout the world.
5. Paris is the leading industrial center of France, with about one quarter of the nation's manufacturing concentrated in the metropolitan area, lndustries of consumer goods have at ways been drawn to Paris by the enormous market of the big population, and modern, high-technology industries also have become numerous since World War II. Chief manufactures are machinery, automobiles, chemicals and" electrical equipment,
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A. History of the city
B. Industries of the city
C. Population growth
D. Education
E. cultural center
F. Immigration
27. Paris has in history been the center of________
28. since the 10th century, the population of Paris ________
29.Many valuable works of art________
30. Paris is not only the center of education of France, but also the center________
A. can be found in Paris
B. the major events of the nation
C. of the country's industries
D. a lot of cinemas and theatres
E. has been growing steadily
F. has been decreasing rapidly
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巴黎
巴黎，法国的首都及最大的城市，位于法国的中北部。巴黎的大都会区拥有全国将近20％的人口,是法国的经济、文化和政治中心。历史上，法国政府一直热衷于把巴黎作为决策之地，因此，全国几乎所有的活动都被吸引到这儿来了。
在10世纪末，巴黎被定为法国的首都。从此以后，它稳步发展起来。随着工业革命的到来，大批的人在19世纪从农村迁入这个城市。铁路的修建更激起了移民大潮，因为铁路使人们去首都更为方便。第二次世界大战以后，国外的移民也来到了此地。
法国大部分全国性的广播电台和电视台都集中在巴黎。大多数最著名的报纸和杂志也在巴黎出版。这里还是国际图书出版地。巴黎有100多个博物馆，可谓世界上艺术珍品的最大集聚地之一。l793年开始对外开放的卢浮宫是世界上最庞大的博物馆之一。
20世纪80年代末，巴黎每年有410万小学生就读于4．7万所小学里。此外，还有1．12万所中学和540万中学生。20世纪80年代末，法国每年约有l20万学生升人大学或学院学习.法国的学术中心为全世界所景仰和效仿。
巴黎是法国的主要工业中心。全国大约1／4的工业都集中在巴黎的城区。由于这里人口众多、市场广阔，消费品工业也被吸引到了这里。第二次世界大战后，现代高科技产业的数量也越来越多。它们主要生产机械产品、汽车、化学品和电器。
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