(E)请阅读下面的非连续性文本,根据语篇内容,回答问题,并将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。"New York City is a star-the city of cities,wrote author John Gunther.But what makes a city great?To answer this question,the creators of the GlobalCities Index(全球城市指数)look at the following:Business:How many global companies are in the city?Does the city do a lotof international business?People:Does the city attract talented people from around the world?Are thecity's universities good?How many residents have college degrees?Media:Is it easy to get information from different sources (TV,radio,Inter-net)?How many residents have Internet access?Entertainment(娱乐):Does the city have manyentertainment options:museums,sports,music,and different types of restaurants?Politics:How many embassies()and international organizations arein the city?Most cities on the Global Cities Index list are strong in certain areas.Beijing's strength,for example,is business,but Los Angeles's strength is people.New York,London,and Paris are at the top because they are strong in allfive areas.Which cities will become more powerful in the future?Creators of the GlobalCities Index predict the most growth in Asia-Beijing and Shanghai are both busi-ness centers and will continue to grow.In a few years,they will be as powerful asNew York.Other Chinese cities such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen will also grow.As we can see in the following chart,the top cities on the index may changeas time goes by,but one thing is certain:With over 50 percent of the world's peo-英语第11页(共14页)