[单项选择]Why do Mexican (emigrants) in Los Angeles (tend) to have more children than the (impoverished) peasants living (in Mexico City)
A. emigrants
B. tend
C. impoverished
D. in Mexico City

[单项选择]Why do Mexican (emigrants) in Los Angeles (tend) to have more children than the (impoverished) peasants living (in Mexico City)
A. emigrants
B. tend
C. impoverished
D. in Mexico City

[单项选择]Why do teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles
A. Because they have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste.
B. Because they want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own.
C. Because they have no other way to enjoy themselves better.
D. Because they want to make their parents angry.

[单项选择]Why do Americans tend to ignore the rest of the world

[单项选择]Los Angeles Lakers has won NBA championship


A. once only.
B. twice.
C. three times.
D. four times.

[单项选择]What is wrong with Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal


A. A sore right knee.
B. A sore left knee.
C. A sore left leg.
D. A sore right le

[单项选择]A possible solution to traffic jams in Los Angeles might be _________.
A. decreasing the number of private cars
B. raising the speed limit for buses in the freeway
C. persuading people to live nearer to their work
D. building a subway system

[单项选择]The success of Los Angeles book festival shows that____．
A. book reading is still popular in Los Angeles
B. Los Angeles people prefer library to book festival
C. people attend the book festivals for fun not for reading
D. libraries should have food courts to attract more readers

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Text 2
After Los Angeles, Atlanta may be America’s most car-dependent city. Atlantans sentimentally give their cars names, compare speeding tickets and jealously guard any sidestreet where it is possible to park. The city’s roads are so well worn that the first act of the new mayor, Shirley Franklin, was to start repairing potholes. In 1998, 13 metro counties lost federal highway funds because their air-pollution levels violated the Clean Air Act. The American Highway Users Alliance ranked three Atlanta interchanges among the 18 worst bottlenecks in the country.
Other cities in the same fix have reorganized their highways, imposed commuter and car taxes, or expanded their public-transport systems. Atlanta does not like any of these things. Public transport is a vexed subject, too. Atlanta’s metropolitan region is divided into numerous county and smaller city governments, which find it hard to work together. Railways now serve the city cent
A. The federal highway funds were lost under the Clean Air Act.
B. The county governments should be cooperative on traffic matters.
C. Atlantans must abandon buses and trains and build more highways.
D. Atlanta leaves a bad impression on visitors in terms of its traffic.

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Text 3
After Los Angeles, Atlanta may be America’s most car-dependent city. Atlantans sentimentally give their cars names, compare speeding tickets and jealously guard any sidestreet where it is possible to park. The city’s roads are so well worn that the first act of the new mayor, Shirley Franklin, was to start repairing potholes. In 1998, 13 metro counties lost federal highway funds because their air-pollution levels violated the Clean Air Act. The American Highway Users Alliance ranked three Atlanta interchanges among the 18 worst bottlenecks in the country.
Other cities in the same fix have reorganized their highways, imposed commuter and car taxes, or expanded their public transport systems. Atlanta does not like any of these things. Public transport is a vexed subject, too. Atlanta’s metropolitan region is divided into numerous county and smaller city governments, which find it hard to work together. Railways now serve the city cent
A. to be ironic.
B. to poke fun to them.
C. to be fair.
D. to make it notorious.