[单项选择]Although crowded cities seem to be a ______ of our crowded world, only 10 percent of the world' s people live in cities as large as Madrid or larger.
A. scene
B. signal
C. symbol
D. site

[单项选择]Although we have badly fouled our planetary next, ______, it is by no means clear that our profligacy has as yet greatly changed the incidence of cancer.
A. with good will
B. at a rapid pace
C. with woeful consequences
D. at a special period

[单项选择]Generally ______, small cities are less crowded than the large ones in any state.
A. remained
B. saying
C. speaking
D. telling

[单项选择]Although our health is improving in many ways and we are living longer than in previous decade，new diseases and conditions threaten the quality of our lives.
A. 虽然我们通过各种方式来增强我们的健康，我们的寿命也比前十年多了，但新的疾病和情形依然在威胁着我们的生命。
B. 尽管有很多方式在改进我们的健康状况，我们的寿命也比前十年延长了，但还有新的疾病和情形威胁着我们的生命。
C. 尽管我们在通过多种方式改善健康状况，人们的寿命也比十年前更长了，但还有新的疾病和情形在威胁我们的生命。
D. 尽管改进我们健康的方式有很多，我们的寿命也比以前延长了很多，但我们的生活还会受到新疾病和新情形的惊吓。

[单项选择]Poverty is not______ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas, it is more visible there.


A. rare
B. temporary
C. prevalent
D. segmental

[单项选择]Poverty is not ______ in most cities although, perhaps because of the crowded conditions in certain areas, it is more visible there.
A. rare
B. temporary
C. prevalent
D. segmental

[单项选择]Customers prefer to buy our goods though they seem to be higher in price.（）
A. 顾客情愿购买我们那些价格看上去较高的商品。
B. 虽然我们的商品价格似乎高了一些，但是顾客仍喜欢购买。
C. 消费者宁愿买我们的商品，不过它的价格似乎高了一些。
D. 尽管我们的商品价格很高，人们虽不情愿但仍然购买。

[单项选择]

Passage One
Years ago our cities were full of cars, buses and trucks. Now the streets are completely congested (拥挤的) and it is very difficult to drive a car along them. Drivers must stop at hundreds of traffic lights. What are our cities going to be like in ten or twenty years Will enormous (巨大的) motorways be built across them With big motorways cutting across them, full of noisy, dirty cars and lorries, our cities are going to be awful places. How can we solve the problem
There are some good ideas to reduce the use of private cars. In 1989, for example, the authorities in Rome began an interesting experiment: passengers on the city buses did not have to pay for their tickets.
In Stockholm there was another experiment: people paid very little for a season ticket to travel on any bus, trolley bus, train or tram in all the city.
In many cities now some streets are closed to vehicles, and pedestrians are safe there.
In London there is a
A. London.
B. Rome.
C. Paris.
D. Stockholm.

[单项选择]Most people would agree that, although our age far surpasses all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no correlative increase in wisdom.
A. improves
B. precedes
C. imposes
D. exceeds

[单项选择]Our cities were damaged by ______.

[单项选择]Our interests seem to ______ at this point.
A. constrain
B. condense
C. conduct
D. converge