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Stinking (发臭的) Buses
Stinking buses jam(挤满) the crowded street. Drivers
(51) at one another and honk(鸣喇叭)their horns. Smog(烟雾)hurts the eyes and chokes(窒息) the senses. The
(52) is Athens at rush hour. The city is in a sorry state of affairs, built
(53) a plan, lacking even adequate sewerage facilities (排水设施) ,its 135 square miles packed with 3.7 million people.
So great has been the population flow toward the city that neighboring villages stand
(54) or nearly so. About 120,000 people from distant provinces move to Athens every year. The migrants come for the few available
(55) Because of migration, Athens by the year 2000 will have a population of 6.5 million, more than half the nation.
Aside from overcrowding and poor public transport, the biggest
(56) facing Athenians are noise and pollution. A government study
(57) that Athens was the noisiest city in the world.
A. cry
B. shout
C. curse
D. attack
