对虾、扇贝、鲍鱼等海珍品的产量和出口量皆居全国第一位的是 A.江苏 B.浙江 C.山东 D.广东 答案:CWhat will city life be like in the future?
Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They say
that cities will become more and more crowded. As the number of people
increases, there will be less space for each person. This overcrowding will
cause other problems — more
crime, dirtier streets , and worse problems with traffic than we have now. How
will people find enough drinking water, energy (such as gas and electricity ), and
housing? Because life will be hard, people who live in cities will worry more,
and they may become sick. For these reasons, some say that nobody will want to
live in city areas.
How can we deal with such problems as
overcrowding, crime, and traffic? In some cities, thousands of people are
already sleeping in the streets because there is little suitable housing — and because houses are too expensive.
The crime rate isn’t going down. Instead, it is increasing so fast that many
people are afraid to go out at night. Traffic is also getting worse. More and
more often, traffic jams are so bad that cars don’t move at all for several
streets. These problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see
no hope for the future of the city.
Los Angeles, California, for example, has no
subway system and buses are slow. Instead, many commuters (乘、开车上班族) drive many miles from their
homes to work. Many of these drivers spend several hours each day on busy
freeways. New York, however, has a big transit system — buses, commuter trains, and subways. Because the public
transportation is crowded and dirty, many people drive private cars, and the
traffic jams are worse than that in Los Angeles. A taxi driver complains, “I
was driving home, but in forty-five minutes I moved only two miles! Finally, I
turned off the engine and just sat there. A lot of people left their cars where
they were in the middle of the street and went into a bar for a few beers!”
On the other hand, some cities have clean,
fast and pleasant public transportation systems. In Paris, France, and Toronto,
Canada, for example, anyone can use buses or subways to move quickly from one
part of the city to another.
1.What do some people think is the main problem of the
future city like?
A. Poor housing. B.
Overcrowding.
C. Environmental pollution. D.
Traffic jams.
2.The best way to
work out the traffic problem in Los Angels might be _________________.
A. cutting down the number of private
cars
B. providing more buses in the
freeway
C. building a subway system
D. persuading people to live nearer
to their workplaces
3.Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE?
A. Thousands of people are already
sleeping in the streets.
B. The crime rate isn’t going down.
C. The traffic jams are so bad that
cars don’t move at all for several streets.
D. Many people have a positive attitude
towards the future of the city.