[单项选择]Two hundred years ago, people moved to cities ______.


A. to build special houses
B. to ride bicycles
C. to find jobs
D. to have a good time

[单项选择]Two hundred years ago, people used to ______.


A. work on the farm and stay in a beautiful place
B. work on the farm and stay in the same place for most of time
C. work on the farm and just stay in the same place for a very short period of time
D. work on the farm and often change the place where they lived

[单项选择]As aquatic plants moved millions of years ago from the ocean to the land, they underwent a number of {{U}}adaptations{{/U}}.
A. mishaps
B. expansions
C. setbacks
D. modifications

[单项选择]Who won the Nobel Peace Prize two years ago


A. A Norwegian judge.
B. An Iranian writer.
C. An Iranian lawyer.
D. An Egyptian official.

[单项选择]The basketball team was organized two years ago and it has yet to win a single game.
A. 这个篮球队两年前成立，还没赢过一次比赛。
B. 两年前成立的那个篮球队还打过一次比赛。
C. 两年前成立的那个篮球队想赢每一次比赛。
D. 这个篮球队两年前成立，还得赢一次比赛。

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Passage Three
Until two years ago, Clearing, Illinois was a tranquil suburb of Chicago. But residents grew alarmed when they noticed armed teenagers on the streets, giving gang signals and shouting at passing cars. Then came a series of burglaries and graffiti messages on store- fronts. By the time local authorities realized they had a gang problem, it was too late. Last December, two 13-year-old girls were shot outside their school as they sat in a car with two members of a local gang, the Ridgeway Lords.
Nearly all 50 states have recently passed laws that allow youths aged 14-17 to be tried in court as adults. In about 25 states they have passed laws to punish parents for their children’s behavior. And in 146 of the nation’s largest cities, they have imposed curfews to reduce juvenile violence. When you look at the spectacular rise of violent crime among young people recently, it’s easy to understand the concern. Over the past decade, th
A. A policeman shot a young man.
B. Criminality decreased.
C. Two citizens were killed.
D. Two girls were killed because they were with two members of another gan

[单项选择]Our company employed about one hundred people.
A. interviewed
B. hired
C. dismissed
D. declined

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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. the number of traffic lights
B. the shortage of buses
C. the lack of motorways
D. the traffic congestion