[单项选择]In the (nineteenth) century, people (lived in) the northern area grew (their) crops on river (bottom lands).
A. nineteenth
B. lived in
C. their
D. bottom lands

[单项选择]According to this passage, the nineteenth century seems to be an age of ______.


A. enlightenment
B. literature
C. journals
D. homesteaders

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Passage One
Fifty years ago, most people lived in rural areas. But the world has changed. In the near future, more than half of all people will live in cities for the first time in history.
City life is not always a bad thing, but many experts worry about this process of urbanization (城市化 ). A new report says that process is having a huge effect on human health and the quality of the environment. Of the three billion people who live in cities now, the report says, about one billion live in unplanned settlements. These are areas of poverty, slums that generally lack basic services like clean water, or even permanent housing. More than 60 million people are added to cities and surrounding areas each year, mostly in slums in developing countries. The international community has been too slow to recognize the growth of urban poverty. Policy makers need to increase investments in education, health care and other areas.
The report talks about some success
A. The link between the environment and the economy is not serious enough.
B. The two issues of poverty reduction and the environment have often been connected
C. Environmental collapse is a result of economic development
D. Environmental collapse is affecting the possibility for growt

[单项选择]Nineteenth-century United States artist John La Farge wasthe premier interior designer of his time, receiving commissions for church interiors, private houses, and mural. 。

[单项选择]A century ago, how many lived to, or past 100, within a population of 5 million


A. 5,000,000.
B. 10,000.
C. 50,000.
D. 1,000.

[单项选择]Before the 17th century, "the little people" or "the hidden people" were ______.


A. highly respected
B. called universally as fairies
C. believed to be active at night
D. said to move about naked all the time

[单项选择]The great dividing line between the nineteenth century and the contemporary American Literature is ______.


A. the Civil War
B. the First World War
C. the Second World War
D. the Great Depression

[单项选择]The private postal services of the nineteenth century claimed that they could do which of the following better than the government


A. Deliver a higher volume of mail.
B. Deliver mail more cheaply.
C. Deliver mail faster.
D. Deliver mail to rural areas.

[单项选择]Physicists have known since the early nineteenth century that all matter is made up of tiny extremely particles called atoms.

[单项选择]Tom lived with his grandparents.


A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Doesn’t say.

[单项选择]Tom lived in a northern city（）
A. at some time
B. in the time
C. for one time
D. at one time

[单项选择]When Ken studied at Stanford University, he lived ______ the University.


A. out of
B. apart from
C. distant from
D. a long way from

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Passage One
Richard lived with his mother when he was young. He didn’t know who his father was. The woman did some washing for the rich and could buy only some bread for her son. So the boy was short and thin.
One cold morning there was much snow in the streets. A truck hit the woman and the policemen took her to the hospital. Dying (临死) , she said to her son, "Your father forsook (抛弃) me before you were born. It’s his name and address."
Richard found his father, Mr. Cook, in. another city. It was one of the richest shopkeepers and he had to receive his son. From then on the boy lived a happy life. He ate all kinds of delicious food and wore beautiful clothes. But people often laughed at his rudeness (粗鲁).
Once his father took him to a party. He saw a newspaper lying on the floor and picked it up while others were talking about a film. He had a look at it and found a car’s wheels were upward (向上). He called out,&q
A. he was angry with the man
B. the man was bad to him
C. he wouldn't live with him
D. he started a happy life