Stinking buses, their passengers pale and tired, jam the crowded streets. Drivers shout at one another and honk their horns. Smog smarts the eyes and chokes the senses. The scene is Athens at rush hour. The city of Plato and Pericles is in a sorry state of affairs, built without a plan, lacking even adequate sewerage facilities, hemmed in by mountains and the sea, its 135 square miles crammed with 3.7 million pepole. Even Athens’ ruins are in ruin: sulfur dioxiode eats away at the marble of the Parthenon and other treasures on the Acropolis. As Greek Premier Constantine Karamanlis has said, "The only solution for Athens would be to demolish half of it and start all over again."
So great has been the population flow toward the city that entire hinterland villages stand vacant or nearly so. About 120000 people from outlying provinces move to Athens every year, with the result that 40% of Greece’s citizenry are now packed into the capital. The migrants
A. buildings being demolished
B. highways being repaired
C. music being played
D. car horns being used
| Stinking buses, their passengers pale
and tired, jam the crowded streets. Drivers shout at one another and honk their
horns. Smog smarts the eyes and chokes the senses. The scene is Athens at rush
hour. The city of Plato and Pericles is in a sorry state of affairs, built
without a plan, lacking even adequate sewerage facilities, hemmed in by
mountains and the sea, its 135 square miles crammed with 3.7 million pepole.
Even Athens’ ruins are in ruin: sulfur dioxiode eats away at the marble of the
Parthenon and other treasures on the Acropolis. As Greek Premier Constantine
Karamanlis has said, "The only solution for Athens would be to demolish half of
it and start all over again." So great has been the population flow toward the city that entire hinterland villages stand vacant or nearly so. About 120000 people from outlying provinces m A. buildings being demolished B. highways being repaired C. music being played D. car horns being used 我来回答: 提交
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