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Cosmopolitan cities (国际大都市)
New York, Tokyo, Paris, and other cosmopolitan cities are exciting places to live in. People from many countries live in these cities. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, theatres, films, and restaurants. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.
Of course, there are many problems in big cities, too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some parts of the city. Too many people in a small place makes it hard to keep the city safe and clean. Every year many newcomers move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools, or to receive good medical care. However, sometimes these people cannot find work or a nice place to live in.
Cosmopolitan cities have many good things about them and also many bad things about them. Some people enjoy living in them; others d
A. Move to a better part of the city.
B. Talk to people not interested in it.
C. Think carefully about everything.

[单项选择]I
Cosmopolitan cities (国际大都市)
New York, Tokyo, Paris, and other cosmopolitan cities are exciting places to live in. People from many countries live in these cities. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, theatres, films, and restaurants. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.
Of course, there are many problems in big cities, too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some parts of the city. Too many people in a small place makes it hard to keep the city safe and clean. Every year many newcomers move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools, or to receive good medical care. However, sometimes these people cannot find work or a nice place to live in.
Cosmopolitan cities have many good things about them and also many bad things about them. Some people enjoy living in them; others d
A. They can make friends from all over the world.
B. They can enjoy a lot of good things.
C. They can go to expensive shops.

[单项选择]I
Cosmopolitan cities (国际大都市)
New York, Tokyo, Paris, and other cosmopolitan cities are exciting places to live in. People from many countries live in these cities. There are many interesting things to see and to do. You can go to different kinds of museums, theatres, films, and restaurants. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.
Of course, there are many problems in big cities, too. The cost of living is high, and there are too many people in some parts of the city. Too many people in a small place makes it hard to keep the city safe and clean. Every year many newcomers move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools, or to receive good medical care. However, sometimes these people cannot find work or a nice place to live in.
Cosmopolitan cities have many good things about them and also many bad things about them. Some people enjoy living in them; others do not. B
A. They can make friends from all over the world.
B. They can enjoy a lot of good things.
C. They can go to expensive shops.

[单项选择]New York is searching for new ways to fight persistent poverty. To encourage families to participate in these programs, the mayor hopes to recruit private donors to provide parents with a cash incentive to make the right choices for their children, making sure they stay in school and sending them to visit health care providers.
The idea is based on a highly successful Mexican antipoverty program, set up in 1997 and known as Oportunidades, which is now being tried by at least 25 other countries. The purpose of this program is to promote education, improve health care, health maintenance, and better nutrition among Mexico’s rural families living in extreme poverty. The program provides education grants, nutritional supplements, education on hygiene(卫生) and nutrition, and cash transfers for food to mothers in participating villages.
Today the program covers one in four Mexican families, helping virtually all the poor families in the country. Families are sent a bimonthly ch
A. The government in New York.
B. Rich families.
C. Private donors.
D. The mayor in New York.

[填空题]Tom went to Mew York. John went to New York. ______ Tom ______ John went to New York.

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New York State education officials released a new set of graduation statistics on Monday that show fewer than half of students in the state are leaving high school prepared for college and well-paying careers.
The new statistics, part of a push to redispose (重新部署 ) state standards with college performance, show that only 23 percent of students in New York City graduated ready for college or careers in 2009, not counting special-education students. That is well under half the current graduation rate of 64 percent, a number often promoted by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg as evidence that his education policies are working.
But New York City is still doing better than the state’s other large urban districts. In Buffalo, Rochester. Syracuse and Yonkers, less than 17 percent of students met the proposed standards, including just 5 percent in Rochester.
The Board of Regents, which sets t
A. financial budget
B. current situation
C. enrollment rate
D. graduation rate