In many cities pedestrians are now much safer because __. A.no traffic is allowed on some
How many people outside cities go into cities to look for jobs each day?
A.70% of the people.
B.4% of the people in the world.
C.More than 75 000.
D.About 75 000 people.
Air pollution, together with overpopulation, ______ many problems in big cities today.
A.are causing -
B.is causing
C.are caused
D.is caused
The process of urbanization has caused many problems, the major one is ______.
A.economy
B.the growth of poverty in cities
C.education
D.health care
Many Mayan cities and temples__________ .
A. were constructed by the priests
B. were built with heavy stones
C. were rebuilt several times
D. were the miracles of god
A.现今,世界上大城市的许多人已经住在小公寓里。
B.今天,大城市里的许多人已住在小公寓里了。
C.今天,许多人已经住在城市中最大的小公寓里了。
Which is NOT true among tile following statements?
A.Half a century ago, most people lived in the countryside.
B.Climate changes, droughts, floods are the reasons for many people to leave their farm land.
C.More than sixty million people are added to cities and surrounding areas every two years.
D.The international community has reacted slowly to the growth of urban poverty.
Renters and city planners are worried about the high cost of renting apartments. Many cities now have rent control laws to keep the cost of renting low. These laws help low-income families who cannot pay high rents.
Rent controls in the United States began in 1943 when the government imposed rent controls on all American cities to help workers and the families of soldiers during World War Ⅱ. After the war, only one city—New York—continued these World War Ⅱ controls. Recently, more and more cities have returned to rent controls. At the beginning of the 1980s, nearly one fifth of the people in the United States lived in cities with rent-control laws.
Many cities have rent-control laws, but why are rents so high? Builders and landlords blame rent controls for the high rents. Rents are high because there are not enough apartments to rent, and they blame rent controls for the shortage of apartments. Builders want more money to build more apartment buildings, and landlords want more money to repair their old apartment buildings. But they cannot increase rents to get this money because of the rent-control laws. As a result, landlords are not repairing their old apartments, and builders are not building new apartment buildings to replace the old apartment buildings. Builders are building apartments for high-income families, not low income families, so low-income families must live in old apartments that are in disrepair. Builders and landlords claim that rent-control laws really hurt low income families.
Many renters disagree with them. They say that rent control is not the problem. Even without rent controls, builders and landlords will continue to ignore low-income housing because they can make more money from high-income housing. The only answer, they claim, is more rent controls and government help for low-income housing.
Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.The Highest Rent.
B.Rent Controls.
C.Building Apartments for Low-Income Families.
D.Rent-Control Laws.
选项格式A.With the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization of China's economy, haze appears in a large number of cities and their surrounding areas, which is considered to be one of the major realistic problems facing the sustainable development of China's social economy.
B.Along with the stage of China's economy entering the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, the smog phenomenon has appeared in many cities in China and its surrounding areas, and is considered to be one of the major practical problems facing the sustainable development of China's social economy.
C.As China has seen rapid industrialization and urbanization, smog prevails in a large number of Chinese cities and their surrounding areas, and is considered one of the major problems threatening China’s social and economic sustainability.
D.With China's economy entering the stage of rapid industrialization and urbanization, smog phenomenon appears in a large number of cities and their surrounding areas in ChinA.With the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization of China's economy, haze appears in a large number of cities and their surrounding areas, which is considered to be one of the major realistic problems facing the sustainable development of China's social economy.
B.Along with the stage of China's economy entering the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization, the smog phenomenon has appeared in many cities in China and its surrounding areas, and is considered to be one of the major practical problems facing the sustainable development of China's social economy.
C.As China has seen rapid industrialization and urbanization, smog prevails in a large number of Chinese cities and their surrounding areas, and is considered one of the major problems threatening China’s social and economic sustainability.
D.With China's economy entering the stage of rapid industrialization and urbanization, smog phenomenon appears in a large number of cities and their surrounding areas in Chin选项格式A. It is considered to be one of the major practical problems facing China's sustainable social and economic development.
What is TRUE about the politeness study discussed in the passage?
A. The study was reported in many cities of the world.
B. New York was the most suitable city for the experiment.
C. Sixty tests were designed to see if people are polite to each other.
D. Experiments were performed to see if common good manners exist.
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 successful efforts by local governments and community groups. For example, it says in Columbia, engineers have created a bus system that has helped reduce air pollution and improve quality of life.
The link between urban poverty and the environment is serious, but governments also need to consider why people are moving out of rural areas. Climate changes, droughts, floods—there are many reasons forcing people to leave their farm land.
The two issues of poverty reduction and the environment have existed side by side, but rarely have they connected—until now. Governments are starting to understand that environmental collapse is not a natural cost of economic development. Instead, it is hurting the possibility for growth.
The main idea of the passage is about ______.
A.urbanization and its effects
B.a huge effect of human
C.economic development
D.the environment