New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in．There are many interesting things to see and to do．You can go to different kinds of museums, plays and films．You can also buy things from all over the world．
But there are serious(严重的)problems in big cities, too．It's expensive(昂贵的)to live there, and there are too many people in some places of big cities．Every year many people move to the cities to find jobs, to study at good schools and receive good medical care(医疗)．But sometimes these people can not find work or good place to live in．Also it is hard to keep the cities safe and clean．
Some people enjoy living in big cities, others do not．Before they move to a big city, they should think about the problem of living there．
(1)
In big cities people can ________．
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A．
go to different kinds of museums
B．
see all kinds of plays and films
C．
buy things from all over the world
D．
A, B and C
(2)
Which of the following is true?
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A．
Big cities are not clean and safe enough．
B．
In big cities people can easily find good places to live in．
C．
People can always have many chances to find work to do．
D．
All people like to live in big cities．
(3)
In this passage the writer thinks it is right for people ________
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A．
to move to big cities
B．
not to move to big cities
C．
not to move to big cities before they think over the problems of living there
D．
to move to big cities without thinking of any problems
One hot summer afternoon, I was 2 down the highway to New York when another car suddenly 3 into my lane(车道)．My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside．As a(n) 4 driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident．
I was 5 with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to the lane change, and he 6 did not do that on purpose(故意)．The car ran away 7 after cutting me off．Very soon it disappeared from sight．After a while，I came around a curve(弯道)and found the 8 car．The driver was walking along the roadside．He was an elderly man and looked 9 ．With no telephone nearby and the nearest services twenty miles away．I decided to 10 and see what the problem was．
The man’s car had a flat tire(瘪胎)．Although he had a spare tire，he had nothing to work with．I decided to 11 him．I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my Air-conditioned car while I did it．Fifteen minutes later, I 12 the work．I was hot and tired，but I really felt 13 after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier 14 my car ran off the road．
You can really enjoy great 15 from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble．
In 1867, an engineer named John Roebling was given the job of building a bridge to connect(连接)New York with Long Island．
Roebling thought about the idea all the time．He couldn’t get the bridge off his 1 ．But many people thought it was 2 to do the job．
The project started well, but only a few months later Roebling was killed in a terrible accident．The following month his son, Washington, was asked to 3 his work．
Building the bridge was a long and tough job．Not only did John Roebling die, but also up to thirty other men lost their 4 ．
Washington himself had the same bad luck 5 his father．In early summer 1872, he became very ill．He couldn’t walk, talk or 6 move．
“We told them so．”
Crazy men and their crazy dreams．”
“It’s foolish to follow wild ideas．”
Everyone criticized(批评)the bridge project．People said it would never 7 ．
But Washington was not discouraged．He kept his mind on the job．
One day as he lay in bed in his hospital room, an idea hit him．He could still move one 8 ．He decided to make the best use of it．
He touched(触摸)his wife’s arm with that finger．He wanted her to call the engineers．Then in the same way, he told the engineers 9 to do．The project started again．
For 11 years Washington tapped out his words with his finger, until the bridge was completed．Today the spectacular(壮观的)Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory (荣耀)．It tells the world a 10 story, but also a story of determination．
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