15．-Will you attend the concert with me this evening?- .but I promised Tom to go to see a film．——青夏教育精英家教网——

15．-Will you attend the concert with me this evening？
-______，but I promised Tom to go to see a film．（　　）

14．Now that he has publicly ______ he was wrong，he is sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat．（　　）

13．When did you last visit a shopping mall？In many places，the answer would be"last weekend．"Some people go even more often．Why？Shopping malls offer goods and services all in one place：food，clothing，things for their houses，entertainment，even medical services．So，are they one of the highlights of modern civilization？Environmental activists would say no and would go even further，arguing that consumer behavior is causing a huge environmental disaster．They cause consumers'ignorance of the side effect of their shopping----urban sprawl （蔓延）．
Social scientists agree that patterns of development have changed the landscape a lot．Before 1950，most people lived in towns or cities and either walked to work or took public transportation．Only very wealthy people had automobiles．Farmers lived in rural areas or far-away villages and came into town only when they needed things they couldn't produce themselves．If you stared at the landscape you would see towns surrounded by the countryside．
Now automobiles become affordable and people are quick to make use of them．Ambitious workers could live in suburbs，just outside cities，which have started to grow rapidly．As long as there is lots of cheap land there，no one pays much attention to the usage of that land．Malls，fast food restaurants，cinemas，and such spread out in large，flat buildings．These one-storey buildings and their parking lots take up too much space．Many farmers think they are better off selling their land than growing crops．No one has realized once the land is built up in urban sprawl，the good farming land will be ruined forever．There is no way to preserve it．
Only in recent years have people come to miss the old way of life as they have looked into the problems of unconditional growth．Now people realize that urban sprawl has come with serious environmental problems．The bad effects that sprawl brings about include air and water pollution，loss of agricultural land，traffic jams，and so on．Many scholars think it's time to analyze the problems better so we can develop proper policies to control further sprawl．Some think the best way to do is to educate citizens．
（Note：Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS）

78．What does the underlined word"They"refer to in the first paragraph？Shopping malls
79．In the past，farmers in the countryside only went to towns or cities tobuy things they couldn't produce themselves．
80．Besides the mobility made possible by automobiles，what other two factors have led to the unconditional growth？．Cheap land/Wrong （Wasteful） land usage and farmers'selling their （farming） land
81．Now people come to realize the importance of protecting environment and dealing with the serious problem brought about by（further） urban sprawl．

12．---What a day!Notheying seems to be going my way．
--- ．Susan．You are killing yourself for all the work．（　　）

11．The way you spend your money may your attitude towards life．（　　）

10．Malaysia Airlines deeply regrets that they have to that MH370ended in the southern Indian Ocean．New analysis of satellite data suggests that．（　　）

9．The reason for deadly polluted air in some areas these days is that some factories don't the rules to protect the environment．（　　）

8．The café is called E-time Coffee，which mainly ______ college students and young people nearby．（　　）

7．The actress readily the fact that her unbalanced diet was a major influence on her expanding figure．（　　）

6．It's Mary's first year as a teacher，but she is ______ the pressure of the job very well．（　　）

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