. Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if fares on public transport were more reasonable. A．offered B．spent C．paid D．charged 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Urban crowdedness would be greatly relieved if fares________on public transport were more reasonable.

A．offered B．spent C．paid D．charged

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Urban congestion would be greatly relieved if only the ______ charged on public transport were more reasonable.

A) prices B) tickets C) fees D) fares

Cittaslow has discovered China, and it is awarding a little village in Jiangsu the title of "slow city"

The bored teenagers of Gaochun are impatient with the leisurely pace of hometown life．For them there is no nightlife to speak of, no bright lights, no excitement and they cannot wait to grow up and leave for the urban attractions of the big cities．But it is this laid-back lifestyle that has attracted international attention．At least, a quiet village within Gaochun county has come under the spotlight．Yaxi village, population 20,000, is about to be designated China's first "slow city" by Cittaslow, the sustainable lifestyle movement that first surfaced in Italy 11 years ago．

At home, the residents at Yaxi are unfazed and pretty much unimpressed by the honor．To them, life has been like this for as long as they can remember．Here, growing old gracefully is natural．

Nobody living in this little county had heard of Cittaslow or the words "slow city" before this．

"The first time I heard the term was last July, when the vice-president of Cittaslow, Angelo Vassallo, visited Yaxi village," says Zuo Niansheng, the chief editor of local newspaper Gaochun Today．

"Vassallo was deeply impressed by this village's natural and cultural resources and said it perfectly fitted the requirements for a slow city," says Zuo．"That was how Yaxi became connected with Cittaslow．

The Slow City must also be committed to protect and maintain the natural environment as well as promote a sustainable way of development ?all of which are the current strategies adopted in Gaochun．"We've been doing this for years," adds Zuo．

Cittaslow was founded in Tuscany, Italy in 1999．It was a spin-off from the Slow Food movement which started, also in Italy, in 1986 as a protest against the first McDonald ' s opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome．The movement championed a return to healthy, nutritious home-grown, home -cooked food．

Slow Food has since expanded globally to more than 130 countries．Its mission has also broadened to include the promotion of sustainable foods and local small businesses, and the localization as opposed to globalization of food production．

Cittaslow is an expansion of the Slow Food movement, and it actively advocates a lifestyle that is sustainable, that will improve quality of life, and will preserve cultural and culinary （烹饪的）heritage．

According the passage, Cittaslow is a（n） ____．

A．organization B．person C．lifestyle D．honor

What' s the reaction of the residents at Yaxi to the award according the passage? They feel

A．very excited． B．very shocked

C．indifferent D．very happy

Why is the village Yaxi awarded the title of “slow city”? Because .

A．it is full of excitement and activities of nightlife

B．the residents at Yaxi enjoy a leisure life

C．it is very rich and has a lot of attractions

D．foreign people like small towns than big cities.

It can be inferred from the passage that .

A．young people at Yaxi enjoy their life very much

B．China is more and more popular with foreign people

C．the first McDonald’s in Europe was opened in Spain

D．the lifestyle of “slow city” will be good to environment and people

Homeownership has let us down. For generations, Americans believed that owning a home was undoubtedly good. Our political leaders hammered home the point. Franklin Roosevelt held that a country of homeowners was “unconquerable.” Homeownership could even save babies, save children, save families and save America. A house with a lawn and a fence wasn’t just a nice place to live in or a risk-free investment; it was a way to shape a nation. No wonder leaders of all political types wanted to spend more than $100 billion a year on subsidies（补助）and tax breaks to encourage people to buy.

But the dark side of homeownership is now all too apparent: Indeed, easy lending stimulated（刺激）by the cult of homeownership may have triggered（引起）the financial crisis. Housing remains a drag on the economy. Existing-home sales in April dropped 27% from the previous month, worsening fears of a double-dip. And all that is just the obvious tale of a housing bubble and what happened when it popped. The real story is deeper and darker still.

For the better part of a century, politics, industry and culture lined up to create a fetish of the idea of buying a house. Homeownership has done plenty of good over the decades; it has provided stability to tens of millions of families. Yet by idealizing the act of buying a home, we have ignored the downsides. In the bubble years, lending standards slipped dramatically, allowing many Americans to put far too much of their income into paying for their housing. And we ignored longer-term phenomena too. Homeownership contributed to the hollowing out of cities and kept renters out of the best neighborhoods. It fed America’s overuse of energy and oil. It made it more difficult for those who had lost a job to find another. Perhaps worst of all, it helped us become casually self-deceiving: By telling ourselves that homeownership was a pathway to wealth and stable communities and better test scores, we avoided dealing with these frightening issues head-on.

Now, as the U.S. recovers from the biggest housing bust（破产）since the Great Depression, it is time to rethink how realistic our expectations of homeownership are—and how much money we want to spend chasing them. Many argue that homeownership should not be a goal pursued at all costs.

1.Political leaders wanted to spend money encouraging people to buy houses because______.

A．owning a home was undoubtedly good

B．homeownership could shape a country

C．houses could save families and America

D．homeownership was unconquerable

2.The underlined sentence in Para. 2 means ______.

A．homeownership has quite a lot of bad effects

B．there might be another housing breakdown in the U.S.

C．the existing-home sales will keep decreasing in the U.S.

D．the result of homeownership is much worse than it appears

3.It can be inferred from Para. 3 that ______.

A．Americans choose to live out of urban areas

B．it is the way to wealth to have one’s own house

C．it is hard for Americans to get a home loan

D．homeownership has made many people out of work

4.What is the author’s attitude towards homeownership?

A．Cautious. B．Ambiguous. C．Favorable. D．Optimistic.

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Basic Photography

This is an eight-hour course for beginners who want to learn how to use a 35 mm camera. The teacher will cover such area as kinds of film, light, and lenses. Bring your own 35 mm camera to class.

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Marianne Adams is a professional photographer whose photographs appear in many magazines.

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This twelve-hours course is for people who don’t know very much about computers, but who need to learn about them. You will learn what computers are, what they can and can’t do, and how to use them.

Course charge:$75.00

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Joseph Samders is Professor of Computer Science at New Urban University. He has over twelve years of experience in the computer field.

Stop Smoking

Do you want to stop smoking? Have you already tried to stop and failed? Now it is time to stop smoking using the latest methods. You can stop smoking and this twelve-hour course will help you do it.

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Typing

This course on weekday is for typing. You are tested in the first class and practise at one of eight different skill levels. This allows you to learn at your own speed. Each programme lasts 20 hours. Bring your own paper.

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Material charge:$25.00

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New class begin every two weeks.

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A. Basic Photography B. Understanding Computers

C. Stop Smoking D. Typing

3.There are typing courses____.

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C. from Monday to Saturday

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Car sharing has major environmental benefits because it reduces the number of cars on the road．Members don’t drive just because they are in a car．They plan trips, and if they don’t need a car, they don’t use one．Still, a car is available to them if they need to make a big trip to the grocery store, pick someone up at the airport or if they want to go to the beach for the day．Members also benefit by having access to a car without any of the headaches of ownership．They usually don’t have to pay for the gas, insurance or maintenance （保养）, and the monthly membership fee is less than a typical car payment．So if you really want to go green but aren’t ready to totally give up a car yet, car sharing may be the way to go．

If you still need to get around, but want to go even greener than sharing a car, share a bus!

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A．has become the most popular way to go to work

B．has become the best way to cut living costs

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D．is becoming popular both in urban and rural （乡村的）areas

2.We can conclude from the passage that _________．

A．Zipear can’t help you if you are running urgent errands

B．Zipcar, different from other services, aims green driving with no profit

C．Zipcar is a company supplying car sharing service for a monthly payment

D．Zipcar is a company providing formal car sharing free

3.The second paragraph mainly tells us _________．

A．why people will share a car

B．why car sharing benefits the environment

C．why car sharing is cheaper than owning a car

D．why a car is available to members

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Car sharing has become a new trend （趋势）．

B．Car sharing can save you the headaches of ownership．

C．Bus sharing is even greener than car sharing．

D．Zipcar is the largest company offering car sharing services．

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