6、For the past two decades. New York has been an inspiration to other American cities. Yes, New York had a lot of crime, but somehow it also still had neigh neighborhoods, and a central area for walking. Lately, though, as far as the pedestrian （行人） issues go. New York is acting more like the rest of America, and the rest of America is acting more like the once-inspiring New York.  

As a New Yorker who has spent two years researching roads and transportation across the United States, 1 am saddened lo see our city falling behind places like downtown Albuquerque, where one-way streets have become more pedestrian-friendly two-way streets, and car lanes are replaced by bike lanes, with bike racks everywhere. Then there is Grand Rapids, Midi. , which has a walk-able downtown with purposely limited parking and is home to a new bus square. In Indianapolis, an urban walking and biking road will soon link inner-city neighborhoods something New York certainly hasn't tried.  

We have lost our golden pedestrian touch in New York mostly because we still think about traffic as though it were 1950, and we needed Robert Moses to plow a few giant freeways through town to get the cars moving again. But the fact is that more roads equal more traffic. New Yorkers always find good reasons to drive. Public transportation is dirty, time-consuming, unsafe. Walking takes too long. The children will be late for school. But choosing the car is no longer safe ― for your children who already don’t get enough exercise, for anyone’s lungs or for the future of New York as a livable place. We’ve already lost a lot of New York to traffic. If New Yorkers don’t get out of their cars soon, the city’s future residents won’t have a reason to.  

72．According to ihe passage, New York _____.  

A．used to be a good example for other cities to follow in road design  

B．is still an inspiration to other American cities in city design  

C．used to have a lot of crimes and the city was too crowded with cars  

D．is learning from the rest of America to improve its transportation  

73．It can be inferred from the passage that______.  

A．New York has built a road for walking and biking  

B．in Albuuuerque, the streets have become one-way streets  

C．the city of New York is now terribly crowded with cars  

D．parking is not allowed in the center of Grand Rapids, Mich.  

74．The cause of the present traffic situation in New York is that ______.  

A．New Yorkers prefer driving to walking or taking buses  

B．taking buses lakes a long lime and is not safe and clean  

C．the more roads there are, the more traffic there will be  

D．the city of New York is too big for people to walk  

75．The author of the passage suggests that ______.  

A．more freeways be built to get the cars moving again  

B．New York should have more spaces for pedestrians  

C．children in New- York schools should walk to schools  

D．New Yorkers should replace their cars with bicycles  

Having a large boiler in a small house is a waste, but if you have a large house with a small boiler you’ll be left lacking warmth.  

British Gas has developed a new boiler, the 330+domestic（家用的） central heating boiler, which could provide the perfect way for you to change situation.

       An experienced engineer can adjust the 330+’s output from 9kW to 30kW. This means the amount of heat the boiler is producing can be adjusted in line with the size of your house.  

So, while you still have just two bedrooms, you could keep it on a fairly low setting, having this increased as you make your house larger to four （or even more） bedrooms, Whatever your future needs, the 330+ can keep up with you, preventing you from having to deal with the trouble and cost of having a new, larger boiler fixed at a later date.  

In addition, the 330+ is very easy to keep in good condition and fix. Its digital indicator provides advanced and accurate diagnoses（诊断） of any problems. This information will enable you to have any problems speedily settled.  

If you also find it difficult to work out exactly how much gas you are consuming on a daily basis, the 330+ can help you see immediately if you are consuming a low, medium or high amount of gas.  

An independent research has shown that this level of customer awareness can reduce energy consumption by as much as 10%, so you’ll be doing your bit for the environment as well. And as the 330+ is produced in Britain, transportation is least possible, providing even greater savings for the environment.  

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68．The greatest advantage of the new product is that      .  

A．it can prevent you from buying a new, larger boiler  

B．it can be used both at home and in big companies  

C．it can be adjusted according to the size of your house  

D．anyone can adjust the amount of the heat it produces  

69．According to the passage, the digital indicator can         .  

A．be repaired quite easily B．be kept in good condition  

C．detect the problems of the boiler                   D．help you settle problems by yourself  

70．What can we learn from the passage?  

A．If you use 330+ heating boiler, you may save 20% of gas.  

B．The cost of transportation may be reduced if you have 330+.  

C．An experienced engineer will keep the boiler on a low setting.  

D．The 330+ boiler can tell you the amount of gas used every day.  

71．Some of the readers will probably         .  

A．know the amount of gas they are using every day  

B．reduce energy consumption to protect the environment  

C．get further information from guardian. co. uk/britishgasgreenerliving  

D．try the newly-developed 330+ domestic central heating boiler  

2、Most parents do not like their children's music. For example, today's parents do not like rap music. But what the parents do not understand is that people who make rap music have important abilities.  

Think about the words in a rap song. Many of the words in the songs sound, the same. For example, each word at the end of a line in the song usually has the same sound. Say that a singer used the word" eat". He might also want to use the words "feet" and "meat" in the song. This is because these words end in the same sounds as " eat". So the person who writes the song has to know many words to find words that have the same sound and make sense in the song. Many people who do not like rap music do not think about rap singers' abilities and the clever way that they use words.  

Another thing that rappers do well is putting songs together. Rap singers mix songs from older records with their own music. A good rap song has many different songs in it. So, a rapper has to know a lot about older music. In fact, rappers can mix different kinds of music into their songs, not just rap music. Many times, rappers will put famous parts of old rock and roll, old pop, or old disco songs into a rap song. As long as the rap singer tells people who made the older song, the rock, pop, or disco singers do not mind. If a rap singer does not say where he or she got the music from, then the other singers get mad.  

Some parents think that rap is not really music. But that does not mean that the people making rap music do not have any special abilities.  

56．This passage is mainly about _____.  

A．making rap music                                   B．words in rap music  

C．old songs used in rap music                     D．mixing songs in rap music  

57．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the writer?  

A．Making rap songs is not very difficult.  

B．Rappers have to know lots of different words.  

C．Rap music has nothing to do with old rock and roll.  

D．Parents usually enjoy the same music as their children.  

58．From this passage we know that _____.  

A．rap singers often borrow music from older songs  

B．rappers do not need to make sense for their songs  

C．putting older songs together to make rap music is quite easy  

D．rappers do not usually know much about other kinds of music  

59．The writer tells us that the rap singers ______.  

A．always get other people to write their songs  

B．often use words that have the same end sound  

C．do not need important abilities for their profession  

D．do not need to ask others if they want to use their songs