A)Read the passage. Then answer thequestions that follow.
Monster Cities
Are big cities wonderful places? Are they terrible? There are different ideas about this. William H. White writes books about cities. He is happy in a crowded city. He loves busy streets with many stores and many people. He likes the life in city parks and restaurants.
Many people don't like big cities. They see the large population of cities, and they are afraid. Many cities are growing very fast. They are "monster" cities. (A monster is a big terrible thing) In some countries, there are no jobs in small towns. People go to the cities to work. For example, 300,000 people go to Sao Paulo, Brazil, every year. In China, about 183,000 people move to Beijing from the countryside every year. Sao Paulo and Beijing are both megacities.
A megacity is a very, very big city. It includes the main city and the cities and towns around it. Mexico City is a megacity. It has a population of about 8,600,00 in the city itself, but more than 21,000,000pepole in the megacity. Tokyo is another megacity, with over 8,200,000 people in Tokyo, but over 31,000,000 in Tokyo and the cities around it.
There are problems in all cities. There are big (or mega) problems in a megacity. In many U.S. Cities, there are many people with no jobs, and no homes. The air is dirty. There are too many cars. A terrible problem is crime. Many people are afraid of crime. People want to feel safe.
People density is the number of people in one square mile (2.59 square kilometers) Population density is a big problem in many cities. In Bangkok, Thailand there are 58,397 people per square mile. Is this crowded? Yes! But Other cities are more crowded. Do you think that William H. Whytes likes Hong Kong? The population Density there is 247,501!
1.What is the main idea of the ?
a.problems in megacities
b.megacities are wonderful places
c.population density in megacities
d.deion of megacities
2.Choose the correct answer
a.Everybody thinks that big cities are wonderful places.
b.Everybody thinks that big cities are terrible places.
c.People have different ideas about big cities.
d.Only William H. White thinks big cities are good places to live in.
3.Big cities are called monster cities because______________.
a.there are no jobs in there
b.the rate of crime is very high
c.they are very big
d.people do not like them
4.Many people move to the city every year__________________.
a.to escape problems of the countryside
b.to enjoy the city life
c.because they have no homes
d.to look for jobs
5.A megacity includes______________.
a.a group of towns
b.a main city and the cities and towns around it
c.just one city
d.two main cities
6.Which of the following is not a problem in a megacity?
a.crime
b.crowdedness
c.education
d.joblessness
7.In megacities people are particularly worried about_________________.
a.pollution
b.the large number of cars
c.their safety
d.noise
8.Which city has the biggest population density?
a.Hong Kong
b.Bangkok
c.Tokyo
d.Mexico city
B)Read the passage. Then answer thequestions that follow.
Passage No. 2.
San Francisco: A LivableCity
ALife is difficult in somebig cities. There often aren’t enough jobs. Big cities are crowded, the air canbe dirty, and there is crime. But life in some big cities isn’t so terrible. Some big cities are livable. A livable city is an easy place to live. SanFrancisco is one example.
BSanFrancisco is a “small” big city. A small big city is large in population butsmall in area. There are 744,230 people in San Francisco, and the city is 49square miles, so there are about 17,000 people per square mile. This is a highpopulation density. (In the United States, only New York City has a largerpopulation density.) But San Francisco doesn’t feel crowded. It has water onthree sides. The San Francisco Bay is on the east and north sides, and thePacific Ocean is on the west side. This makes the city feel open and notcrowded.
CAlso, SanFrancisco is a city of hills. There are 42 hills in San Francisco. A bill island with a height of over 100 feet (30 meters). Some hills are inneighborhoods; others are in parks. Many of San Francisco’s hills have wonderfulviews. From some hills, there are views of tall downtown buildings. From others, there are beautiful views of the water.
DSan Francisco is also acity of neighborhoods. Each neighborhood is different from the others. Oneneighborhood is North Beach. North Beach is an old Italian neighborhood. It hasItalian grocery stores and restaurants. Another San Francisco neighborhood isChinatown. In Chinatown, there are many Chinese businesses. There are evenpagodas. Pagodas are traditional Chinese buildings. Another neighborhood, theInner Sunset has people from many different places: Chinese, Koreans, andPacific Islanders. Interesting neighborhoods, hills, and views of water all makeSan Francisco a livable city.
1.“San Francisco: A Livable City” is about _______
a.the problems of San Francisco
b.the population density of San Francisco
c.why San Francisco is a good place to live
d.the neighborhoods of San Francisco
2.San Francisco doesn’t feel crowded because _______
a.people from many different places live there
b.it has water on three sides
c.there are 42 hills in San Francisco
d.it has a high population density
3.The Pacific Ocean is ______
a.south of San Francisco
b.east of San Francisco
c.west of San Francisco
d.north of San Francisco
4.North Beach is _______
a.a Chinese neighborhood
b.a Korean neighborhood
c.an Italian neighborhood
d.a Pacific Islander neighborhood
5.Livablemeans _______
a.an easy place to live
b.a place to live
c.a difficult place to live
d.a crowded place to live
C)Answer these questions about wordsand numbers in the passage. - A small big city has _______
- a small population and a large area
- 49 square miles
- a population of 744,230
- a large population and a small area
- land with a view
- land with a height of 42 feet
- land with a height of 100 feet
- land with a high population density
- a building
- a neighborhood
- a city
- a person
- Pacific Islandersare probably from _______
- Japan
- Korea
- China
- islands in the Pacific Ocean
- The population of San Francisco is _______
- 17,000
- 49,000
- 170,000
- 744,230
D)Match the wordsfrom Chapter 1 with their meanings. Write the letters on the lines.
- _______F_______ monster a. not clean
- _______J_______ megacity b. having lots of people in one place
- _______B_______density C. from Indonesia
- ______D____population d. the number of people in a city or country
- __________I____ wonderful e. getting bigger
- _________H_____ Colombian f. a big, terrible thing
- ________G______ crowded g. the number of people in one square mile
- ________A______dirty h. from Colombia
- ____E________ growing i. very goodh
- ________C______ Indonesian j. a very, very big city
E)Complete the sentences with themissing prepositions.
My name is Rafael Vasquez. I’m ______from_____________ Colombia, butnow I live _______in___________ SanFrancisco. I live ___at________________ Fulton Street. It’s
__________at________ the street from Golden Gate Park. Manypeople ___there_______________
different countries live ___________in________ my neighborhood. Forexample, my friend
Wei lives ______at_______________ my street. He’s ___________from__________ China. Wei
and I are students here __________in_________ San Francisco. We takeEnglish classes
__________at___________ the college.