26. How many reading tips does the writer give us?

A. Six           B. Three          C. Five          D. Four

27. Which of the following is right?

A. When you read, you can only learn some new words.

B. It is interesting for you to stop every three words to use a dictionary.

C. Reading a lot can help you wri te better.

D. Try to read something that you can’t understand to make your English better.

28. If you meet a few new words on a page while reading, _________.

A. write them down at once         B. guess the meaning at first

C. give up reading                 D. don’t mark with a pen

29. To make your reading better, _________.

A. only read a magazine that you like

B. reading English for two hours every Sunday is much better than for a short time every day

C. you should read something that you like for a short time once a day

D. it’s enough for you to read some newspapers

B

Look around—What do you see? What do you hear? What do you smell? If you live in a city, you probably see many people. You  hear the noise of traffic. And you breathe the polluted air from cars and factories.

We are entering a new time in the history of the world. Before this, most people were farmers. They lived in the countryside. Now many people are leaving the farms and moving  into the cities. They’re looking for jobs. The cities are growing very quickly. Most cities are very crowded. People are driving more cars, burning more fuel(燃料), using more water, eating more food, making more garbages, and producing more things in factories than ever before. Life is becoming difficult.

Some governments are trying to plan for the future. They’re building new roads, putting up new houses, looking for more water, and limiting the population growth in certain areas. Still, city planners are getting worried. People are crowding into the cities faster. The cities are short of room. What is the answer to this problem?

30. What’s the main problem?

A. The cities are becoming more and more crowded.

B. The cities are becoming smaller.

C. There would be no food or water.

D. City planners are getting worried.

31. The underlined word “limiting” may mean          in Chinese.

A. 扩充           B. 消灭           C. 限制           D. 优化

32. According to the passage, which sentence is NOT true?

A. You breathe the polluted air in the city.

B. Few cities are crowded and life is becoming easier.

C. City planners are very worried.

D. Cities won’t have enough room for people to live in.

C