Today  1  people live in cities．So there is usually little room in a city to grow food．2   of the land in a city is used  3  homes, shops, roads and parks．

Most food for city  4  is grown in the countryside．It is often brought to the city by truck, train and plane．Some food is even carried into the city by car．

Do you live in a city? If you  5  , think of all kinds of food you eat in a day．All of the food comes from the countryside．The wheat(小麦)for your bread is grown on farms in the countryside．So are vegetables．

Water is   6  thing that cities get from the countryside．Everyone needs water every day．We use a little of it for  7．But we use even more to  8   bathtubs (浴缸), run showers, and wash streets．

The  9    used by cities comes mostly(主要的) from rain．But people cannot use the rain  that frills on cities．The rain  10  dirty as it falls  11  dirty air．Once it hits city buildings or streets, the rain will  12  more dirt(尘埃)．It is not good for drinking  13  bathing．

So cities must reach out to the  14  countryside for water．There, the rain falls through  15   onto trees and grass．The fallen rain runs into rivers and lakes．So it is important to keep both cities and the countryside clean．

1．A．less and less   B．more and more    C．quite a few           D．lots of

2．A．Some          B．Most            C．Many               D．Few

3．A．for                   B．of               C．by                  D．from

4．A．men                  B．women           C．person                     D．people

5．A．live in          B．don’t live in        C．do                  D．don’t

6．A．one            B．other            C．others．           D．another

7．A．eating          B．drinking           C．washing            D．watering

8．A．fill                    B．fall              C．full                 D．drop

9．A．water                 B．food             C．tea                 D．vegetables

10．A．looks                B．keeps            C．changes             D．becomes

11．A．across              B．along            C．through             D．past

12．A．pull up       B．pick up                   C．put up              D．catch up

13．A．and                 B．but              C．or                  D．so

14．A．clean               B．tidy               C．clear                D．nice

15．A．smoke              B．light             C．cloud                D．air (空气)

将方框中A桬五个句子还原到短文中,使短文完整、通顺。

　　Today,people all over the world are moving out of small villages,and they are moving to live in big noisy cities.This is the movement from the country to the cities.It has been going on for over two hundred years.1 ndline.After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town,people come to find work.And soon an industrial(工业的)area(区域)begins to grow.There is usually a living area nearby 2 ndline.The families of the workers need schools,hospitals and shops.So more people come to live in the area to provide these services(服务)梐nd so a city grows.

　　In every big city in the world,there is a business area.There the big companies have their main offices.In the United States。this area is usually in the city centre.The people who work there often travel a long way to work each day.Many of them live outside the city.3

　　What is the future of the big cities?Will they go on getting bigger and bigger?Perhaps not.4 ndline.It is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the big cities and back into small towns and villages.

　　A.It is far away from the industrial area and the city centre.

　　B.In many countries,the main reason people come to live in cities is work.　　

　　C.People move to the small villages to live happily.　　

　　D.Some big cities have become smaller in the last ten years.

　　E.The factory workers can live there.