The United Nations is warning that the world is not prepared to deal with the fast growth of cities. The World Economic and Social Survey 2013 calls for new ways to meet the needs of city populations. More than 6.5 billion people are expected to be living in cities by 2050.

Most new city dwellers will be in developing countries. The United Nations says the effect on limited resources in many countries will be huge. The World Economic and Social Survey points to the increasing demand for energy, water, sanitation, public services, education and health care.

The world population is expected to rise to more than nine billion by 2050, two-thirds of all people are expected to live in cities. The United Nations says about 80 percent of this growing urban population will be found in Africa and Asia.

The report says sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues, these include land-use, food security, job creation and transportation.

Willem Van Der Geest is with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, he says cities need to work closely with rural communities, so that food supplies can be secured, and the environment can be protected.

"We need enough integration(整合，融合) with cities... An integration between the rural and urban economies is absolutely vital for issues of nutrition, food security, and environmental sustainability."

The report says development in a sustainable（可持续发展）way is important to end poverty. The report also examines the problem of food insecurity, which affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. One in eight people still severely lack nutrition.

UN officials say some things are clear. The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Shamshad Akhtar, says world food production will have to increase by 70%, that increase will be needed to feed the additional 2.3 billion people expected on the planet by the middle of the century. She says an important part of meeting that need is to waste less food. "There has to be efforts to reduce food wastage. ."

Food and nutrition security are core elements of the sustainable development agenda.

1.The survey includes the following statements except that ______.

A. varieties of demands are hard to meet because of the increasing population in Africa and Asia.

B. one way to put an end to poverty is to be able to develop for a long time.

C. transportation is an important issue to deal with when it comes to sustainable development of urban areas.

D. hundreds of millions of people around the world are affected by the problem of food insecurity.

2.From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. cities grow so fast that the world can’t find out new ways to deal with the growing population.

B. the growing city dwellers who mainly come from the developing countries greatly challenge limited resources in the world.

C. sustainable development of urban areas requires coordination and investments to deal with important issues

D. food wastage is an effective way to feed the additional 2.3 biilion people by the middle of the century.

3.What is the best titile of the passage?

A. The World Economic and Social Survey 2013.

B. City Population Will Increase to 9 Billion.

C. Cities Need to Cooperate with Rural Areas.

D. The World Is Not Prepared to Deal with the Fast Growth of Cities.

4.The passage is chosen from ______.

A. a textbook              B. a travel guide                  C. a novel                  D. a newspaper

 As is known to all, music is now becoming popular among people. It

1.____is playing the most important p_____in our day-to-day lives. It is mainly

2.____played for ____（舞蹈）, drinking, eating, loving and thinking. Some songs

3.____may make us recall our childhood and youth, while _____  may remind us 

4.__________ the people whom we love. Many important occasions like those of  

5.____weddings or sports and games have their ____(特殊) music. Every nation   

6.___ has its national song. With years p_____ by, music grows and changes.     

7.____Modern music has a____changed music. Inventions like records, radios,    

8. ___movies, electric ______(乐器), tapes, recorders and videos have changed   

9.____the way in ______ we play and listen to music; they have, to a great degree, 

10.____h_ to make music an important form of international communication.      

假设你是星光中学的李华，将参加主题为“Let’s Ride Bicycles”的英语演讲比赛，请撰写一份演讲稿，内容主要包括：

目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题；

骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康、是一种低碳的生活方式，等等。

参考词汇：低碳生活(low-carbon lifestyle)

注意：1.词数：120字左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

 Taking this kind of medicine, if ________, will do harm to health.

A. continue                 B. continued               C. to continue                      D. continuing

It’s the test system rather than the teachers ________to blame for the students’ heavy burden nowadays.

A. who are                           B. whom is                  C. that is                                D. that are

Though the Rockets has got Harward, ________ remains no possibility ________ it will get NBA championship next season.

A. it; that                     B. it; which                  C. there; whether               D. there; that

I don’t suppose he could have gone to the job interview yesterday, __________?

A. has he               B. could he             C. didn’t he                     D. did he

Expect everything to go wrong in advance, ________ you may feel at a loss when it does.

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

He really can’t understand _________ he said was wrong.

A. what                        B. how                         C. that what                          D. why what

---Excuse me, Miss. May I share your table?

---Of course. _________.

A. Not at all                 B. Be my guest

C. I don’t mind            D. I’m with you on that