People live in different parts of the world and lead different types of lives. Their lifestyles change across the different areas in the world. What is the difference between a city and country life? Let us see.
We can see the modern facilities everywhere in the city like the Internet, telephone, television and satellite communication facilities are widely available in the city. A majority of families in the city are enjoying this technological advancement.
The increasing population has led to an imbalance in human population. More and more industries have led to environmental problems like pollution.
However, the rise in economic growth has resulted in a self-centered nature of society. While technological advancement has brought the world closer, human beings have gone far apart from each other.
The country is not crowded with constructions all over. Houses are rather widely spaced with enough room for fields and gardens. The country is the only area fortunate enough to house the greens. People in the country live in close to nature. Apart from people, there is room for pets and animals that help keep a balance in nature.
Due to a lesser number of people in the country, it is not overcrowded by people. These areas have least amounts of pollution. Pollution is less also because of very less number of industries in the country. The life may not be as enjoyable as that in the city, but the people there are generous, kind and friendly. The country is the one where humanity(人性) is still alive.
Every coin has two sides to it. While we can’t enjoy expensive things and technology in the country, it is rich in its relationship with ‘nature’. The city life is modern in technology and career opportunities. However, the falling humanity and a bad environmental balance affect the bright future of city life.
【小题1】What’s the main purpose of the passage? _________.

A．To persuade more people to live in the country.

B．To inform us of some information about a better life.

C．To tell us differences between city life and country life.

D．To explain why people don’t want to live in the city.

【小题2】Which of the following shows the right structure of the passage? __________.
①                   ①                                       ①

A．②③④⑤⑥

B．②③④⑤⑥⑦

C．①②③④⑤⑥

D．④⑤⑥②③

⑦                                           ⑦                ⑦
【小题3】 According to the passage, the main reason for pollution is ____________.

A．technology and economy	B．population and industries
C．population and humanity	D．industries and balance.

【小题4】The underlined word in the fifth paragraph most probably refers to ___________.

A．green gas

B．green buildings

C．green lands

D．green animals

【小题5】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that __________

A．it’s up to you whether to choose city life or country life.

B．both city life and country life have advantages and disadvantages.

C．more and more people will move to the country in the future.

D．the young prefer city life while the old choose country life.

Whales live in the ocean, but they are not fish. They are warm-blooded mammals and must have air to breathe. The babies are born alive and drink milk from the mother's body. It took millions of years for the whale to develop as it is today.
Every spring groups of whales swim hundreds of kilometers to warm places to bear their young. Each group goes to the same place every year. The mothers take very good care of their babies. The fully grown whales are very gentle and playful with each other, and with humans. They “talk” to each other with a high noise that  sounds beautiful. This“talking” can be heard for more than 300 kilometers in open waters.
Yet humans kill over a hundred whales a day. They kill them to make whale oils and a lot of other things. Killing them is a modern business with modern machines and even harpoons( 鱼叉炮) that explode( 爆炸) inside the whales. A whale dies very slowly and in great pain. Some ships kill every whale they can find, even the mothers and babies. Then there are no young whales to grow up or to bear more young.
【小题1】A commonly mistaken belief is that ____.

A．whales are mammals

B．whales must have air to breathe

C．whales' babies drink milk

D．whales are fish

【小题2】In the passage “mammals” refer to ____.

A．the animals which live in water

B．the animals which have wings and feathers

C．the animals which are fed on their mothers' milk

D．the things which live in earth and have no backbones

【小题3】Every spring each group of whales ____.

A．swim only a few kilometers

B．return to the same place as they did before

C．go to different places

D．go to cold places to bear their young

【小题4】When whales talk, it sounds like ____.

A．talking

B．whispering

C．quarreling

D．singing

【小题5】Every year humans kill ____ all over the world.

A．nearly forty thousand whales

B．less than four million

C．about four thousand whales

D．about fourteen thousand whales

Whales live in the ocean, but they are not fish. They are warm-blooded mammals and must have air to breathe. The babies are born alive and drink milk from the mother's body. It took millions of years for the whale to develop as it is today.

Every spring groups of whales swim hundreds of kilometers to warm places to bear their young. Each group goes to the same place every year. The mothers take very good care of their babies. The fully grown whales are very gentle and playful with each other, and with humans. They “talk” to each other with a high noise that  sounds beautiful. This“talking” can be heard for more than 300 kilometers in open waters.

Yet humans kill over a hundred whales a day. They kill them to make whale oils and a lot of other things. Killing them is a modern business with modern machines and even harpoons( 鱼叉炮) that explode( 爆炸) inside the whales. A whale dies very slowly and in great pain. Some ships kill every whale they can find, even the mothers and babies. Then there are no young whales to grow up or to bear more young.

1.A commonly mistaken belief is that ____.

A．whales are mammals

B．whales must have air to breathe

C．whales' babies drink milk

D．whales are fish

2.In the passage “mammals” refer to ____.

A．the animals which live in water

B．the animals which have wings and feathers

C．the animals which are fed on their mothers' milk

D．the things which live in earth and have no backbones

3.Every spring each group of whales ____.

A．swim only a few kilometers

B．return to the same place as they did before

C．go to different places

D．go to cold places to bear their young

4.When whales talk, it sounds like ____.

A．talking

B．whispering

C．quarreling

D．singing

5.Every year humans kill ____ all over the world.

A．nearly forty thousand whales

B．less than four million

C．about four thousand whales

D．about fourteen thousand whales