A. FAVORITE B. POLLUTION C. IMAGINE D. EXHAUSTEDC...

12. A. favorite B. pollution C. imagine D. exhaustedC. Reading (8*2pts =16pts) Choose the best answerModern cities all over the world face the same problems. One of them is poorhousing. People often live in old houses (13) …….. huts that don't have electricity orsanitation. As city population grows governments don't have the money to buildmodern apartment buildings.Cars and industries are (14) …….. city air and rivers more and more. Wastethat people throw away is burned or ends up in landfills. All of this makes moderncities an unhealthy place to live in. Especially (15) …….. morning and evening rushhours cities become packed with (16) ……….. . Daily traffic jams make it impossiblefor people to get to work in time. City authorities are spending more and more money (17) ………. publictransportation and are talking other steps (18) ……….. traffic in cities. A few yearsago the London mayor made people pay to drive their cars into the city Centre. Cities of today face many (19) ………. problems. Crime, alcoholism and drugaddiction is especially high in cities. Many young people are unemployed. Largermultiethnic cities face conflicts between groups with different cultural backgrounds.Blacks and whites in the USA and South Africa had a violent history in the 20thcentury. Even though residents of cities have a higher standard of living thereremain many poor people. Government organizations work hard to (20) ………...poverty. They try to give such people better education and jobs.