26. The main idea of the passage is_______.

　　A. during the 1970's, old building in many cities were recycled for modern use

　　B. recent interest in ecology issues has led to the cleaning up of many rivers

　　C. the San Antonio example shows that bulldozers are not the right way to fight urban decay

　　. D. strong government support has made adaptive rehabilitation a reality in Boston

　　27. According to the passage, Benjamin Thompson was the designer for a project in

　　A. Boston B. San Francisco

　　C. Minneapolis D. San Antonio

　　28. The space at Quincy Market is now used as_______.

　　A. Boston's new city hall B. sports and recreational facilities

　　C. commercial and industrial warehouses D. restaurants, offices, and stores

　　29. What is the author's opinion of the San Antonio's project?

　　A. It is clearly the best of the projects discussed.

　　B. It is a good project that could be copied by other cities.

　　C. The extensive use of bulldozers made the project unnecessarily costly.

　　D. The work done on the river was more important than work done on the buildings.

　　30. The passage states that the San Antonio project differed from those in Boston andMinneapolis in that_______.

　　A. it consisted primarily of new buildings

　　B. it occurred in the business district

　　C. it involved the environment as well as buildings

　　D. it was designed to combat urban decay

　　參考答案：

　　26. A 27. A 28. D 29.B 30.C

　　A new scheme for getting children to and from school is being started by the educationauthorities in part of Eastern England. This could end the worries of many parents fearful for theirchildren's safety on the roads.

　　Until now the Country Council has only been prepared to provide bus services for children livingmore than three miles from their school, or sometimes less if special reasons existed. Now it hasbeen decided that if a group of parents ask for help in organizing transport they will be prepared togo ahead, provided the arrangement will not lose money and that children taking part will beattending their nearest school.

　　The new scheme is to be tried out this term for children living at Milton who attend Impingtonschool. The children live just within the three-mile limit and the Council has said in the past it will notundertake to provide free transport to the school. But now they have agreed to organize a busservice from Milton to Impington and back, a plan which has the support of the school'sheadmaster.

　　Between 50 and 60 parents have said they would like their children to take part. Finalcalculations have still to be carried out, but a council official has said the cost to parents should beless than ￡6. 50 a term.

　　They have been able to arrange the service at a low cost because there is already anagreement with the, bus company for a bus to take children who live further away to Impington.The same bus would now just make an extra journey to pick up the Milton children. The official saidthey would get in touch with other groups of parents who in the past had asked if transport couldbe provided for their children, to see if they would like to take part in the new scheme.

　　21. The children the Council ran buses for in the past were those______.

　　A. whose parents were worried about them

　　B. who would have had to walk otherwise

　　C. who could not walk

　　D. who had to travel a long way

　　22. Taking part in the Council's trial scheme are children who______.

　　A. live in Milton and go to Impington school

　　B. live in Impington and go to Milton school

　　C. live in Milton and go to Milton school

　　D. live in Impington and go to Impington school

　　23. The new bus service will run______.

　　A. on morning journeys to school only

　　B. in connection with an existing service

　　C. only for children living more than three miles away

　　D. only in wet weather

　　24. Agreement to pay for the new bus service has been obtained from______.

　　A. the school's headmaster B. the education department

　　C. the bus company D. the parents

　　25. The parents the Council is now going to contact are those______.

　　A. who had not yet answered letters B. who didn't want to pay

　　C. whose children stayed away from school D. who had asked about transport before

　　參考答案：

　　21. D 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. D