4. The best title for the passage is

A. A Great Mistake

B. A Shocking Event

C. A Warning Ring

D. A Wrongly-designed Bridge

5. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The iron-steel bridge collapsed soon after it was built

B. The iron-steel bridge has been used ever since it was built

C. The iron-steel bridge didn’t come into use until it collapsed

D. The bridge collapsed because it was designed by a poor student

Passage 2

American cities are similar to other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the values of the culture. Cities contain the very best aspects of a society: opportunities for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict, and poverty. American cities are changing, just as American society is changing.

After World War II, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had more children. They needed more space. They move out of their apartments in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the suburbs, areas near a city where people live. These are areas without many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American “dream” was to have a house in the suburbs.

Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in 1950s are now adults. They, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and executives are moving back into the city. Many are single; others are married, but often without childre

n. They prefer the city to the suburbs because their jobs

are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just enjoy the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the city- a wealthier, more mobile class.

Only a few years ago, people thought that the older American cities were dying. Some city residents now see a bright, new future. Others see only problems and conflicts. One thing is sure: many dying cities are alive again.

6. Paragraph 1

A. explains why American cities are changing

B. shows tat American cities have many problems

C. is a description of cities

D. says: American cities contain the very best aspects of a society

7. In the 1950s the American “dream” was

A. to have a house

B. to buy a new house in the suburbs

C. to have a big car

D. to buy an apartment in the city

8. In paragraph 3, the author gives _______ reasons why people want to live in cities.

A. two

B.;four

C. five

D. three

9. According to the article, cities are

A. sick

B. living

C. alive again

D. dying

10. The movement of people to and from the city can explain

A. racial conflict

B. social changes

C. violent crime

D. the best aspects of a society

Passage 3

During the early American colonial years, corn was more plentiful than wheat, so corn bread was more common than wheat bread. Friendly Indians showed colonists how to grow corn and how to prepare it for food and pioneer women then improved the Indian cooking techniques. When people traveled, they went to foot or horseback, sleeping and eating in the forests. They carried corn bread for sustenance; the corn bread came to be called journey cake. Later when roads and taverns were built and stagecoaches carried passengers, journey cake became johnnycake, a name many easterners still use for corn bread. The kinds of bread made with cornmeal were-and still are-almost without limit. Every region has its special

ities.

From the start, southerners showed a preference for white cornmeal, northerners for yellow. And pioneers on the frontier, when then ran out of yeast, made salt-rising bread. They stirred together water, a little water-ground cornmeal, potatoes, and salt. they set the mixture, uncovered, in a warm place until it absorbed bacteria form the air and began to ferment. Then they removed the potatoes and used the liquid as leavening for their bread, made with white flour.

11. In colonial times, why was corn bread more common than wheat bread?

A. The colonists preferred corn bread.

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