The thief has _________________ （apparent) fled without taking any money.

A、More high school students go to college than before.

B、Nearly half of the high school students choose to go to college.

C、Few high school graduates end up selling shoes and driving taxis.

D、Many college students don't fit the pattern of college life.

A、happiness

B、advantage

C、benefit

D、interest

A、The author gives some suggestions to graduates about their dreams B. The passage tells us what should do and what shouldn’t do. C. We should never say die. D. You should know what your dreams are.

B、The passage tells us what should do and what shouldn’t do.

C、We should never say die.

D、You should know what your dreams are.

A、affluent

B、superfluous

C、mellifluous

D、circumfluent

A、the difference between the list price and the actual price paid by the buyer.

B、the licensing fees and other business taxes paid by sellers, averaged over the total quantity of goods sold.

C、the difference between the total price paid by the buyer and the price received by the seller.

D、the difference between wholesale and retail prices.

A、Most money market securities do not pay interest. Instead the investor pays less for the security than it will be worth when it matures.

B、Pension funds invest a portion of their assets in the money market to have sufficient liquidity to meet their obligations.

C、Unlike most participants in the money market, the U.S. Treasury Department is always a demander of money market funds and never a supplier.

D、All of the above are true.

E、Only (a) and (b) of the above are true.

One of the key challenges in urban architecture over the next 50 years will be figuring out how to squeeze vast numbers of additional people into urban areas that are already extremely crowded. London, for example, will somehow have to deal with a projected 100,000 extra inhabitants every year until 2016. The current plan of building a new “satellite towns” of the city causes a lot of problems---but architecture think tanks are working on ambitious solutions that go vertical instead of horizontal in search of space.

In terms of population density, London is one of the least crowded major cities in the world---four times fewer people per square kilometer than Paris, for example, six times fewer than New York and eight times fewer than Cairo. But the fact remains that the city’s population is growing at a rapid rate, and horizontal expansion into the surrounding areas is eating up increasingly important agricultural land, as well as worsening all the transport problems that come with urban growth.

Popular Architecture would propose a radically different solution. The proposal is to go upwards, with vertical towers of considerable size, each representing an entire new town, by the time it’s completed. Each tower would be 1500 meters high. Beyond mere accommodation, each tower would function as an entire town unit, with its own schools, hospitals, parks and gardens, sports faculties, business areas and community spaces. The population density of such a tower could help lower the individual energy requirements of each inhabitant, reducing the ecological impact of the population as a whole.

The village towers are considered as hollow tubes, with large holes to allow light and air though the entire construction. Occasional floor discs spread throughout the height of the building will give inhabitants large central areas in the middle of the tube to use as gathering spaces.

While the building itself is unlikely ever to be seriously considered for construction---imagine the number of elevators it would need, let alone the safety implications of open areas at such heights and with such wind exposure---the concept can serve as conversation-starter for urban planners looking to face the challenges of the current and coming countries.

One key challenging task for urban architects in the future is to ______.

A.build new satellite towns

B.work out ambitious plans

C.design less crowded cities

D.accommodate more inhabitants

Which of the following cities has the largest population density？

A.Cairo.

B.Paris.

C.London.

D.New York.

Horizontal expansion not only wastes land, but makes it hard for London to ______.

A.handle its safety problems

B.resolve its transport issues

C.control its population growth

D.measure its population density

The vertical tower would represent an entire new town in itself because______.

A.it is energy-saving

B.it is cost-effective

C.it is self-sufficient

D.it is comfort-oriented

For city planners today, the idea of building a vertical tower can become______.A.a topic for fun

B.a shocking reality

C.a modest proposal

D.a source of inspiration