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he third time, “What is this?” This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already. ?IT IS A CROW.? Are you not able to understand this?” A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page: Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my son. If you parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From today say this aloud, “I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take care of my old parents in the BEST way no matter how they behave.” 4. The writer mainly intends to ______. A. tell us the function of a diary B. call on us to love our parents C. teach us what a crow is D. introduce a pair of son and father 5. According to the passage, the son felt _____ when his father kept asking the same question. A. puzzled B. angry C. grateful D. surprised 6. We can know that the father wrote this diary at the age of ______. A. eighty B. fortygive C. thirtyeight D. thirtyfive 7. The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because ___. A. he fot what had happened B. he would like his son to read it C. it could remind himself of the past D. he wanted to find what a crow was in his diary C At no time in history has there been such a mass movement of people from the countryside to the city as is happening now. By the year 2030, it?s estimated that more than two thirds of the world?s population will be living in cities, twice as many as today. This means that the problems faced by cities today—overcrowding, poor housing, unemployment, poverty and lack of food and water—will be twice as bad unless we find solutions soon. Another serious issue is how to provide good transportation for their citizens. Many of the world?s major cities are already struggling with outofdate transport infrastructures(基本設(shè)施 ).How can they deal with the additional demands? London is a good example. Its enlargement was made possible by the invention of the steam engine, which powered the world?s first underground railway. But its transport system are now hopelessly outofdate and need urgent modernization. London?s future success depends very much on developing better public transport. Over a million people travel into central London every day from outside the city. They together with the people who live in London, want a public transport system that is efficient, safe and environmentally friendly. What they often get, however, falls far short of that ideal. Passengers plain about cost and pollution, while businesses worry about the problems their staff have in getting to work on time. Yes, the proportion of London households that own a car grew from just over ten percent in the early 1950s to over sixty percent today. As the city has bee increasingly crowded and polluted, there has bee