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a

Life is difficult in some big cities. There often aren't enough jobs. Big cities are crowded. But life in some big cities isn't so terrible. Some big cities are livable – an easy place to live – San Francisco is one example.

1 -Livable means..……………………

a. a place to live.

b. a difficult place to live.

c. easy place to live.

d. busy place to live.

b San Francisco is a small big city

(large in population but small in area). There are about 17.000 people per square mile. This is a high population density. But San Francisco doesn't feel crowded. It has water on three sides. This makes the city open and not crowded.

2 -Small big city means.……………

a. a city of one square mile.

b. has 17.000 people per square mile.

c. large in population but small in area.

d. less than 2 square miles.

c Also San Francisco is a city of

hills. It has 42 hills. A hill is a land with a height of over 100 feet. Many of San Francisco's hills have wonderful view.

3 -A hill is a…………………

a. high mountainb. high landc. high blockd. high city

d

San Francisco has a lot of malls, you can make many purchases, such as books, CDs, computers and clothes.

4 -Purchases means.…………

a. computers and CDsb. clothes and booksc. things we buyd. electronic trade.

eSan Francisco is a city of neighborhoods. Each neighborhood is different from the others. One of them is Chinatown. It has Chinese businesses and pagodas. Pagodas are traditional religious Chinese buildings. Another neighborhood is North Beach. It has Italian grocery stores and restaurants.

5 -Pagodas are.……………

a. traditional buildings.

b. large buildings.

c. religious buildings.

d. both a and c.