外研版高中英語必修4模塊1學案

38. henry had to call a taxi because his case was __________ to carry all the way home.
a. heavy enough      b. heavy too much
c. too much heavy     d. much too heavy
39.with so many problems _________, the new mayor will have a hard time in this poor town.
a. to settle       b. settled    
c. being settled      d. to be settled
40. i agree with most of what you said, but i don’t agree free of _________.
a. are    b. charge  c. money   d. pay
ii. 完形填空
   when will city life be like in the future? some people think that life in the cities is going to be 41 . they 42 that cities will become more and more crowded.  43  the number of people increases, there will be less space for each person. this  44  will cause other problems – more crimes, dirtier streets, and worse problems with traffic  45  we have now. how will people find enough drinking water, energy (such as gas and electricity) and housing ?  46  life will be hard, people who live in cities will worry more, and they may become sick.  47  these reasons, some say that nobody will want to live in urban areas.
how can we  48  such problems as overcrowding, crime, and traffic? in some cities, thousands of people are already  49  in the streets because there is so little suitable housing – and because  50  are so high. the crime rate isn’t going down.  51  , it is  52  so fast that many people are afraid to go out at night. traffic jams are so bad that cars don’t move at all for several blocks. these  53  problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see no  54  for the future of the city.
however, not all people believe in the horrible  55  for cities of the future. instead, they feel that they can solve present urban problems and  56  future ones.
the disadvantages of any modern city are not unique (獨特的) to that city.  57 , all the cities in the world have to solve the problems of traffic jams, crime, housing, energy, drinking water, and overcrowding. yet many cities have found answers to one or more of these difficulties. some european cities, such as stockholm, sweden, or london, england, have planned communities that  58  people with apartments, jobs, shopping centers, green space, entertainment, and transportation. many us cities are building their downtown areas. urban  59  can learn from one another. they can  60  solutions that have been successful in other parts of the world.