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Read the following text. Choose the best word marked A, B, C or D for each numbered blank.
Everyone must have seen pictures at least of the great _1_ of poor people who live in New York. And it seems strange, in view of this, _2_ so many people come here seeking their fortune. But if _3_ about the city’s population is more impressive than the great number of _4_ people, it’s the great number of rich people. There’s no need _5_ for buried treasure in New York. The great American dream is out in the open for everyone to see and to reach for. No one seems to resent the very _6_. It must be because even those people who can _7_ realistically believe they’ll get rich themselves can still dream about it.
There’s a disregard for the past in New York that _8_ even a lot of New Yorkers. It’s sure that no one pays much attention to _9_. The immigrants who came for something _10_, and _11_ New York used to be be means nothing to them. old million-dollar _13_. In London, _14_, paris, much of the land _15_ only been built in once in all their long _16_. In _17_ New Yorkers in transit, they leave with the _18_ that the city is one great mindless rush to nowhere. They complain that it’s moving too fast, but they don’t notice that it’s getting there first. For better and for _19_, New York has been where the _20_ of the country is going.
1. A. amount B. number C. quantity D. plenty
2. A. that B. which C. it D. as
3. A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
4. A. rich B. wealthy C. poor D. power
5. A. reaching B. reach C. to reach D. reached
6. A. rich B. poor C. success D. strange
7. A.ever B. never C. even D. neither
8. A. amuses B. pleases C. stimulates D. dismays
9. A. future B. antiquity C. medieval D. contemporary
10. A. strange B. more C. new D.available
11. A. that B. which C. whether D.what
12. A. turned B. broken C. torn D. knocked
13. A. ones B. buildings C. houses D. those
14. A. Italy B. Rome C. Germany D. Spain
15. A. have B. having C. had D. has
16. A. history B. time C. era D. experience
17. A. respectively B. correspondingly C. relatively D. generally
18. A. idea B. opinion C. expression D. impression
19. A. good B. bad C. worse D. change
20. A. one B. other C. most D. rest
