Directions: In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks.For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D.Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.The English countryside has a classic image.People imagine that life in the country is slow and calm; that there are no traffic jams, no pollution, and no crime.In some places, this is true; but in  46  it is not.

Small towns and villages are becoming more and more  47  ; people have more space and most houses have gardens.But problems are  48  .Lots of people want to live in the country and work in the city; so more and more people travel  49  distances each day, to go to work.Of course they don't use buses or trains; they use cars.Little villages now have traffic problems in the morning, just  50  big cities!

The problems are very complicated! If everyone moves into the country, the peace of the countryside will  51  ! People leave cities and big towns, to escape from urban problems; but more and more, they are  52  their problems with them.On warm summer days, and cold winter days, air pollution can be a big problem in large  53  of the south of England, not just in London.

Perhaps there is  54  for the future.Soon Britain's population will stop rising.

From about the year 2030, it will perhaps start to fall.In 100 year's time, there will be less people in Britain than today - -perhaps two million less.No doubt there will be  55  pollution too; oil and petrol will probably be rare by then.