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阅读理解专项训练

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来源：《阅读与作文（英语初中版）》2020年第02期

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

（一）

London is one of the oldest cities in the world. It is also one of the biggest. But New York is big，too. It is as big as London if it isn’t bigger. There are many str eets in New York， beautiful shops and big factories in it. The streets in New York are just as crowded as in London. And the New York buses carry more people each day than the London buses.

There are a lot of places in London. New York isn’t as ol d as London，and it hasn’t many old buildings.

The buildings in London are as high as in New York.

London has more parks than New York. But some parks are much smaller than the ones in New York.

Now there is a school in New York. It has no lessons every day. It has no class teachers and no school buildings. The students themselves learn and renew their lessons. They are 15 to 18.They live near the city.

And the students study very hard. They know a lot about different kinds of work in the city. The work of the school is the best work in the world. The people like it very much and want to do it better.

1. The streets in London are ______ those in New York.

A. as big as

B. newer than

C. just as crowded as

D. better than

2. In the passage the writer ______.

A. says New York is larger than London