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Urbanization is the movement of people from the country to cities and the growth of urban areas. It happens because there are often more opportunities in cities. However, when a city's population grows too quickly, it causes problems. Here are a few persistent problems caused by urbanization and some ideas to solve them.

Poverty: Urban areas have a higher cost of living, which means many people have to live in slums. These areas have high crime rates and only basic sanitation, and the people living there often have no access to healthcare. A solution for these issues would be to increase the number of social workers and police and have them provide service to these areas. A better, but more expensive one, would be to remove all the old buildings and houses, and have the city government build better quality, low-cost housing.

Pollution: Large populations create lots of waste. This can be too much for sanitation services to handle, so some areas can get very dirty. One option is to have volunteers clean up these places and have more trash cans installed. Another might be to have police give large fines to people who throw litter on the ground.

Traffic: People in cities often use private cars to get to work and school. This leads to heavy road congestion and causes lots of air pollution. To solve this problem, many cities don't let people drive private vehicles in the city center. This can reduce the amount of traffic by making people use public transportation.

In conclusion, urbanization can cause a lot of problems for people living in cities. Poor living standards. unclean environments, and congested traffic are just some of the issues. Solving the problems of urbanization is one of the biggest challenges for modern society.

(Adapted from iLearn Smart)

Question 23: Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the problems caused by urbanization?
A. poverty                        B. pollution                        C. overpopulation                D. traffic

Question 24: The word "persistent" in paragraph 1 is OPPOSITE in meaning to:
A. momentary                        B. severe                        C. constant                        D. ongoing

Question 25: The word "them" in paragraph 2 refers to:
A. social workers and police        B. people living in slums        C. old buildings and houses        D. these areas

Question 26: The word "handle" in paragraph 3 could best be replaced by:
A. ignore                        B. manage                        C. avoid                        D. overlook

Question 27: According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. All urban problems can be easily solved with government policies.
B. Removing old buildings is the cheapest way to improve living standards.
C. Traffic congestion can be reduced by limiting private vehicles in city centers.
D. Pollution in urban areas is caused only by industrial activities.

Question 28: Which of the following best paraphrases the underlined sentence: "Solving the problems of urbanization is one of the biggest challenges for modern society."
A. Urbanization has improved modern society in many ways.
B. Finding solutions for urban issues is a difficult task today.
C. Cities do not experience many problems due to urbanization.
D. Modern society has already solved all problems of urbanization.

Question29: In which paragraph does the author discuss possible solutions to poverty?
A. Paragraph 1                B. Paragraph 2                        C. Paragraph 3                D. Paragraph 4

Question 30: In which paragraph does the author mention how private cars affect urban life?

A. Paragraph 1                B. Paragraph 3                        C. Paragraph 4                D. Paragraph 5

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