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25. The word EXHAUST in the passage is closest in meaning to ...
A) hazard B) tire C) emission D) engine
26. Which of the following laws for the people in the urban areas is not mentioned in the text?
A) to lessen the number of hours taken to drive company cars
B) to use public transport more instead of private cars
C) to limit the number of drivers who work in companies
D) to make fewer business trips where they have to go by car
27. Which of the following bad effects IS NOT mentioned in the text?
A) breathing hardly B) cancer C) acid rain D) car sickness


Though the tulip is closely associated with the Netherlands, it is not a native Dutch flower. Like many other products in western Europe, such as the potato and tobacco, tulips came to the Netherlands from another part of the world. The tulip was first seen by Europeans in Turkey. In 1556 A. G. Busbequius, the ambassador sent by the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, saw the flowers growing in the gardens of Adrianople and Constantinople. Soon after Ambassador Busbequius noticed the flowers in the Ottoman Empire, tulips became one of the most favourite flowers in Europe. Antwerp, Brussels, Paris and Prague are among some of the cities were tulips first appeared. The popularity of the tulip in the Dutch Republic reached its high point in the years 1636-37.
28. According to the text the tulip …
A) was not native to Europe. C) became a garden flower in 1636.
B) was grown in Austria in the 16th century. D) came to the Netherlands before tobacco.
29. Brussels and Paris were …
A) the birthplace of lots of flowers. B) among the first cities where tulips became popular.
C) visited by the Sultan several times. D) exchanging ambassadors with Austria since 1856.
30. Tulips became one of the most preferred flowers …
A) for their beauty. B) afterwards were seen by an Austrian official.
C) because Ottoman Sultan gifted them European lords. D) later chosen as a symbol of Netherlands.