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A good thing or a bad thing The story is about a girl named Jo. The village, Parkville becomes a suburb of the big city, Arnwick. Jo 周 Parkville 帕克威尔 Arnwick 阿恩威克 Paragraph one 1.When did Jo’s grandparents move to Parkville? 2.At that time, where did they live? Jo is 15 and lives in Parkville. When Jo’s grandparents first came to Parkville 50 years ago, it was a quiet country village in the centre of the country. At that time, they had a small house on the edge of town, with some fields and the hills in the distance. Paragraph two What’s the population of the Parkville in the past and now? But Parkville was close to a big city, Arnwick, with about 200,000 people. People from the countryside began to arrive in Arnwick to find jobs and have a better life. However, it was expensive to live in the centre of Arnwick, so the city government decided to build flats around the edge of the city. And soon, Parkville became a suburb of Arnwick. It now has over a million people. Paragraph three 1.How many people are there at Jo’s school? 2.Which school did Jo like better? The small local school in Parkville closed down five years ago. Jo goes to a school close to the centre of Arnwick, with 2,000 pupils. It takes Jo an hour to get to school, and this adds to the traffic and pollution. But it’s not her fault. She liked her old school. Paragraph four With the city growing bigger and bigger, what are needed? Arnwick needs larger hospitals and more doctors, better public transport and fewer private cars. There need to be more shops and offices. It also needs clean water and no rubbish in the streets. It’s difficult to run a big city, and to protect people from crime. So it also needs more laws and more police, and more taxes to pay for everything. Choose the best answer 1. The writer wants to ____________ a) show the disadvantages of how cities have grown over the years. b) sho