Spoiled for choice? That's likely how you'll feel after a mere day in Athens. The secret is in not trying to do everything. Instead, take in a couple of the tourist highlights and then get a feel for this attractive capital. An ancient sight The Acropolis   always comes out at the top of the list of things to see in Athens. The most famous of the western world's ancient sights continue to impress tourists as they climb the marble steps and stand before the graceful Parthenon. Views from up here are amazing. A slow wander Plaka is the city's oldest neighborhood, resting on the slopes of the Acropolis with cafs and fascinating architecture. The streets are perfect for getting lost in, giving wanderers the chance to discover cafs and bars where they can down some strong coffee among locals. Plaka is at its best in the early evening. Acropolis House Pension is a preserved 19thcentury house that gives guests a glimpse into a Greek home. A market scene Varvakios Agora is Athens' central market. Locals come here to shop and look for everything needed in a Greek kitchen -- from olive oil to meat. This is a look at local life as well as a window into Greek cuisine. The meat market is also home to some of the city's best pubs, feeding traditional food to crowds of customers from all walks of society. A splash of nightlife Athenian nights are filled with music, dancing and dining. Perivoli Tou Ouranou is a club with a strong atmosphere. Filled with the sounds of violins and guitars pelting out traditional blueslike music, it's sad but also beautiful and lively. If you want to get a feel for traditional Greek music, you can go to   _  . A) Parthenon B) Plaka C) Varvakios Agora D) Perivoli Tou Ouranou
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The city can seem a cold, mean place. In the middle of so many people hurrying about their own business, a person can feel alone among the millions of others. There is a popular view that in cities, strangers are less likely to help an elderly person cross a street or call the police when they see a bike being stolen. Recently, a New Yorker named Casey Neistat did an experiment. He chained up his bike in several public places, then "stole" it in a number of obvious ways, such as using a hacksaw  . He filmed everything to see whether other New Yorkers would try to stop a shameless bike theft. The result? People just walked on by. Is this evidence of an immoral, selfish urban society? Not necessarily. According to another recent study, the way city people mind their own business is about other factors besides morality  . This is called the Bystander Effect, the theory that city people do not react because of the urban enviromnent they live in. Psychologist Dr. Harold explained why people did not involve themselves in Neistat's bike theft experiment with the Bystander Effect. First, people who live in cities are surrounded by so much activity that they stop noticing what is going on around them. Second, they are less easy to surprise and assume every activity has a logical explanation. "The third is that people notice it, but they don't know what to do," he continued. "And the fourth is fear -- they know they should do something, but they're afraid to challenge someone with a hacksaw." A lack of concern is only a small reason why people don't take action, concludes Dr. Harold. Despite the results of Neistat's experiment, there is also evidence of a sense of team spirit that connects people in cities. All it takes is a funny joke or a shared interest to start a conversation with someone at a bus stop. When city folk are in trouble, they come together for support -- famously in New York on City society is different, but that doesn't mean it's cold or mean -- it just means it's busy! Casey Neistat fihned everything in the experiment with the purpose of    _    . A) proving that he was not the thief B) telling people that bike theft was immoral C) finding out who had a sense of right and wrong D) making his experiment well-known to the public
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The way people in the US travel to and from work has changed a lot in the last fifty years.  Before the Second World War, most people lived in the town or the city where they worked.  Almost everyone either walked to work or used a good inexpensive transportation system  Many of  these systems were electrified and ran on tracks, so they used very little energy.       After 1945, the US government built many new roads and highways. People moved farther and farther form the cities where they worked because they could drive their cars on these new  roads from their suburban homes to work in the city. Some of the big car makers also bought the  electrified transportation systems and destroyed them. As people stopped using public  transporation , cities spent less money fixing old buses and trains or buying new ones. Public  transportation got worse and worse.       In the late 1960s, people found out that the increase in the use of cars led to many  problems. There were always too many cars for the highway system, and terrible traffic problems  developed. People were spending hours in traffic jams getting to and from work every day. In  addition, the air in many cities became dirty because of pollution from millions of cars, and many  people died in traffic accidents. As people began to get worried about how the use of cars was  hurting the environment,  cities began to spend more money on public transportation again,  so  fewer people would have to drive cars.       When gas became very expensive in the mid-1970s, the number of people taking public transportation  began to increase .It's terribly expensive to build new public transportation systems. so it's very difficult to make big changes in the way people travel .However ,an increase in the use of public transportation has begun. Why did cities begin to spend more money on public transportation in the late 1960s? A) To change people's way of traveling. B) To improve  the living conditions. C) To build a new transportation system. D) To control the increasing number o cars.
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In 1977 , a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a nineteen-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, a gentle married lady and one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world. ks5u In June 1977 , a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar   , near Sandi Arabia  . Doctors were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was flown to London and sent to Hammersmith Hospital. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were puzzled by the very unusual signs of illness. While they were having a discussion about the baby's illness, a nurse asked to speak to them.  "Excuse me," said Nurse Marsha Maitland, "but I think the baby is suffering from thallium poisoning  ." "What makes you think that?" Dr. Brown asked. "Thallium poisoning is very rare." "A few days ago, I was reading a novel called 'A Pale Horse' by Agatha Christie," Nurse Maitland explained. "In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the signs are exactly the same as the baby' s . " "You are very careful and you may be right," another doctor said. "we'll carry out some tests and find out whether it' s thallium  or not." Tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew the cause of the illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Later on it was proved that the poison might have come from an insecticide  used in Qatar. Nurse Maitland spoke to the doctors A) when she heard them discussing the possibility of thallium poison. B) because she could see that the doctors had made a mistake. C) to suggest a possible reason for the patient' s illness. D) after she had read about a horse which had been poisoned.

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