根据下列文章,请回答 51～65 题。
Stinking (发臭的) Buses
Stinking buses jam (挤满) the crowded street. Drivers _________ (1) at one another and honk (鸣喇叭) their horns. Smog (烟雾) hurts the eyes and chokes (窒息) the senses. The _________ (2) is Athens at rush hour. The city is in a sorry state of affairs, built _________ (3) a plan, lacking even adequate sewerage facilities (排水设施), its135 square miles packed with 3.7 million people.
So great has been the population flow toward the city that neighboring villages stand _________ (4) or nearly so. About 120,000 people from distant provinces move to Athens every year. The migrants come for the few available _________ (5), which are usually no better than the ones they ran away from. At the current _________ (6) of migration, Athens by the year 2000 will have a population of 6.5 million, more than half the nation.
Aside from overcrowding and poor public transport, the biggest _________ (7) facing Athenians are noise and pollution.
A government study _________ (8) that Athens was the noisiest city in the world. Smog is almost at killing'levels: up to four times the level that the World Health Organization considers safe. Nearly half the pollution comes from cars. _________ (9) high prices for vehicles and fuel, nearly 100,000 automobiles are sold in Greece each year: 3,000 drivers' licenses are _________ (10) in Athens monthly.
After decades of neglect, Athens is at _________ (11) getting some attention. In March a government meeting was held to discuss a plan to make the city ________ (12) and clean up its environment.
A save-Athens ministry will propose heavy taxes to ________ (13) immigration and a minimum of $5 billion in public spending for Athens alone.
A master plan that will move many government offices to the city's________ (14) is already in the works. Meanwhile, more Greeks ________ (15) moving into Athens. With few parks and few oxygen-producing plants, the city and its citizens are literally suffocating (窒息).
第 51 题

A. shout
B. cry
C. curse
D. attack