Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. The streets are crowded with 23______. Taxis are bringing tired people from the airport and the 24_______ to the hotels. They hope to sleep a few hours before their busy day in the big city. Trucks are bringing fresh fruits and vegetables into the city. Ships are bringing food and fuel to the harbour. By seven o’clock in the morning, the streets are filled again with people. 25_____people live in the big city, and millions of people who work in the big city live in the suburbs, the commuters, are hurrying to get to their offices. Everyone is in a hurry. Some stop only to drink 26______coffee. Others stop to buy the morning paper or to have breakfast. The noise of traffic gets 27_____. The policemen blow their whistles to stop the traffic or to hurry it along. 23. A. traffic B. shippers C. policemans D. buildings 24. A. police stations B. fire stations C. train stations D. supermarkets 25. A. Lot of B. Millions of C. The most D. A lots of 26. A. a can of B. a bottle of C. a cup of D. a kilo of 27. A. bigger B. quieter C. smaller D. louder