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ReadingComprehension

By1970,accordingtoaWorldWildlifeFundreport,only

about4,500tigerssurvivedthroughouttheworld—halfof

theminIndia.Mr.Foresters,whofollowedandcountedtiger

footprints,estimatedthatinMay1972onlyabout1,800tiger

existedinIndia.ProjectTigersupportedbyW.W.F.was

immediatelylaunched.Ninetigerreserveswerecreated,with

armedguardsprotectingthem.

Theprojectprovidedopportunitiesforresearchersfrom

Indiaandabroadtostudytigersinthereservesandgather

previouslyunavailableinformationabouttheirhabits.Studies

showthatamaletigermaycontrolahuntingterritoryof

between10and20sq.kms.dependingonitsage,sizeand

strength.Theterritoryofamaleincludesthesmallerterritories

ofthreeorfourtigresses:Atigermarkstheboundariesofits

territorybysprayingurine（尿）andotherbodilyliquidson

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bushes.Butittriestoavoidterritorialfights,beingguidedby

thedistinctivebodysmellofothertigers.Tigersfighttodeath

onlywhenatigressisdefendingheryoung,orwhenatigeris

guardingatigressfromtheattentionsofothermales.

Thepopularimageofthetigeristhatofamercilessand

unconquerablehunter.Butstudiesshowthatitcatchesonly

oneof20victimsittriestoattack.

FearshaverecentlydevelopedthatProjectTigerhasbeen

toosuccessful.Ithasenabledthetigerpopulationtodouble

(bymid-80s)butIndia'shumanpopulationhasalsogrownout

ofcontrol.Currentlyitis750millionandlikelytobe900

millionbytheendofthecentury.Landproblemisbecoming

seriousandmanyruralpeoplefeelbitteraboutthefactthat

somerichforestsarereservedfortigers.Agrowingnumberof

attacksbytigersonmanhasaddedtothehostility.

1.TheultimateaimofProjectTigeristo.

A.protecttigersfrombeingkilled

B.studythegrowthrateoftigers

C.promotethebreedingofyoungtigers

D.analyzethebehavioralpatternsoftigers

答案:A［解析］從文章第一段述說老虎數(shù)量的銳減促使了老虎保護項

目的啟動可推知A正確。

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2.Studieshaveshownthat.

A.atigressneverattacksuntilattacked

B.thetigressisnotasfierceasthetiger

C.thetigerisnotanefficienthunterasiscommonlydescribed

D.atigerusuallyfightsanothertigertodefenditsownterritory

答案:C［解析］由文章第三段"Thepopularimageofthetigeris

thatofamercilessandunconquerablehunter.Butstudies

showthatitcatchesonlyoneof20victimsittriestoattack/

可知C正確。

3.Accordingtothepassage,atiger'sterritory.

A.remainsunchanged

B.isoftendefendedbytigresses

C.isthecauseofmostfights

0.expandsasthetigergrowsup

答案:D［解析］從第二段第二句"Studiesshowthatamaletiger

maycontrolahuntingterritoryofbetween10and20sq.kms.

dependingonitsage,sizeandstrength."可知D正確。

4.SomepeopleareafraidthatProjectTiger.

A.hasfailedtoachieveitsgoal

B.hasnotreceivedenoughattention

C.hasbeencarriedtoofar

D.isnotworththemoneyspentonit

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答案:C［解析］從文章第四段第一句"Fearshaverecently

developedthatProjectTigerhasbeentoosuccessful/及下文

的描述可知C正確。

5.Theauthorseems.

A.tohaveamatter-of-factattitudetowardsProjectTiger

B.tobeenthusiasticaboutProjectTiger

C.tohaveahostileattitudetowardsProjectTiger

D.tobesatisfiedwithProjectTiger

答案:A［解析］縱觀全文可知，作者主要討論了對老虎的保護問題，列

舉了大量的數(shù)據(jù)及事例，表明了老虎保護項目帶來的優(yōu)勢和問題，因

此作者是實事求是的態(tài)度。因此正確答案為

Ao

Weusebothwordsandgesturestoexpressourfeelings,but

theproblemisthatthesewordsandgesturescanbe

understoodindifferentways.

Itistruethatasmilemeansthesamethinginany

language.Sodoeslaughterorcrying.Therearealsoanumber

ofstrikingsimilaritiesinthewaydifferentanimalsshowthe

samefeelings.Dogs,tigersandhumans,forexample,often

showtheirteethwhentheyareangry.Thisisprobablybecause

theyarebornwiththosebehaviorpatterns.

Fearisanotheremotionthatisshowninmuchthesame

wayallovertheworld.InChineseandinEnglishliterature,a

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phraselike"hewentpaleandbegintotremble"suggeststhat

themaniseitherveryafraidorhehasjustgotaverybigshock.

However,"heopenedhiseyeswide"isusedtosuggestanger

inChinesewhereasinEnglishitmeanssurprise.InChinese

"surprise"canbedescribedinaphraselike"theystretchedout

theirtongues!"StickingoutyourtongueinEnglishisan

insultinggestureorexpressesstrongdislike.

Eveninthesameculture,peopledifferinabilityto

understandandexpressfeelings.ExperimentsinAmericahave

shownthatwomenareusuallybetterthanmenatrecognizing

fear,anger;loveandhappinessonpeople'sfaces.Other

studiesshowthatolderpeopleusuallyfinditeasierto

recognizeorunderstandbodylanguagethanyoungerpeople

do.

6.Accordingtothepassage,.

A.wecanhardlyunderstandwhatpeople'sgesturesmean

B.wecannotoftenbesurewhatpeoplemeanwhenthey

describetheirfeelingsinwordsorgestures

C.wordscanbebetterunderstoodbyolderpeople

D.gesturescanbeunderstoodbymostofthepeoplewhile

wordscannot

答案:B［解析］答案在文章的第一段："Weusebothwordsand

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gesturestoexpressourfeelings,buttheproblemisthatthese

wordsandgesturescanbeunderstoodindifferentways.”因止匕,

當人們用語言和手勢表達感情的時候，我們常常不能確定它們的含義。

7.People'sfacialexpressionsmaybemisunderstoodbecause

A.peopleofdifferentagesmayhavedifferentunderstanding

B.peoplehavedifferentcultures

C.peopleofdifferentsexmayunderstandagestureina

differentway

0.peopleofdifferentcountriesspeakdifferentlanguages

答案:B［解析］答案在文章的第三段后半部分："...'heopenedhis

eyeswide'isusedtosuggestangerinChinesewhereasin

Englishitmeanssurprise/由此可推斷出在不同的文化背景下人

們的行為方式和身勢語也會有所不同。故選

Bo

8.Inthesameculture,.

A.peoplehavedifferentabilitytounderstandandexpress

feelings

B.peoplehavethesameunderstandingofsomething

C.peopleneverfailtounderstandeachother

D.peopleareequallyintelligent

答案:A［解析］答案在最后一段第一句話："Eveninthesame

culture,peopledifferinabilitytounderstandandexpress

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feelings."（即使是同一種文化，人們理解和表達感情的能力也不一

樣。）

9.Fromthispassage,wecanconcludethat.

A.wordsareusedasfrequentlyasgestures

B.wordsareoftenfounddifficulttounderstand

C.wordsandgesturesarebothusedinexpressingfeelings

0.gesturesaremoreefficientlyusedthanwords

答案:C［解析］答案在文章的第一句話："Weusebothwordsand

gesturestoexpressourfeelings..."因此語言和手勢都可以表達感

情。

10.Thebesttitleforthispassagemaybe.

A.WordsandFeelings

B.Words,GesturesandFeelings

C.GesturesandFeelings

0.CultureandUnderstanding

答案:B［解析］通過全文的描述可知"語言、手勢、感情"應當作為文

章的主題。故B項最為恰當。

Theaccuracyofscientificobservationsandcalculationsis

alwaysatthemercyofthescientist'stime-keepingmethods.

Forthisreason,scientistsareinterestedindevicesthatgive

promiseofmoreprecisetime-keeping.

Intheirsearchforprecision,scientistshaveturnedto

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atomicclocksthatdependonvariousvibratingatomsor

moleculestosupplytheir"ticking".Thisispossiblebecause

eachkindofatomormoleculehasitsowncharacteristicrate

ofvibration.Atominammonia,forexample,vibratesor"ticks"

24billiontimesasecond.

Onesuchatomicclockissoaccuratethatitwillprobably

losenomorethanasecondin3000years.Itwillbeofgreat

importanceinfieldssuchasastronomicalobservationand

long-rangenavigation.TheheartofthisAtomichronisa

cesium（氈）atomthatvibrates9.2billiontimesasecondwhen

heatedtothetemperatureofboilingwater.

Anatomicclockthatoperateswithanammoniamolecule

maybeusedtochecktheaccuracyofpredictionsbasedon

Einstein'srelativitytheories,accordingtowhichaclockin

motionandaclockatrestshouldkeeptimedifferently.Placed

inanorbitingsatellitemovingataspeedof18,000milesan

houi;theclockcouldbroadcastitstimereadingsonasimilar

model.Whateverdifferencesdevelopwouldbechecked

againstthedifferencespredicted.

11.Theselectionsaysthattheaccuracyofscientific

observationdependson.

A.methodsofmeasurement

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B.basicassumptions

C.time-keepingmethods

D.earlierexperiments

答案:C［解析］文章第一段Theaccuracyofscientificobservations

andcalculationsisalwaysatthemercyofthescientist's

time-keepingmethods.其中atthemercyof與dependon同義,

故C正確。

12.Atomicclocksdifferaccordingto.

A.function

B.therateofvibration

C.thetypeofmoleculeoratomused

D.bothBandC

答案:C［解析］由文章第二段scientistshaveturnedtoatomic

clocksthatdependonvariousvibratingatomsormoleculesto

supplytheir"ticking".Thisispossiblebecauseeachkindof

atomormoleculehasitsowncharacteristicrateofvibration.

可知原子鐘發(fā)出不同的"滴答"是基于各種分子或原子的振動速度

的不同。故C正確。

13.TheAtomichronwillbeusedin.

A.makingastronomicalobservations

B.measuringvibrationrates

C.broadcasting

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D.alloftheabove

答案:A［解析］由文章第三段Itwillbeofgreatimportancein

fieldssuchasastronomicalobservationandlong-range

navigation.可知A正確。

14.Fromtheselection,wemayassumethattemperature

changes.

A.affectonlyammoniamolecules

B.mayaffectthevibrationrateofatoms

C.affectthespeedatwhichatomstravel

D.donotaffectatomsinanyway

答案:B［解析］由文章第三段TheheartofthisAtomichronisa

cesium作色)atomthatvibrates9.2billiontimesasecondwhen

heatedtothetemperatureofboilingwater.可知溫度

會影響氈原子的震動次數(shù)。所以選

(temperature)cesiumBe

15.Anappropriatetitleforthisselectionwouldbe.

A.APeacetimeUseoftheAtom

B.TheSatelliteTimekeeper

C.AtomsandMolecules

D.TheRoleoftheClock

答案:A［解析］文章的中心詞是atom,主要講其應用。故A正確。

Nowadays,withwomenplayinganever-increasingroleinall

kindsofcareersandprofessions,itisdifficulttounderstand

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thattherewasatimewhennomedicalschoolwouldaccepta

woman.Theyallsaidthatonlyamancouldbeadoctor.An

American,ElizabethBlackwell,wasdeterminedtobecomethe

firstwomandoctorintheworld.Afteragreatdealofdelay

andopposition,shereceived,tohergreatsurprise,aletter

fromtheDeanofGenevaCollegeinformingherthatshehad

beenaccepted.

Muchlater;Elizabethdiscoveredwhathadactually

happenedwhenherapplicationhadbeenreceivedbythe

Collegeauthorities.Noneofthemwantedtohaveawoman

student,buttheydidnotwishtooffendtheinfluential

Philadelphiadoctorwhohadrecommendedher,sotheyhiton

theexpedientofturningthedecisionovertothestudents

generalmeeting.Theywerequitecertainthatthiswouldresult

inthisalarmingideabeingturneddown.Butwhenthestudent

bodymet,manyofthemthoughtitwouldbeamusingtobe

theonlymedicalcollegeinthecountrywhichcouldboastthat

itwastrainingsomesortofAmazonasawomandoctor.Some

genuinelybelievedthatwomenshouldbetreatedequally.

Whileothersthoughtofthewholethingasajoke.Sothevote

infavorwascarriedunanimously,andthecollegeauthorities

found,withdismay,thattheywouldnowhavetoadmit

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Elizabeth.

Afewdaysafterreceivingthenotificationofher

acceptance,Elizabethwasonthetrainforthetwo-dayjourney

toGenevaCollege.

16.Itisunbelievablethatinthepast.

A.nomedicalschool

B.nogoodwomandoctor

C.medicalschoolwouldacceptawomanstudent

D.womanmedicalstudentcouldbecomedoctor

答案:C［解析］文章第一段itisdifficulttounderstandthatthere

wasatimewhennomedicalschoolwouldacceptawoman.其

中itisdifficulttounderstand=itisunbelievable,可同義替換。

故C對。

17.ElizabethBlackwell.

A.alreadyknewthatherapplicationwouldbeapproved

B.hadneverexpectedthatshewouldbeadmitted

C.neverdoubtedthatshewouldbecomeamedicalstudent

0.alwaysdoubtedthefactthatshebecameamedicalstudent

答案:B［解析］文章第一段最后Afteragreatdealofdelayand

opposition,shereceived,tohergreatsurprise,aletterfrom

theDeanofGenevaCollegeinformingherthatshehadbeen

accepted.可知Elizabeth對她自己收到錄取通知書也表示很吃驚,

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說明她從未想到自己能被錄取。故B對。

18.WhywerestudentsaskedtodecideonElizabeth's

application?

A.Becausethecollegewasdemocratic.

B.Becauseallthepolicywasdecidedbystudentsinthat

college.

C.Becausestudentsweremorefairthantheauthorities.

D.Becausethecollegeauthoritiesbelievedthatmanstudents

wouldnotacceptBlackwellmeanwhiletheywouldnotoffend

therecommender.

答案:D［解析］根據(jù)文章第二段buttheydidnotwishtooffend

theinfluentialPhiladelphiadoctorwhohadrecommendedher,

sotheyhitontheexpedientofturningthedecisionovertothe

studentsgeneralmeeting.可推測學院權威人士礙于面子無法拒

收Elizabeth,他們就將這個難題交由學生來處理，他們認為至少男

同學會反對錄用女性成為他們中的一員，誰知結果恰恰相反?？芍狣

正確。

19."Unanimously"(inthesecondparagraph)means.

A.notthesame

B.notagreed

C.notinthesameway

D.allagree

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答案:D［解析］文章unanimously之前用了some...whileothers這

樣的句式，故選D。

20.ThestudentsagreedtoacceptElizabethBlackwellas

fellowstudent.

A.forsomereasonuntold

B.theybelievedinequalityofthesexes

C.soasnottooffendtheauthorities

D.becausetheythoughtitwouldbeamusing

答案:A［解析］由文中第二段可知Somegenuinelybelievedthat

womenshouldbetreatedequally.Whileothersthoughtofthe

wholethingasajoke.此題B或D各說對了一個方面，只有A更

全面。

Allthatwereallyneedtoplotoutthefutureofouruniverse

areafewgoodmeasurements.Thisdoesnotmeanthatwe

cansitdowntodayandoutlinethefuturecourseofthe

universewithanythinglikecertainty.Therearestilltoomany

thingswedonotknowaboutthewaytheuniverseisput

together.Butwedoknowexactlywhatinformationweneedto

fillinourknowledge,andwehaveaprettygoodideaofhow

togoaboutgettingit.

Perhapsthebestwaytothinkofourpresentsituationisto

imagineatraincomingintoaswitchyard（編組站）.Allofthe

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switches（轉轍器）aresetbeforethetrainarrives,sothatitspath

iscompletelydetermined.Someswitcheswecansee,others

wecannot.Thereisnoambiguityifwecanseethesettingofa

switch:wecansaywithconfidencethatsomepossiblefutures

willnotmaterializeandotherswill.Attheunseenswitches,

however,thereisnosuchcertainty.Weknowthetrainwilltake

oneofthetracksleadingout,butwehavenoideawhichone.

Theunseenswitchesarethetruedecisionpointsinthefuture,

andwhathappenswhenwearriveatthemdeterminesthe

entiresubsequentcourseofevents.

Whenwethinkaboutthefutureoftheuniverse,wecan

seeour"track"manybillionsofyearsintothefuture,butafter

thattherearedecisionpointstobedealtwithandpossible

fatestoconsider.Thegoalofscienceistoreducethe

ambiguityatthedecisionpointsandfindthetrueroadthat

willbefollowed.

21.Accordingtothepassage,itisdifficulttobecertain

aboutthedistantfutureoftheuniversebecausewe.

A.havetoomanyconflictingtheories

B.donothaveenoughfundingtocontinueourresearch

C.arenotsurehowtheuniverseisputtogether

D.havefocusedourinvestigationsonthemoonandplanets

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答案:C［解析］文章第一段Therearestilltoomanythingswedo

所以選

notknowaboutthewaytheuniverseisputtogether.Co

22.Whatdoestheauthorseeasthefunctionofthe

universe'sunseen"switches"?

A.Theytelluswhichoneofthetrackstheuniversewilluse.

B.Theyenableustoalterthecourseoftheuniverse.

C.Theygiveusinformationaboutthelunarsurface.

D.Theydeterminewhichcoursetheuniversewilltakeinthe

future.

答案:D［解析］根據(jù)文章大意，火車通過轉轍器的設置決定其前行的

軌道，同樣地，未來一切事情的進程也需要有"swithes",而這些

就是人們面對問題時的決定。故選

swithes(determine)De

23.Inthelastparagraph,theword"track"couldbestbe

replacedbywhichofthefollowing?

A.Band.

B.Rails.

C.Path.

0.Sequence.

答案:C［解析］文章第二段Alloftheswitches(轉轍器)areset

beforethetrainarrives,sothatitspathiscompletely

determined.在這里path相當于第三段中的"track"。

24.Forwhomistheauthorprobablywritingthispassage?

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A.Trainengineers.

B.Professorsofstatistics.

C.Generalaudiences.

D.Youngchildren.

答案:C［解析］從全文可看出作者寫本文的目的是在講述人生的一個

道理，所以閱讀對象應該是廣大的觀眾朋友。故選

Co

25.Whichofthefollowingstatementsbestdescribesthe

organizationofthepassage?

A.Astatementillustratedbyananalogy（類比）.

B.Ahypothesissupportedbydocumentation（弓|出文獻）.

C.Acomparisonoftwocontrastingtheories.

D.Acriticalanalysisofacommonassumption.

答案:A［解析］文章闡述了宇宙的未來預測,用火車編組做比喻。故選

A。

Everyartistknowsinhisheartthatheissayingsomethingto

thepublic.Notonlydoeshewanttosayitwell,buthewantsit

tobesomethingwhichhasnotbeensaidbefore.Hehopesthe

publicwilllistenandunderstand—hewantstoteachthem,

andhewantsthemtolearnfromhim.

Whatvisualartistslikepainterswanttoteachiseasyto

makeoutbutdifficulttoexplain,becausepainterstranslate

theirexperiencesintoshapesandcolors,notwords.They

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seemtofeelthatacertainselectionofshapesandcolors,out

ofthecountlessbillionspossible,isexceptionallyinteresting

forthemandworthshowingtous.Withouttheirworkwe

shouldneverhavenoticedtheseparticularshapesandcolors,

orhavefeltthedelightwhichtheybroughttotheartist.

Mostartiststaketheirshapesandcolorsfromtheworldof

natureandfromhumanbodiesinmotionandrepose（安息）;

theirchoicesindicatethattheseaspectsoftheworldareworth

lookingat,thattheycontainbeautifulsights.Contemporary

artistsmightsaythattheymerelychoosesubjectsthatprovide

aninterestingpattern,thatthereisnothingmoreinit.Yeteven

theydonotchooseentirelywithoutreferencetothecharacter

oftheirsubjects.

Ifonepainterchoosestopaintagangrenous（壞疽）legand

anotheralakeinmoonlight.Eachofthemisdirectingour

attentiontoacertainaspectoftheworld,eachpainteris

tellingussomething,showingussomething,emphasizing

something一allofwhichmeansthat,consciouslyor

unconsciously,heistryingtoteachus.

26.Itishardtoexplainwhatapainterissaying,because

A.mostpaintersdonotexpressthemselveswell

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B.apainterusesunusualwordsandphrases

C.apainterusesshapesandcolorsinsteadofwords

D.manypaintersdonotsayanything

答案:C［解析］文章第二段Whatvisualartistslikepainterswantto

teachiseasytomakeoutbutdifficulttoexplain,because

painterstranslatetheirexperiencesintoshapesandcolors,not

words.故C對。

27.Withouttheartist'sworkthepublicmightnot.

A.noticeparticularshapesorcolors

B.seetheshapesandcolorsthatexpresshisexperiences

C.feelhisdelightinshapesandcolors

D.alloftheabove

答案:D［解析］文章第二段結尾Withouttheirworkweshould

neverhavenoticedtheseparticularshapesandcolors,orhave

feltthedelightwhichtheybroughttotheartist.故D對。

28.Anartist'schoiceofshapesandcolorsindicatesthathe

believesthemtobe.

A.meaningfulinthemselves

B.merelybeautiful

C.areflectionofhisexperiences

D.worthlookingat

答案:D［解析］文章第三段theirchoicesindicatethatthese

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aspectsoftheworldareworthlookingat,thattheycontain

beautifulsights.故D對。

29.Comparedwithapainterofunpleasantsubjects,apainter

whodrawsalakeinmoonlightis.

A.conveyingmoremeaning

B.pointingoutdifferentthings

C.moreskilled

0.communicatingless

答案:B［解析］從文章第四段eachofthemisdirectingour

attentiontoacertainaspectoftheworld可知，無論描繪什么樣

的景致，都是為了引起我們對世界不同角度的關注。

30.Impliedbutnotstated:.

A.Apaintingismoreeasilyunderstoodthanasymphony

B.Artismerelythearrangingofshapeandcolor

C.Everyartisttriestosaysomethingtothepublic

D.Onemustlookbeyondshapeandcolortofindwhatthe

artistissaying

答案:D［解析］從文章第四段結尾Eachofthemisdirectingour

attentiontoacertainaspectoftheworld,eachpainteris

tellingussomething,showingussomething,emphasizing

something—allofwhichmeansthat,consciouslyor

unconsciously,heistryingtoteachus.可知D正確。

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AlthoughtheUnitedStatescherishesthetraditionthatitisa

nationofsmalltownsandwideopenspaces,onlyoneinevery

eightAmericansnowlivesonafarm.Therecentpopulation

trendhasbeenadoubleone,towardbothurbanizationand

suburbanization.Metropolitanareashadgrownexplosivelyin

thepastdecade,andnearlyhalfthisincreasehasbeeninthe

suburbs.Withtherapidgrowthofcitieshascomeequally

rapiddecentralization.TheflightofAmericansfromthe

centralcitytothesuburbsconstitutedoneofthegreatest

migrationsofmoderntimes;quietresidentialsectionsoutside

citieshavebecomeconglomerations（密集）ofstreets,

split-levelhouses,andshoppingcenters.

Thisspurtofsuburbanexpansion,however,doesnotalter

thebasicfactthattheUnitedStateshasbecomeoneofthe

mosturbannationsonthefaceoftheearth.Census（人口調查）

Bureaufiguresshowthattheruralpopulationhasbeen

shrinkingsteadilysince1830.WhentheUnitedStatesbecame

anationithadnolargecitiesatall;todaysomefiftycitieshave

populationsofmorethan258,000.Mammothcomplexesof

citiesaredevelopingintheareaoftheEastCoastandtheeast

north-centralstates,onthePacificandGulfcoasts,andnear

theshoresoftheGreatLakes.Somesociologistsnowregard

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theentire600-milestretchbetweenBostonandWashington,

D.C.—anareaholdingafifthofthecountry'spopulation——as

onevastcityor,astheycallit,megalopolis.

31.AtraditionalAmericanbeliefisthat.

A.fewpeopleliveonfarms

B.thenationconsistsmainlyofsmalltownsandwideopen

spaces

C.thepopulationisthegreatestintheworld

D.theUnitedStatesisanationofbigcities

答案:B［解析］從文章第一句話AlthoughtheUnitedStates

cherishesthetraditionthatitisanationofsmalltownsand

wideopenspaces...,可知B正確。

32.Theselectionsaysthattrendsaretowardthe.

A.growthofcitiesandshrinkingofsuburbanareas

B.growthofbothruralandsuburbanareas

C.shrinkingofurbanandsuburbanareas

0.growthofurbanandsuburbanareas

答案:D［解析］從文章第一段Therecentpopulationtrendhas

beenadoubleone,towardbothurbanizationand

suburbanization.可知D正確。

33.Nearlyhalftheincreaseinmetropolitanpopulationis

accountedforbythe.

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A.growthofsmalltowns

B.migrationtofarmareas

C.growthofthesuburbs

D.expansionofexistingurbanareas

答案:C［解析］從文章第一段Metropolitanareashadgrown

explosivelyinthepastdecade,andnearlyhalfthisincreasehas

beeninthesuburbs.可知C正確。

34.Theauthorimpliesthatthemodernsuburbis.

A.quietandresidential

B.veryruralincharacter

C.confusedandovergrown

D.muchlikeasmalltown

答案:C［解析］從文章第一段最后一句TheflightofAmericans

fromthecentralcitytothesuburbsconstitutedoneofthe

greatestmigrationsofmoderntimes;quietresidentialsections

outsidecitieshavebecomeconglomerations（密集）ofstreets,

split-levelhouses,andshoppingcenters.可知現(xiàn)代的郊區(qū)變得

街道密集，成為了購物中心，可推知很混亂很擁擠，故C正確。

35.Megalopolisisthesociologist'snamefora.

A.suburbanareaaroundacity

B.largecityanditssuburbs

C.groupoftownsorganizedasacity

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D.groupofcitiesblendingtoformonehugecity

答案:D［解析］文章第二段末尾Somesociologistsnowregardthe

entire600-milestretchbetweenBostonandWashington,

D.C.—anareaholdingafifthofthecountry'spopulation——as

onevastcityor;astheycallit,megalopolis.關鍵是讀出onevast

即是

citymegalopoliso

Amtrak（美國鐵路客運公司）wasexperiencingadownswingin

ridership（客運量）alongthelinescomprisingitsrailsystem.Of

majorconcerntoAmtrakanditsadvertisingagencyDDB

Needham,werethelong-distancewesternrouteswhere

ridershiphadbeendecliningsignificantly.Atonetime,trains

weretheonlypracticalwaytocrossthevastareasofthewest.

Trainswerefast,veryluxurious,andquiteconvenient

comparedtootherformsoftransportationexistingatthetime.

However,timeschangeandtheautomobilebecameAmerica's

standardofconvenience.Also,airtravelhadeasilyestablished

itselfasthefastestmethodoftravelinggreatdistances.

Therefore,thetaskforDDBNeedhamwastoencourage

consumerstoconsiderotheraspectsoftraintravelinorderto

changetheirattitudesandincreasethelikelihoodthattrains

wouldbeconsideredfortravelinthewest.

Twoportionsofthetotalmarketweretargeted:1）anxious

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fliers—thoseconcernedwithsafety,relaxation,andcleanliness

and2)travel-lovers-thoseviewingthemselvesasrelaxed,

casual,andinterestedinthetravelexperienceaspartoftheir

vacation.Theagencythendevelopedacampaignthatfocused

ontravelexperiencessuchasfreedom,escape,relaxation,and

enjoymentofthegreatwesternoutdoors.Itstressed

experiencesgainedbyusingthetrainsandportrayedwestern

traintripsaswonderfuladventures.

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thatcouldbeenjoyedalongsome