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1、Americancitiesaresimilartoothercitiesaroundtheworld阅读答案 Americancitiesaresimilartoothercitiesaroundtheworld.Ineverycountrycitiesreflectthevaluesoftheculture.AmericancitiesarechangingjustasAmericansocietyischanging. AfterWorldWarII,thepopulationofmostlargeAmericancitiesdecreased;h
2、owever,thepopulationinmanySunBeltcitiesincreased.LosAngelesandHoustonarecitieswherepopulationshiftstoandfromthecityreflectthechangingvaluesofAmericansociety.Inthelate1940sandearly1950s,cityresidentsbecamewealthier.Theyhadmorechildrensotheyneededmorespace.Theymovedoutoftheirapartmen
3、tsinthecitytobuytheirownhomes.Theyboughthousesinthesuburbs. Nowthingsarechanging.Thechildrenofthepeoplewholeftthecitiesinthe1950sarenowadults.Many,unliketheirparents,wanttoliveinthecities.TheycontinuetomovetoSunBeltcitiesandolderonesoftheNortheastandMidwest.Manyyoungprofessionalsa
4、removingbackintothecity.Theypreferthecitytothesuburbsbecausetheirjobsarethere;ortheyjustenjoytheexcitementandpossibilitiesthatthecityoffers. Thispopulationshiftisbringingproblemsaswellasbenefits.Countlesspoorpeoplemustleavetheirapartmentsinthecitybecausetheownerswanttosellthebuild
5、ingsormakeapartmentsforsaleinsteadofforrent.Inthe1950s,manypoorpeopledidnothaveenoughmoneytomovetothesuburbs;nowmanyofthesesamepeopledonothaveenoughmoneytostayinthecities. Onlyafewyearsago,peoplethoughtthattheolderAmericancitiesweredying.Somecityresidentsnowseeabrightnewfuture.Oth
6、ersseeonlyproblemsandconflicts.Onethingissure:manydyingcitiesarealiveagain. 64.Whatdoestheauthorthinkofcitiesallovertheworld? A.Theyarealive.B.Theyarehopeless. C.Theyaresimilar.D.Theyaredifferent. 65.WhydidAmericancityresidentswanttoliveinthesuburbsafterWorldWarII? A.Becauseol
7、derAmericancitiesweredying. B.Becausetheywerericherandneededmorespace. C.Becausecitiescontainedtheworstpartsofsociety. D.Becausetheycouldhardlyaffordtoliveinthecity. 66.Accordingtothe4thparagraph,agreatmanypoorpeopleinAmericancities________. A.arefacedwithhousingproblems B.ar
8、eforcedtomovetothesuburbs
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