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1、Unit10TheIdiocyofUrbanLifeKeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.BII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.F(RefertoParagraph2.Itishumanbeingswhobringtheratraceintohumanso
2、ciety.)2.F(RefertoParagraph2.Ittellsusthattheoppositeistrue.Urbanlifetodayisaggressivelyindividualisticandatomized.Citiesarenotsocialplaces.)3.T(RefertoParagraph4."...theyhavecreatedalittleManhattan-by-the-SeaaroundtheHamptons,spreadingovertheLongIslandpotatofield
3、swhoseearliersolitudewaspresumablythereasonwhytheyfirstwentthere.")4.T(RefertoParagraph4."ThemainstreetsofAmerica'ssmalltowns?arenowstripsofboutiques.Old-fashionedbarbersbecomeunisexhairdressingsalons.")5.F(RefertoParagraphs5and6.Accordingtotheauthor,workintherura
4、lareasismeaningfulwhereasthefrenzyoftheurbanworkhoursispointless.Whenthefarmerwalkstohisfarminthemorning,heisdoingsomethingsignificant.Bycontrast,thecityworkerisstartingthefirstidiocyofhisdaywhenheisgettingreadyforhisjourneytoworkatthistimeoftheday.)6.T(RefertoPar
5、agraph7.Thewindowsinthemodernofficebuildingsareperhapsthemostsymboliclunacyofall.Evenonthefairestspringorfalldaytheworkerscannotputtheirheadsoutside.)III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.RefertoParagraph1.Theauthormentionsratsatthebeginningofthearticleforthepurposeof
6、contrastingratswithhumanbeings.Inasense,bothratsandhumanbeingsarecitydwellers,buttherearedifferencesbetweenthemintermsoflifeinthecity.Asnaturalinhabitantsofthecity,ratsaresocialcreaturesandleadastableurbanlife.Bycontrast,mosthumandwellersdonotenjoytheurbanlifebutt
7、rytoliveoutsidethecityboundaries;andtheyliveanindividualisticandatomizedratherthangregariouslife.Therefore,relativelyspeaking,ratsaretruecitydwellers.2.RefertoParagraph3.Theidiocyofthepracticeliesinthepretenceofthecitydwellers.Foronething,theydisdainrurallifeonthe
8、onehand,andontheotherhandtheytrytosimulateitbycreatinglargeorsmallpatchesofgreeneryaroundtheirsuburb,exurborrururbresidences.Foranother,whiletheyintendt
