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1、韩苏：2014考研基础提升英语真题阅读(4) 考研复习中，总是有同学想去背“新概念”什么之类的老掉牙的“记叙文”和“说明文”，而考研的文体为“议论文”，这是完全的文不对题的浪费时间！所以，请大家做好"基础提升考研真题阅读每日一篇"的第四篇！有的放矢，未来无敌！坚持=成功！　　1998Passage4　　Emergingfromthe1980censusisthepictureofanationdevelopingmoreandmoreregionalcompetition,aspopulationgrowthintheNortheastandMidwestreachesanearstandst

2、ill.　　Thisdevelopment—anditsstrongimplicationsforUSpoliticsandeconomyinyearsahead—hasenthronedtheSouthasAmerica'smostdenselypopulatedregionforthefirsttimeinthehistoryofthenation'sheadcounting.　　Altogether,theUSpopulationroseinthe1970sby23.2millionpeople—numericallythethird-largestgrowtheverrecordedi

3、nasingledecade.Evenso,thatgainaddsuptoonly11.4percent,lowestinAmericanannualrecordsexceptfortheDepressionyears.　　AmericanshavebeenmigratingsouthandwestinlargernumberssinceWorldWarII,andthepatternstillprevails.　　Threesun-beltstates—Florida,TexasandCalifornia—togetherhadnearly10millionmorepeoplein1980

4、thanadecadeearlier.Amonglargecities,SanDiegomovedfrom14thto8thandSanAntonioform15thto10th—withClevelandandWashingtonDCdroppingoutofthetop10.　　Notallthatshiftcanbeattributedtothemovementoutofthesnowbelt,censusofficialssay.Nonstopwavesofimmigrantsplayedarole,too—andsodidbiggercropsofbabiesasyesterday'

5、s"babyboom"generationreacheditschild-bearingyears.　　Moreover,demographersseethecontinuingshiftsouthandwestasjoinedbyarelatedbutnewerphenomenon:Moreandmore,Americansapparentlyarelookingnotjustforplaceswithmorejobsbutwithfewerpeople,too.Someinstances—　　●Regionally,theRockyMountainstatesreportedthemost

6、rapidgrowthrate—37.1percentsince1970inavastareawithonly5percentoftheUSpopulation.　　●Amongstates,NevadaandArizonagrewfastestofall:63.5and53.1percentrespectively.ExceptforFloridaandTexas,thetop10inrateofgrowthiscomposedofWesternstateswith7.5millionpeople—about9persquaremile.　　Theflightfromovercrowdedn

7、essaffectsthemigrationfromsnowbelttomorebearableclimates.　　Nowheredo1980censusstatisticsdramatizemoretheAmericansearchforspaciouslivingthanintheFarWest.There,Californiaadded3.7milliontoitspopulationin