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1、Unit10TheIdiocyofUrbanLifeKeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.BII.Judge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.F(RefertoParagraph2.Itishumanbeingswhobringtheratraceintohumansociety.)2
2、.F(RefertoParagraph2.Ittellsusthattheoppositeistrue.Urbanlifetodayisaggressivelyindividualisticandatomized.Citiesarenotsocialplaces.)3.T(RefertoParagraph4."...theyhavecreatedalittleManhattan-by-the-SeaaroundtheHamptons,spreadingovertheLongIslandpotatofieldswhoseearliersol
3、itudewaspresumablythereasonwhytheyfirstwentthere.")4.T(RefertoParagraph4."ThemainstreetsofAmerica'ssmalltowns?arenowstripsofboutiques.Old-fashionedbarbersbecomeunisexhairdressingsalons.")5.F(RefertoParagraphs5and6.Accordingtotheauthor,workintheruralareasismeaningfulwherea
4、sthefrenzyoftheurbanworkhoursispointless.Whenthefarmerwalkstohisfarminthemorning,heisdoingsomethingsignificant.Bycontrast,thecityworkerisstartingthefirstidiocyofhisdaywhenheisgettingreadyforhisjourneytoworkatthistimeoftheday.)6.T(RefertoParagraph7.Thewindowsinthemodernoff
5、icebuildingsareperhapsthemostsymboliclunacyofall.Evenonthefairestspringorfalldaytheworkerscannotputtheirheadsoutside.)III.Answerthefollowingquestions.1.RefertoParagraph1.Theauthormentionsratsatthebeginningofthearticleforthepurposeofcontrastingratswithhumanbeings.Inasense,
6、bothratsandhumanbeingsarecitydwellers,buttherearedifferencesbetweenthemintermsoflifeinthecity.Asnaturalinhabitantsofthecity,ratsaresocialcreaturesandleadastableurbanlife.Bycontrast,mosthumandwellersdonotenjoytheurbanlifebuttrytoliveoutsidethecityboundaries;andtheyliveanin
7、dividualisticandatomizedratherthangregariouslife.Therefore,relativelyspeaking,ratsaretruecitydwellers.2.RefertoParagraph3.Theidiocyofthepracticeliesinthepretenceofthecitydwellers.Foronething,theydisdainrurallifeontheonehand,andontheotherhandtheytrytosimulateitbycreatingla
8、rgeorsmallpatchesofgreeneryaroundtheirsuburb,exurborrururbresidences.Foranother,whiletheyintendt
