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英语六级模拟试卷(30)--阅读4
来源：大学英语六级 发布时间：2013-02-03 大学英语六级辅导视频 评论
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
A few years ago, Ann and Walter Taylor thought it might be time to move out of their New York City apartment to the suburbs. They had one young son and another child on the way. But after months of looking, they became discourage and decided to buy an old townhouse right in the middle of Brooklyn, which is a part of New York City. To their delight, they discovered that they weren’t the only young couple to have made such a decision. In fact, their entire area in Brooklyn had been settled by young families. And as a result, the neighborhood, which had been declining for years, was now being restored.
Brooklyn isn’t the only city in the United States to experience this kind of renewal.So are Philadelphia and St.Louis.And Charleston,South Carolina,has so successfully rebuilt its old central area that it now ranks as one of America’s most charming cities.The restoration of the old port city of Savannah,Georgia,is also living proof that downtown areas do not need to die.But encouraging as these developments may be,they are among the few bright spots in a mass of difficulties that today’s cities face.Indeed,their woes are so many that it is fair to ask whether or not the inner city the core of most urban areas will manage to survive at all.
In the 1940s,urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs in search of fresh air,elbow room,and privacy.Suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside.Since most of those making the move were middle-class,they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhoods in which they had lived.The people left in the cities were often those who were too old or too poor to move.Thus,many cities began to fall into disrepair.Crime began to soar, and public transportation was neglected.( In the past sixty years San Francisco is the only city in the United States to have completed a new mass transit system.)Meanwhile, housing construction costs continued to rise higher and higher. Middle-class housing was allowed to decay, and little new housing was constructed.
Eventually, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in offices, and at night they would be deserted. Given these circumstances, some business executives began asking, “Why bother with going downtown at all? Why not move the offices to the suburbs so that we can live and work in the same area?” Gradually, some of the larger companies began moving out of the cities, with the result that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded still more. This movement of business to the suburbs is not confined to the United States. Businesses have also been moving to the suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden, in Bonn, Germany, and in Brussels, Belgium, as well.
But it may well be that this movement to the suburbs has reached its peak. Some people may be tired of spending long hours commuting, and they may have begun to miss the advantages of culture and companionship provided by city life. Perhaps the decision made by the Taylors is a sign that people will return to the cities and begin to restore them. It begins to look as if suburban sprawl may not have been the answer to man’s need to create an ideal environment in which to live and work.
36.According to the passage,Ann and Walter Taylor____.
A) moved from city apartment to the suburb
B) remained in the downtown area
C) moved out of New York
D) bought an old townhouse in the suburb
37.It can be inferred from the passage that____.
A) downtown areas must die in the future
B) suburbs are sure to replace cities
C) the movement to the suburbs begins to decline
D) there are just old and poor people left in the cities
38.Business have been moving to suburbs because____.
A) people living in the suburbs are rich
B) many people work in cities and live in suburbs
C) environment is pleasant in the suburbs
D) American businessmen are fond of moving around
39.Why the cities began to fall into disrepair in the 1940s?
A) Because people could not earn enough money at that time.
B) Because the municipal planning was not sound.
C) Because old and poor people were neglected.
D) Because many people moved out of the cities.
40.What is the main idea of the passage?
A) American people move a lot in history.
B) Downtown areas are too crowded to live.
C) Moving to suburbs is not the answer to an ideal environment.
D) Cities are likely to be replaced by the suburbs.
Passage Four
内容概要:本文通过介绍在美国历史上出现的大量人口向郊区的迁移的事实，讲述了曾经由于人们为追求新鲜的空气、开阔的空间等原因而大量移入郊区，从而使得城市的建设一度破落。商业的进一步搬迁使得城市建设更加落后。但每天在城市与住所之间数个小时的往返，以及人们对城市文化生活的怀念使得人们又重新搬回城市来。以此作者引出文章的主题，单纯向郊区的迁移并不能为我们创建一片理想的工作生活的土地。
36.【答案】B。
【译文】据这篇文章，Ann和Walter Taylor继续留在了城市繁华地区。
【试题分析】细节推理题。
【详细解答】两人原本想从伦敦般到郊区，但“after months of looking, they became discouraged and decided to buy...in the middle of....a part of New York City”，可见并能如愿，并最终还是留在了城中。故选B。
37.【答案】C。
【译文】从文章中可以推断，向郊区的迁移开始下降。
【试题分析】细节考察题。
【详细解答】依据原文“downtown areas do not need to die”(Line5, Para2)可知，A）选项错误。郊区肯定会代替城市吗？显然不可能，毕竟在城市，“the advantages of culture”是郊区无可比拟的。故B）选项错。而现在很多人又开始向城市迁移，不可能只剩下老人和穷人，故D）错。
38.【答案】B。
【译文】商业向郊区迁移是因为许多人在城市工作，郊区生活。
【试题分析】细节推理题。
【详细解答】大量的人居住在郊区，使得商业也向郊区迁移，这样人们便不至于“spending long hours commuting” ,这不是由于郊区人有钱，郊区环境好或美国人喜欢搬迁，故排除A）C）D）。
39.【答案】D。
【译文】在20世纪40年代，为什么城市变得破损失修呢？是由于太多的人搬出了城市。
【试题分析】细节考察题。
【详细解答】A）选项中的人们没有足够的钱，不符合原文，故排除，B）选项中归咎于市政规划，显然不符合原文，之所以失修，是因为 “they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhoods...”可见太多的纳税人离开了城市，使城市没有足够的钱去修护、建设，自然选D）了。
40.【答案】C。
【译文】文章的主题是，向郊区的迁移并不能解决理想的居住环境的问题。
【试题分析】细节推理题。
【详细解答】依据课文内容我们得知，在美国历史上，人们大量移入郊区，从而使得城市的建设一度破落。商业的进一步搬迁使得城市建设更加落后。但每天在城市与住所之间数个小时的往返，以及人们对城市文化生活的怀念使得人们又在重新搬回城市来。以此作者引出文章的主题，单纯向郊区的迁移并不能为我们创建一片理想的工作生活的土地。故选C）。
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
A few years ago, Ann and Walter Taylor thought it might be time to move out of their New York City apartment to the suburbs. They had one young son and another child on the way. But after months of looking, they became discourage and decided to buy an old townhouse right in the middle of Brooklyn, which is a part of New York City. To their delight, they discovered that they weren’t the only young couple to have made such a decision. In fact, their entire area in Brooklyn had been settled by young families. And as a result, the neighborhood, which had been declining for years, was now being restored.
Brooklyn isn’t the only city in the United States to experience this kind of renewal.So are Philadelphia and St.Louis.And Charleston,South Carolina,has so successfully rebuilt its old central area that it now ranks as one of America’s most charming cities.The restoration of the old port city of Savannah,Georgia,is also living proof that downtown areas do not need to die.But encouraging as these developments may be,they are among the few bright spots in a mass of difficulties that today’s cities face.Indeed,their woes are so many that it is fair to ask whether or not the inner city the core of most urban areas will manage to survive at all.
In the 1940s,urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs in search of fresh air,elbow room,and privacy.Suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside.Since most of those making the move were middle-class,they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhoods in which they had lived.The people left in the cities were often those who were too old or too poor to move.Thus,many cities began to fall into disrepair.Crime began to soar, and public transportation was neglected.( In the past sixty years San Francisco is the only city in the United States to have completed a new mass transit system.)Meanwhile, housing construction costs continued to rise higher and higher. Middle-class housing was allowed to decay, and little new housing was constructed.
Eventually, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in offices, and at night they would be deserted. Given these circumstances, some business executives began asking, “Why bother with going downtown at all? Why not move the offices to the suburbs so that we can live and work in the same area?” Gradually, some of the larger companies began moving out of the cities, with the result that urban centers declined even further and the suburbs expanded still more. This movement of business to the suburbs is not confined to the United States. Businesses have also been moving to the suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden, in Bonn, Germany, and in Brussels, Belgium, as well.
But it may well be that this movement to the suburbs has reached its peak. Some people may be tired of spending long hours commuting, and they may have begun to miss the advantages of culture and companionship provided by city life. Perhaps the decision made by the Taylors is a sign that people will return to the cities and begin to restore them. It begins to look as if suburban sprawl may not have been the answer to man’s need to create an ideal environment in which to live and work.
36.According to the passage,Ann and Walter Taylor____.
A) moved from city apartment to the suburb
B) remained in the downtown area
C) moved out of New York
D) bought an old townhouse in the suburb
37.It can be inferred from the passage that____.
A) downtown areas must die in the future
B) suburbs are sure to replace cities
C) the movement to the suburbs begins to decline
D) there are just old and poor people left in the cities
38.Business have been moving to suburbs because____.
A) people living in the suburbs are rich
B) many people work in cities and live in suburbs
C) environment is pleasant in the suburbs
D) American businessmen are fond of moving around
39.Why the cities began to fall into disrepair in the 1940s?
A) Because people could not earn enough money at that time.
B) Because the municipal planning was not sound.
C) Because old and poor people were neglected.
D) Because many people moved out of the cities.
40.What is the main idea of the passage?
A) American people move a lot in history.
B) Downtown areas are too crowded to live.
C) Moving to suburbs is not the answer to an ideal environment.
D) Cities are likely to be replaced by the suburbs.
Passage Four
内容概要:本文通过介绍在美国历史上出现的大量人口向郊区的迁移的事实，讲述了曾经由于人们为追求新鲜的空气、开阔的空间等原因而大量移入郊区，从而使得城市的建设一度破落。商业的进一步搬迁使得城市建设更加落后。但每天在城市与住所之间数个小时的往返，以及人们对城市文化生活的怀念使得人们又重新搬回城市来。以此作者引出文章的主题，单纯向郊区的迁移并不能为我们创建一片理想的工作生活的土地。
36.【答案】B。
【译文】据这篇文章，Ann和Walter Taylor继续留在了城市繁华地区。
【试题分析】细节推理题。
【详细解答】两人原本想从伦敦般到郊区，但“after months of looking, they became discouraged and decided to buy...in the middle of....a part of New York City”，可见并能如愿，并最终还是留在了城中。故选B。
37.【答案】C。
【译文】从文章中可以推断，向郊区的迁移开始下降。
【试题分析】细节考察题。
【详细解答】依据原文“downtown areas do not need to die”(Line5, Para2)可知，A）选项错误。郊区肯定会代替城市吗？显然不可能，毕竟在城市，“the advantages of culture”是郊区无可比拟的。故B）选项错。而现在很多人又开始向城市迁移，不可能只剩下老人和穷人，故D）错。
38.【答案】B。
【译文】商业向郊区迁移是因为许多人在城市工作，郊区生活。
【试题分析】细节推理题。
【详细解答】大量的人居住在郊区，使得商业也向郊区迁移，这样人们便不至于“spending long hours commuting” ,这不是由于郊区人有钱，郊区环境好或美国人喜欢搬迁，故排除A）C）D）。
39.【答案】D。
【译文】在20世纪40年代，为什么城市变得破损失修呢？是由于太多的人搬出了城市。
【试题分析】细节考察题。
【详细解答】A）选项中的人们没有足够的钱，不符合原文，故排除，B）选项中归咎于市政规划，显然不符合原文，之所以失修，是因为 “they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhoods...”可见太多的纳税人离开了城市，使城市没有足够的钱去修护、建设，自然选D）了。
40.【答案】C。
【译文】文章的主题是，向郊区的迁移并不能解决理想的居住环境的问题。
【试题分析】细节推理题。
【详细解答】依据课文内容我们得知，在美国历史上，人们大量移入郊区，从而使得城市的建设一度破落。商业的进一步搬迁使得城市建设更加落后。但每天在城市与住所之间数个小时的往返，以及人们对城市文化生活的怀念使得人们又在重新搬回城市来。以此作者引出文章的主题，单纯向郊区的迁移并不能为我们创建一片理想的工作生活的土地。故选C）。
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