2022-2023学年山西省阳泉市成考专升本英语预测试题含答案

2022-2023学年山西省阳泉市【成考专升本】英语预测试题(含答案)学校:________ 班级:________ 姓名:________ 考号:________一、阅读理解(10题)1.Ⅳ. R

2022-2023学年山西省阳泉市【成考专升 本】英语预测试题(含答案) :________:________:________:________ 学校班级姓名考号 (10) 一、阅读理解题 1. .ReadingComprehension(75points) Ⅳ Directions:Therearefivereadingpassagesinthispart.Each passageisfollowedbyfivequestions.Foreachquestionthereare foursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosethebest answerandblackeningthecorrespondingletterontheanswer sheet. PassageOn e Inthe1940s,urbanAmericansbeganamassmovetothesuburbsin searchoffreshair,elbowroomandprivacy.Suburbsbegantosprawl outacrossthecountryside,sincemostofthosemakingthemovewere middleclass,theytookwiththemthetaxmoneythecitiesneededto maintaintheneighborhood,inwhichtheyhadlived.Thepeopleleft inthecitieswereoftenthosewhoweretoooldortoopoortomove. Thusmanycitiesbegantofallintodisrepair.Crimebegantosoar, andpublictransportationwasneglected.(Inthepastsixtyyears,San FranciscoistheonlycityintheUnitedStatestohavecompleteda newmasstransitsystem.)Meanwhile,housingconstructioncosts continuedtorisehigherandhigher.Middle-classhousingwasallowed todecay,andlittlenewhousingwasconstructed. Eventually,manydowntownareasexistedforbusinessonly.During thedaytheywouldbefilledwithpeopleworkingintheofficesand atnighttheywouldbedeserted.Giventhesecircumstances,some businessexecutivesbeganasking,"Whybotherwithgoingdowntown atall?Whynotmovetheofficestothesuburbsgothatwecanlive andworkinthesamearea?"Graduallysomeofthelargercompanies begantomoveoutofthecities,withtheresultthaturbancenters declinedevenfurtherandthesuburbsexpandedstillmore.This movementofbusinesstothesuburbsisnotconfinedtotheUnited States.BusinesseshavealsobeenmovingtothesuburbsinStockholm, Sweden,inBonn,Germany,andinBrussels,Belgiumaswell. 31.Whatdidthecitylosewhenthosepeoplemovedouttothe suburbs?