2015年MPA考试学位英语模拟练习九
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Urban life has always involved a balancing of opportunities and rewards against dangers and stress; its motivating force is, in the broadest sense, money. Opportunities to make money mean competition and competition is stressful; it is often at its most intense in the largest cities, there opportunities are greatest. The presence of huge numbers of people inevitably involves-.more conflict, more traveling, the overloading of public services and exposure to those deviants and criminals who are drawn to the rich pickings of great cities. Crime has always flourished in the relative anonymity of urban life, but today's ease of movement makes its control more difficult than ever; there is much evidence that its extent has a direct relationship to the size of communities. City dwellers may become trapped in their homes by the fear of crime around them.
1. Why do the people living in cities cause great stress according to the author?
A. Because there are so many people who are anxious to succeed.
B. Because there are so many people who are in need of help.
C. Because city dwellers are inherently more aggressive that the countrymen.
D. Because there are more people in the cities who are likely to commit crimes.
2. The author thinks that crime is increasing in cities because __
A. people do not communicate with their neighbors.
B. criminals are difficult to trace in large populations.
C. people fell anonymous there.
D. the trappings of success are attractive to criminals.
Present-day architecture and planning have enormously worsened the human problems of urban life. Old-established neighborhoods have been ruthlessly swept away, by both pubic and private organizations, usually to be replaced huge, ugly, impersonal structures. People have been forced to leave their familiar homes, usually to be rehoused in tower blocks which are drab, inconvenient, and fail to provide any setting for human interaction or support. This destruction of established social structures is the worst possible approach to the difficulties of living in a town or city. Instead, every effort should be made to conserve the human scale of the environment, and to retain familiar landmarks.
The author's general argument is that urban life would be improved by ____
A. moving people out of tower blocks.
B. restoring old buildings
C. building community centers.
D. preserving existing social structures.
