2. 外语
  3. Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: economics, geography and soc

Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: economics, geography and soc

admin2013-04-08  33
问题     Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: economics, geography and sociology. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial (空间的) distributions of population types.  For the sociologist, interest in residential mobility has two sources: one stemming from the study of human ecology and the other, from a concern with the peculiar qualities of urban life. Of course, there are clearly overlapping concerns and it is often difficult to discern(辨别) the disciplinary origins of a researcher by sole examining the kinds of questions he or she raises about mobility, although it is usually easier to identify a researcher’s discipline by noting the methods used and the concepts employed.
    Urban mobility first appears in the sociological literature as a term expressing rather generalized qualities of urban, as opposed to the non-urban life. Some sociologists refer to the mobility of the city as the considerable sum of myriad and incessant (不断的)sources of stimulation imposing upon the urban dweller, a sort of sensory overload which produces sophistication, indifference, and a lowered level of affection in urban dwellers. There is simply so much to experience that the urban dweller’s capacity is reduced to react in a "spontaneous’? and "natural" way to urban existence. It is mobility in this sense that produces some of the special qualities of urban life, which, on the one hand, ap peals to migrants as an escape from the dullness and oppression of rural existence with its lack of change and stimulation, and on the other hand, produces alienation in a society where men see each other primarily as means to ends rather than as ends in themselves. Of course, mobility in this larger sense of sensory overload is not a concept which lends itself easily to measurement, especially since it is a macro-system property.
According to the passage, examining the kinds of questions a researcher raises about mobility is ______.
选项 A、not an idem way to identify his or her disciplinary origins
B、easier than noting the methods used and the concepts employed
C、the only way to discern the disciplines he or she applied
D、too difficult to be used in finding out his or her disciplinary origins
答案A
解析 本题的关键是第一段最后一句it is often difficult to discern(辨别)the disciplinary origins of a researcher by sole examining the kinds of questions．．．by noting the methods used and the concepts employed.，由此可知，仅仅从研究者对流动性提出的问题就辨别出他们研究的是哪一类学科的做法并不是理想的。D)具有一定的迷惑性，似乎与原文关键词均对应，但其意思是“这种做法太难了，以至于人们不用它来判断研究者们的研究学科。”而原文作者只是说使用这种方法来做判定并非易事，并没有说不使用该方法；其他两项均是对原文想当然的曲解。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/dKr7777K
0

大学英语四级

相关试题推荐
随机试题
最新回复(0)