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Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th, citizens of the United States maintained a bias against big cities. Most lived on

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问题 Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th, citizens of the United States maintained a bias against big cities. Most lived on farms and in small towns and believed cities to be centers of (144) crime, poverty and moral degradation. Their distrust was caused in part, by a national ideology that farming was the greatest occupation and rural living, (145) to urban living. This attitude prevailed even as the number of urban dwellers increased and cities became an essential feature of the national landscape.
Gradually, economic reality overcame ideology. Thousands (146) the precarious life on the farm for more secure and better paying jobs in the city. But when these people migrated from the countryside, they carried their fears and suspicions with them.  
选项 A、superb
B、super
C、exceptional
D、superior
答案D
解析 这句话的意思是，他们不信任，部分是因为这样一种意识形态，即耕种业是最伟大的职业，而乡村生活优于城市生活。(A)superb极好的，高质量的；(B)super极好的、超好的，(C)exceptional优越的、杰 出的、例外的；(D)superior优于、更好的，常与介词to搭配。
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