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1 I was just a boy when my father brought me to Harlem for the first time, almost 50 years ago. We stayed at the Hotel There

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问题 1     I was just a boy when my father brought me to Harlem for the first time, almost 50 years ago. We stayed at the Hotel Theresa, a grand brick structure at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue. Once, in the hotel restaurant, my father pointed out Joe Louis. He even got Mr. Brown, the hotel manager, to introduce me to him, a bit paunchy but still the champ as far as I was concerned.
2     Much has changed since then. Business and real estate are booming. Some say a new renaissance is under way. Others decry what they see as outside forces running roughshod over the old Harlem.
3 New York meant Harlem to me, and as a young man I visited it whenever I could. But many of my old haunts are gone. The Theresa shut down in 1996. National chains that once ignored Harlem now anticipate yuppie money and want pieces of this prime Manhattan real estate. So here I am on a hot August afternoon, sitting in a Starbucks that two years ago opened a block away from the Theresa, snatching at memories between sips of high-priced coffee. I am about to open up a piece of the old Harlem — the New York Amsterdam News — when a tourist asking directions to Sylvia’s, a prominent Harlem restaurant, penetrates my daydreaming. He’s carrying a book: Touring Historic Harlem.
4     History. I miss Mr. Michaux’s bookstore, his House of Common Sense, which was across from the Theresa. He had a big billboard out front with brown and black faces painted on it that said in large letters: "World History Book Outlet on 2,000,000,000 Africans and Nonwhite Peoples." An ugly state office building has swallowed that space.
5     I miss speaker like Carlos Cooks, who was always on the southwest corner of 125th and Seventh, urging listeners to support Africa.  Harlem’s powerful political electricity seems unplugged — although the streets are still energized, especially by West African immigrants.
6     Hardworking southern newcomers formed the bulk of the community back in the 1920s and ’30s, when Harlem renaissance artists, writers, and intellectuals gave it a glitter and renown that made it the capital of black America. From Harlem, W. E. B. DuBois. Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, Zora Neal Hurston, and others helped power America’s cultural influence around the world.
7     By the 1970s and ’80s drugs and crime had ravaged parts of the community. And the life expectancy for men in Harlem was less than that of men in Bangladesh.  Harlem had become a symbol of the dangers of inner-city life.
8     Now, you want to shout "Lookin’ good!" at this place that has been neglected for so long. Crowds push into Harlem USA, a new shopping centre on 125th, where a Disney store shares space with HMY Records, the New York Sports Club, and a nine-screen Magic Johnson theatre complex.  Nearby, a Rite Aid drugstore also opened.  Maybe part of the reason Harlem seems to be undergoing a rebirth is that it is finally getting what most people take for granted.
9     Harlem is also part of an "empowerment zone"—a federal designation aimed at fostering economic growth that will bring over half a billion in federal, state, and local dollars. Just the shells of once elegant old brownstones now can cost several hundred thousand dollars. Rents are skyrocketing. An improved economy, tougher law enforcement, and community efforts against drugs have contributed to a 60 percent drop in crime since 1993.
选项 A、has remained unchanged all these years.
B、has undergone drastic changes.
C、has become the capital of Black America.
D、has remained a symbol of dangers of inner-city life.
答案B
解析 <1>...a bit paunchy but still the champ as far as 1 was concerned．有点大腹便便但对我而言仍是很了得。champ用于口语，为champion(冠军)的缩写。
<2>others decry what they see as outside forces runningroughshod over the old Harlem．decry...as表示“谴责……，认为这是……”。run/ride roughshod over表示“残暴地(或盛气凌人地)对待，对……横行霸道”。
<3>National chains that once ignored Harlem now anticipate yuppie money...这里指纽约人开发曼哈顿岛的眼光现在盯上了Harlem地区，城市少壮职业人士(yuppie)(即雅皮士，仿嬉皮士HIPPIE而来)想从中捞利。
<4>Harlem’s powerful political electricity seems unplugged...此处作者使用了比喻说法，意指Harlem居民对政治缺乏热情。
<5>Bangladesh孟加拉国。作者以Harlem居民的寿限与盂加拉国的男性寿限相比，旨在说明当时Harlem地区居民短寿。
<6>“empowerment zone’”“授权地区”，指联邦政府以政策扶持Harlem的经济发展。
此题为细节理解题。据第1段我们得知，作者五十年前第一次去Harlem的情景，据第2段，我们知道，Harlem自那以后已发生了巨大的变化。C直至第6段才提及。D为第7段所述内容。A得不到原文支持。
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