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  3. "Avoid the rush-hour" must be the slogan of large cities the world over, wherever you look it’s people, people, people. The trai

"Avoid the rush-hour" must be the slogan of large cities the world over, wherever you look it’s people, people, people. The trai

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问题     "Avoid the rush-hour" must be the slogan of large cities the world over, wherever you look it’s people, people, people. The trains which leave or arrive every few minutes are packed: an endless【B1】______of human sardine tins. The streets are so【B2】______, and there is hardly any room to move on the pavements. The【B3】______for buses reach staggering(令人吃惊的)proportions. It takes ages for a bus to get to you because the traffic on the roads had【B4】______become a standstill(停滞).
    Large modern cities are too big to control. They【B5】______their own living conditions on the people who inhabit them. City-dwellers are obliged by their environment to【B6】______a wholly unnatural way of life. They lose touch with the land and【B7】______of nature. It is possible to live such an air-conditioned【B8】______in a large city that you are barely conscious of the seasons. A few flowers in a public park may remind you that it is spring or summer.【B9】______. Beyond that, what is going on in nature seems totally irrelevant. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air arc at a premium. Tall buildings blot out the sun. Traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere. Even the distinction between day and night is lost.【B10】______
    In addition to all this, city-dwellers live under constant threat. The crime rate in most cities is very high.【B11】______. If you think about it, only a madman would choose to live in a large modern city.
【B6】
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答案adopt
解析 语义推断题。空格处应填动词，其逻辑主语是City-dwellers。结合录音可知答案为adopt，意为“采用，接受”。本句意为“城市居民由于环境所迫，过着极不正常的生活。”
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