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

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问题     Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: sociology, economics, and geography. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial 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 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 nonurban life. Some sociologists refer to the mobility of the city as the considerable sum of myriad and incessant sources of stimulation impinging 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 other hand, appeals 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 anomie and 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.
The words "spontaneous" and "natural’(Para. 2)indicate that______.
选项 A、urban people lack creativity and originality
B、urban people are cleverer than rural people
C、urban life is colorful and interesting
D、urban existence is full of change and stimulation
答案A
解析 推理判断题。根据spontaneous和natural出现的上下文可以知道，都市生活充满了刺激变化，在如此令人疲于奔命的快节奏生活中，都市人的能力已经降低，只能以一种“本能的”、“自然的”方式来对生活作出低级反应，也已经没有能力或精力用大脑进行思考，创造性地迎接生活的挑战。A选项符合上述分析，为正确答案。
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