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American cities are 【C1】______ other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the 【C2】______ of the culture.
American cities are 【C1】______ other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the 【C2】______ of the culture.
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2014-01-17
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American cities are 【C1】______ other cities around the world. In every country, cities reflect the 【C2】______ of the culture.
Cities contain the very 【C3】______ aspect of a society: opportunities for education, employment, and entertainment. They also contain the very worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial conflict, and poverty. American cities are changing, just 【C4】______ American society.
After World War II, the population of 【C5】______ large American cities decreased; however, the population in many Sun Belt cities 【C6】______ Los Angeles and Houston are cities 【C7】______ population increased.
These population shifts to and from the city 【C8】______ the changing values of American society.
During this time, in the 【C9】______ 1940s and early 1950s, city residents became wealthier, more prosperous. They had more children. They needed more 【C10】______ They moved out their apartments in the city 【C11】______ their own homes. They bought houses in the 【C12】______ , areas near a city where people live. These are areas 【C13】______ many offices or factories. During the 1950s the American" dream" was to have a house on the outskirts.
Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in the 1950s are now 【C14】______ . They, 【C15】______ their parents, want to live in the cities. 【C16】______ continue to move to cities in the Sun Belt. Cities are 【C17】______ and the population is increasing in such states as Texas, Florida, and California.
Others are moving to more 【C18】______ cities of the Northeast and Midwest, such as Boston, Baltimore and Chicago. Many young professionals, doctors, lawyers, and executives are moving back into the city. They prefer the city 【C19】______ the suburbs because their jobs are there; they are afraid of the fuel shortage; or they just 【C20】______ the excitement and opportunities which the city offers. A new class is moving into the cities--a wealthier, more mobile class.
【C17】
选项
A、stretching
B、widening
C、expanding
D、prolonging
答案
C
解析
expand扩大,发展。stretch延伸,延续。widen拓宽,加宽。prolong意为“拖长,加长”。
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