英语六级考试阅读理解练习及答案（8）
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="Eight">Eight</span></p><p> <span word="Mass">Mass</span> <span word="transportation">transportation</span> <span word="revised">revised</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="fabric">fabric</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="fundamental">fundamental</span> <span word="ways">ways</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="catalyzed">catalyzed</span> <span word="physical">physical</span> <span word="expansion">expansion</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="sorted">sorted</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="uses">uses</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="accelerated">accelerated</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inherent">inherent</span> <span word="instability">instability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="life">life</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="opening">opening</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="unoccupied">unoccupied</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="residential">residential</span> <span word="expansion">expansion</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="omnibuses">omnibuses</span>, <span word="horse">horse</span> <span word="railways">railways</span>, <span word="commuter">commuter</span> <span word="trains">trains</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="electric">electric</span> <span word="trolleys">trolleys</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="settled">settled</span> <span word="regions">regions</span> <span word="outward">outward</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="distant">distant</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="centers">centers</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="premodern">premodern</span> <span word="era">era</span>. <span word="In">In</span> 1850, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="borders">borders</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Boston">Boston</span> <span word="lay">lay</span> <span word="scarcely">scarcely</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="district">district</span>; <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="century">century</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="radius">radius</span> <span word="extended">extended</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="miles">miles</span>. <span word="Now">Now</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="afford">afford</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="live">live</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="removed">removed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="commute">commute</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="shopping">shopping</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="entertainment">entertainment</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="accessibility">accessibility</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="periphery">periphery</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="sparked">sparked</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="explosion">explosion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="estate">estate</span> <span word="development">development</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="fueled">fueled</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="urban">urban</span> <span word="sprawl">sprawl</span>. <span word="Between">Between</span> 1890 <span word="and">and</span> 1920, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="some">some</span> 250,000 <span word="new">new</span> <span word="residential">residential</span> <span word="lots">lots</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="recorded">recorded</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="borders">borders</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="located">located</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="outlying">outlying</span> <span word="areas">areas</span>. <span word="Over">Over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="period">period</span>, <span word="another">another</span> 550,000 <span word="were">were</span> <span word="plotted">plotted</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="limits">limits</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="metropolitan">metropolitan</span> <span word="area">area</span>. <span word="Anxious">Anxious</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="advantage">advantage</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="possibilities">possibilities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="commuting">commuting</span>, <span word="real">real</span> <span word="estate">estate</span> <span word="developers">developers</span> <span word="added">added</span> 800,000 <span word="potential">potential</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="sites">sites</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chicago">Chicago</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="thirty">thirty</span> <span word="years">years</span><span word="lots">lots</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="housed">housed</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="six">six</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span>.</p>
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