2020年pets2級閱讀理解試題(二)

1、2020年pets2級閱讀理解試題（2）Passage2AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlandandthelandproducesfarmorefoodthanthepresentpopulationneeds，itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansocietyLessthanatenthofthepeopleareengagedinagricultureandforestry（林業(yè)），andmostoftherestliveinoraroundtowns，smallandlarge.Herethetraditio

2、nalpictureischanging：everysmalltownmaystillbeverylikeothersmalltowns，andthetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyacceptedviewofthecountry，butmostAmericansdonotliveinsmalltownsanymore.Halfthepopulationnowlivesinsomethirtymetropolitanareas（1argecitieswiththeirsuburbs、ofmorethanamillionpeopleeachalargerpr

3、oportionthaninGermanyorEngland，letaloneFrance.Thestatistics（統(tǒng)計）ofurbanandruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecausesomanypeoplewholiveinareasclassifiedasruraltravelbycartoworkinanearbytowneachday.Astherushtoliveoutoftowncontinues.ruralareaswithinreachoftownsaregraduallyfilledwithhouses，sothati

4、tishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburbButmoreandmorethetypicalAmericanlivesinametropolitanratherthanasmalltownenvironment.36.IfnowAmericahas250millionpeople.howmanyofthemareengagedinagricultureandforestry?A.About25million.B.Morethan25million.C.Lessthan25million.D.Lessthan225million37

5、.Whichofthefollowingfourcountrieshasthesmallestproportionofpeoplelivinginmetropolitanareas?A.UnitedStates.B.Germany.C.France.D.England.38 .Whatsthemeaningoftheword“metropolitan”inthemiddleofthepassage?A.Ofalargecitywithitssuburbs.B.Ofsmallandlargetowns.C.Ofurbanareas.D.Ofruralareas.39.According to t

6、he passagewhat can we learn aboutsmalltownsintheUnitedStates?AMostsmalltownsbecomegraduallycrowdedB.Smalltownsarestillsimilartoeachother.C.Asthetraditionalpictureischanging，townsaredifferent.D.Smalltownsareturningintolargecities40 .Whyisithardtosaywhenapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb?A.Becausetheyareth

7、esame.B.BecausetherushtakesplacetooquicklyC.Becausetheprocessisgradual.D.BecausemoreandmoreAmericansliveinmetropolitanareas.【參考答案】CCABC【分析】盡管美國幅員遼闊，而且土地所產(chǎn)出的糧食遠遠超過現(xiàn)有人口的需求，現(xiàn)今的美國卻幾乎完全是個都市化的國家。不足十分之一的人口在從事農(nóng)業(yè)和林業(yè)，而剩余的大多數(shù)人都居住在大大小小的城鎮(zhèn)中或者城鎮(zhèn)的周圍。傳統(tǒng)的景象在這里不斷發(fā)生著變化：小的城鎮(zhèn)之間仍然彼此十分相似，典型的小城鎮(zhèn)還是呈現(xiàn)出大家心目中的鄉(xiāng)村的風貌;但是大部分的美國人卻不再住在小城鎮(zhèn)了?，F(xiàn)在半數(shù)的人口都在大約30幾個大都市地區(qū)（包括附近郊區(qū)的大型城市）這種大都市地區(qū)的人口都在百萬以上，總的都市人口數(shù)量遠遠超過德國和英國，更不用說法國了。城市和鄉(xiāng)村的人口統(tǒng)計需要特別對待，因為我們所謂的住在鄉(xiāng)