2020年pets2級閱讀理解試題（2）

Passage 2

Although the United States covers so much land and the land produces far more food than the present population needs，its people are by now almost entirely an urban society Less than a tenth of the people are engaged in agriculture and forestry(林業(yè))，and most of the rest live in or around towns，small and large.Here the traditional picture is changing：every small town may still be very like other small towns，and the typical small town may represent a widely accepted view of the country，but most Americans do not live in small towns any more.Half the population now lives in some thirty metropolitan areas(1arge cities with their suburbs、of more than a million people each—a larger proportion than in Germany or England，let alone France.The statistics(統(tǒng)計)of urban and rural population should be treated with caution because so many people who live in areas classified as rural travel by car to work in a nearby town each day.As the rush to live out of town continues.rural areas within reach of towns are gradually filled with houses，so that it is hard to say at what moment a piece of country becomes a suburb But more and more the typical American lives in a metropolitan rather than a small town environment.

36.If now America has 250 million people.how many of them are engaged in agriculture and forestry?

A.About 25 million. B.More than 25 million.

C.Less than 25 million. D. Less than 225 million

37.Which of the following four countries has the smallest proportion of people living in metropolitan areas?

A.United States. B.Germany. C.France.D.England.

38.What’s the meaning of the word“metropolitan”in the middle of the passage?

A .Of a large city with its suburbs. B.Of small and large towns.

C.Of urban areas. D.Of rural areas.

39.According to the passage，what can we learn about small towns in the United States?

A Most small towns become gradually crowded B.Small towns are still similar to each other.

C.As the traditional picture is changing，towns are different. D .Small towns are turning into large cities

40.Why is it hard to say when a piece of country becomes a suburb?

A.Because they are the same. B.Because the rush takes place too quickly

C.Because the process is gradual. D.Because more and more Americans live in metropolitan areas.

【參考答案】

CCABC

【分析】

盡管美國幅員遼闊，而且土地所產出的糧食遠遠超過現有人口的需求，現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業(yè)和林業(yè)，而剩余的大多數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在半數的人口都在大約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)村的人們，每天都會開車前往附近的城鎮(zhèn)工作。當遠離城鎮(zhèn)居住的熱潮持續(xù)的情況下，城鎮(zhèn)周圍的鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)逐漸蓋滿了房屋。那么說不定什么時候，一塊鄉(xiāng)村的地區(qū)就變成了城市的郊區(qū)。不過，典型的美國人還是越來越趨向于居住在大都市而不是小城鎮(zhèn)的環(huán)境中。

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