1、新世纪大学英语 B2U1 Quiz姓名_学号_ 成绩_Part I Multiple ChoiceIn the 1940s, urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs in search of_1_air and privacy. Suburbs began to _2_out across the countryside, since most of those making the move were middle-class, they took with them the tax money the cities needed t
2、o maintain the neighborhood, in which they had lived. The people left in the cities were_3_those who were too old or too poor to move. Thus, many cities began to fall into despair. Crime began to soar, and public_4_was neglected. Meanwhile, housing_5_costs continued to rise higher and higher. Middle
3、-class housing was allowed to decay, and little new housing was constructed._6_, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in the offices and the night would be _7_.Given these circumstances, some business_8_began asking.“Why bother with g
4、oing downtown at all? Why not move the offices to the suburbs so that we can live and work in the same area?“ Gradually some of the larger companies began moving out of the cities, with the result that urban centers_9_even further and suburbs expanded still more. This movement of businesses to the s
5、uburbs is not _10_to the United States. Businesses have also been moving to the suburbs in Stockholm, Sweden, in Bonn, Germany as well.A executives B construction C fresh D deliberately E slender F transportation G inspired H declined I eventually J confined K transfer L sprawl M deserted N career O
6、 oftenPart II Q They had also learned to respect money because it was S6 _ during their teenage years. They had married in the late 1930s or early 1940s, at a time when it was S7 _ again and again that an unhappy childhood produces emotionally S8 _ adults. S9 _, therefore, _.On the other hand, while Mom and Dad were making sacrifices, S10 _, and to grow up into adults that parents can be proud of. S11 _. 答案 c l o f b i m a h j
