2020年pets2級(jí)閱讀理解試題(二)

1、2020年pets2級(jí)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(jì)）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(guó)幅員遼闊，而且土地所產(chǎn)出的糧食遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)現(xiàn)有人口的需求，現(xiàn)今的美國(guó)卻幾乎完全是個(gè)都市化的國(guó)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?chē)?。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(fēng)貌;但是大部分的美國(guó)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(gè)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(wàn)以上，總的都市人口數(shù)量遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)德國(guó)和英國(guó)，更不用說(shuō)法國(guó)了。城市和鄉(xiāng)村的人口統(tǒng)計(jì)需要特別對(duì)待，因?yàn)槲覀兯^的住在鄉(xiāng)