阅读理解:Theterm“satellitecity”isusedtodescribetherelationshipbetweenalargecityandneighboringsmallercitiesandtownsthatareeconomicallydependentuponit.Satellitecitiesmaybecollectionanddi

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    The term “ satellite city ” is used to describe the relationship between a large city and neighboring smaller cities and towns that are economically dependent upon it. Satellite cities may be collection and distribution( 分发，分布 )points in the commercial linkages of a trading metropolis( 大都市 ) or they may be manufacturing or mining centers existing with one-industry economies as the creatures of some nearby center. This latter form is what is generally meant when one uses the term “ satellite city ” . Taken in this sense nice-teenth-century Chicopee and Lowell Massachusetts were satellites of Boston. Both were mill towns created by Boston investors to serve the economy of that New England metropolis. Located on cheap land along water-power sites in the midst of a farming region that could supply ample( 富裕的 ) labor they were satellites in the fullest sense of the term. Pullman Illinois and Gary Indiana were likewise one-industry towns created in conjunction with the much broader economy of nearby Chicago. Such places as Vera Schlakman and Stanley Buder have pointed out in their excellent urban biographies had a one-dimensional quality a paucity of social vigor. These cities could not stand alone; they were in a sense colonies of a multifunctional mother city.

1. Which of the following is characteristic of a satellite city?

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A. It is a self-sufficient community.

B. It offers cheap land to people.

C. It tends to concentrate on a single product.

D. It lies within a space station orbiting Earth.

2. According to the passage Chicopee and Lowell were ideal locations for the development of towns because they had ______.

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A. fully developed electric power plants

B. an adequate number of workers

C. farmland that would not be flooded

D. extremely rich investors

3. The author describes each of the following as being economically dependent on another city EXCEPT ______.

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A. Chicopee Massachusetts

B. Lowell Massachusetts

C. Pullman Illinois

D. Chicago Illinois

4. It can be inferred from the passage that Vera Schlakman and Stanley Buder are ______.

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A. authors　　　　　　  B. investors

C. social workers 　　　D. factory workers

5. It can be inferred from the passage that Vera Schlakman and Stanley Buder would describe the economies of towns like Pullman and Gary as ______.

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A. diversified 　　 B. dependent

C. vigorous 　　　　D. primitive

Answer 1

答案：C;B;D;A;B