[問題]PP閱讀test-13

[agnes]

我在CD上找不到
這樣要問問題很不方便

如果有人也剛好在準備的
可以借我問一下test 1的13題嗎?
感謝~

[Jessy]

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[agnes]

我抓到了~
好不容易在CD上找到~
可是它是PDF檔
copy paste會一堆亂碼
有人有辦法嗎??
感謝

[agnes]

謝謝傑西~
馬上上!! :D

[agnes]

The city is a global phenomenon. It is
also a regional and cultural variable. Even
within the seemingly homogenous North American
cultural realm, the city shows subtle but significant
differences---not only between older eastern and
newer western United States cities but also between
cities of Canada and those of the United States.
Although the urban expression is similar in the two
countries, it is not identical, and the truly “North
American” city is more a myth than a reality.
The Canadian city, for example, is more compact
than its United States counterpart of equal population
size, with a higher density of buildings and people
and a lesser degree of suburbanization of populations
and functions. Space-saving, multiple-family housing
units are more the rule in Canada, so a similar
population is housed on a smaller land area with
much higher densities, on average, within the central
area of cities. The Canadian city is better served
by and more dependent on mass transportation
than is the United States city. This dependence
gives form and structure to the Canadian central
city, qualities now lost in the sprawling United States
metropolis, whose residents view the central district as
increasingly less central to their lives. Since Canadian
metropolitan areas have only one-
quarter the number of kilometers of superhighways
per capita as United States metropolitan areas ---and
at least as much resistance to constructing more --
suburbanization of peoples and functions is less
extensive north of the border than south. It is likely
to remain that way.
Besides these physical differences, Canadian-
United States contrasts are also apparent in their
cities' social structures. While cities in both countries
are ethnically diverse---Canadian communities, in
fact, have the higher proportion of immigrants --- in
the United States there are pronounced economic
contrasts between central city and suburban residents.
That is, there has been much less
“flight to the suburbs” by middle-income Canadians.
As a result, the Canadian city shows greater social
stability, employment opportunities, and urban
amenities than its United States counterpart. In
particular, it does not have the rivalry from well-
defined competitive “outer cities” of suburbia that
so spread and fragment United States metropolitan
complexes.

我要問的這題是在第一段 我有加粗體
13. What does the author mean by
referring to the truly North American
city as more a myth than a reality?

ま(A)Commonly studied histories of
cities in North America distort
reality.

ま(B)Cities in Canada and the
United States exhibit cultural
similarities.

ま(C)There is no city that can be
considered representative
of all North American cities.

ま(D)Eastern and western cities
display greater differences
than the differences between
Canadian and United States
cities.

ANS: C
不懂文章為什麼是要表達這個意思

[agnes]

謝謝Jessy傳給我
等下把它傳到TOEFL資料庫

[christina]

Although the urban expression is similar in the two
countries, it is not identical, and the truly “North
American” city is more a myth than a reality.

我的看法是..
作者認為大家都以為美國城市都是一樣的,而此為myth
所以答案選C囉