[問題]PP-test(1)第二篇Q19(reading)

[ilyuhu]

文章如下
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.

19.Which of the following does the author mention as a similarity between Canadian and United States cities?
(A)The size of the land area
(B)The quality of mass transportation
(C)The density of buildings in city centers
(D)The resistance to constructing new roadways
找了很久都找不出答案,請問從文章哪裡看的出答案是(D)阿!

[Calvin]

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

Or you can try to use elimination to get rid of other choices.

[Andrea1127]

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

我是從這裡看出來滴

[aganess]

19. It can be inferred from the passage that, when compared
to their Canadian counterparts, middle-income people in the
United States tend to?
Ans:move away from city centers more frequently

請問這題為什麼選這個選項呀,在原文中..
ま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.

是因為這句說..加拿大的大眾運輸工具相當便利,所以美國市中心喪失了其優勢嗎?因為這句看不太懂..請大家幫忙..

[Mocha]

19. It can be inferred from the passage that, when compared
to their Canadian counterparts, middle-income people in the
United States tend to?
Ans:move away from city centers more frequently

請問這題為什麼選這個選項呀,在原文中..
ま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.

是因為這句說..加拿大的大眾運輸工具相當便利,所以美國市中心喪失了其優勢嗎?因為這句看不太懂..請大家幫忙..

這題題目應該屬於反問法...
文章裡最後一段寫說

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.

第一句話有less的出現, 也就是有比較。因此，middle-income Canadians跟middle-income people in the United States比的話，middle-income Canadians比較少選擇住在suburbs。所以這題我就選(A)move away from city centers more frequently

這題我是這樣解的，但不確定正不正確，參考看看吧
至於你問的那句原文，可能就要再請大家幫忙解了....