Moving out，moving back

    In the countries all over the world，people are leaving the countryside in huge numbers to find（A）work in the cities．They leave because the country，side is much poorer than the city and often there（B）_________ much work there Services such as hospitals and transport are usually much better in cities than they al e in the country．They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.

    But in the big cities of Europe and America-London，Paris．New York. people are moving out o the city. These are usually families who have some money, and （C）want to live a quieter life．They are tired of the noise and dirt of the city，tired of the crowded streets， crowded trains and  buses．（D）They no more want to sit in traffic．They want a house with a garden，and clean air that isn't polluted．

So they move out．Some don't go very far，just a little way out of the city，to the towns near the cities．Other people move to the real countryside，with sheep and cows and green fields! There，（E）他們開(kāi)始新的生活and try to make new friends．

    Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy．After two or three years, many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don't make as much money and there isn't much to do．Country（F）_________ are very different and aren't always very friendly．

As a result, quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside（G）move back to the   city．”It's wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights．”they say．“I'm so glad I'm back in the city!”

1．寫(xiě)出可以替換劃線部分A和G的同義詞或近義詞：

2．分別在B和F的空白處各填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~：

3．將劃線部分C譯成漢語(yǔ)：

4．將劃線部分D改寫(xiě)成They __________want to sit in traffic __________more.

5．將劃線部分E譯成英語(yǔ)。

American cities are similar to other cities around the world: In every country, cities reflect（反映）the values of the culture. American cities are changing, just as American society is changing.
After World War Ⅱ, the population of most large American cities became smaller; however, the population shifts（轉(zhuǎn)移）to and from the city reflect the changing values of American society. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, city residents（居民）became richer. They had more children so they needed more space. They moved out of their flats in the city to buy their own homes. They bought houses in the suburbs（郊區(qū)）.
Now things are changing. The children of the people who left the cities in the 1950s are now adults. Many, unlike their parents, want to live in the cities. They continue to move to Sun Belt cities and older ones of the Northeast and Midwest. Many young people are moving back into the city. They prefer the city to the suburbs because their jobs are there; or they just enjoy the excitement and what the city offers.
This population shift is bringing problems as well as some advantages. Countless poor people must leave their flats in the city because the owners want to sell the buildings or make flats for sale instead of for rent（租金）. In the 1950s, many poor people did not have enough money to move to the suburbs; now many of these same people do not have enough money to stay in the cities.
Only a few years ago, people thought that the older American cities were dying. Some city residents now see a bright, new future. Others see only problems. One thing is sure: many dying cities are alive again.
【小題1】The main idea of the passage is _________.

　　 When machines came along（出現(xiàn)）, life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The villages grew very big, and become cities.

A．factories were built

B．machines came along

C．they learned to hunt animals

D．they knew how to grow food

A．more and more people came to work in the factories and lived around

B．villages needed more people

C．more and more villages grew into cities

D．life in the villages Changed

A．the cities are growing small

B．the cities do not need them

C．they like to live in quieter places

D．they don't like their friends in big cities