C
Americancitiesaresimilartoothercitiesaroundtheworld;Ineverycountr y.Citiesreflectthevaluesoftheculture.Americancitiesarechanging，justasAmericansocietyischanging.
AfterWolldWaⅡ,thepopulationofmostlargeAmericancitiesdecreased;bowever.ThepopulatonInomtheSunBeltcitiesincreased.LosAngelesandHoustonareeititwherepopulatfonshife（转移）toandfromtheoityreflectthechangingvaluesofAmoricansociety.Inthelate1940sandearly1950s,cityresidents（居民）becamewealthier.Theyhadmorechildrensotheyneededmorespace,Theymovedoutoftheirapartmentsinthecitytobuytheirownhomes.Theyboughthousesinthesuburbs（郊区）.
Nowthingsarechanging.Thechildrenofthepeoplewholeftthecitiesinthe1950sarenowadults.Many,unliketheirparents,wanttoliveinthecities.TheycontinuetomovetoSunBeltcitiesandolderonesoftheNortheastandMidwest.Manyyoungprofessionalsaremovingbackintocity.Theypreferthecitytotheburbsbecausetheirjobsarethere;ortheyjusenjoytheexcitementandpossibiithatthecityoffers.
hispeopleshiftisbringingproblemsaswellasbenefits.Countlesspootpeoplemustleavetheirapartmentsinthecitybecausetheownerswanttosellthebuildingsormakeapartmentsforsaleinsteadofforrent.Inthe1950s,manypoorpeopledidnothaveenoughmoneytomovetothesuburbs;nowmanyofthesesamepeopledonothaveenoughmoneytostayinthecities.
onlyafewyearsago,peoplethoughthattheolderAmericancitiesweredying.Somecityresidentsnowseeabright,newfiture,Othersseeonlyproblemsandcomfielsthethingissuremanydyingcitiesarealiveagain.
64.Whatd oestheauthorthinkofcitiesallovertheworld?
A.Theyarealive.
B.Theyarehopeless.
C.Theyaresimilar.
D.Theyaredifferent.
正确答案：C
