填空题Proofread the passage as required, each indicated line contains a maximum of
one error. Correct the passage in the following way: for a correct line, put the
sign "√" in the corresponding blank; for a wrong word, underline the wrong word
and write the correct one in the blank; for a missing word, mark the position of
the missing word with the sign "∧" and write the word you believe to be missing
in the blank; for an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with the sign
"" and put the word with the sign "" in the blank. Not too many decades ago it seemed "obvious" both to
the general public and to sociologists that modem society has changed
people's natural relations, loosed their responsibilities {{U}}
{{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}} to kins and neighbors, and substituted in
their place {{U}}
{{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}} for superficial relationships with passing
acquaintances. {{U}} {{U}}
3 {{/U}} {{/U}} However, in recent years a growing body of research
has revealed that the "obvious" is not true. It seems that if you are a
city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than
you if you are a resident of a smaller community. {{U}}
{{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}} But, for the most part, this fact has a few
significant {{U}} {{U}}
5 {{/U}} {{/U}} consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if
you know few of your neighbors you will know no one else.
Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small,
private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of meaningful
relationships do not differ from more and less
{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}} urban people. Small-town
residents are more involved with kin than do big-city residents. Yet city
dwellers compensate by {{U}} {{U}}
7 {{/U}} {{/U}} developing friendships with people who share similar
interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of
life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city.
Nor {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}} are residents of
large communities any likely to display
{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}} psychological symptoms of
stress or alienation than are residents of smaller communities. However, city
dwellers do worry more about crime, and which leads them to a distrust
of {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}}
{{/U}} strangers.