【正确答案】正确答案： American Houses Many Americans live in cities, but nearly as many live in suburbs. / Most of the houses in the suburbs are one or two stories tall, / with private yards, gardens or garage. / There are few tall buildings in the suburbs. / Cities have neighborhoods, warehouse stores, / and public transportation is usually pretty good. / Private houses might only have a backyard, / and if there is a garage it probably is small. / Cities have a lot of tall buildings that seem to "scrape the sky", / so they are called "skyscrapers". /