单选题 Some of the problems that (41) people in the U.S. (42) in the cities during old days are still (43) us -- poor planning, problems in (44) neighborhoods, and public transportation.
(45) was a very important for city governments in the last century, (46) regard to water supplies, it was known that water could be polluted, (47) they didn't know (48) . Trying to get pure water was a big problem.
People like to talk about the (49) old days, but actually, the cities of the 19th century were dirty and, (50) , filthier than today. (51) disease was a great (52) . There was still smallpox(天花) and also yellow fever and malaria. The (53) death rate was high, and there were other dangers as well.
(54) true that people were not being killed by cars. (55) , they often were killed or seriously (56) by runaway horses. It was quite common.
Planning of cities and their (57) was controlled by (58) speculators and real estate(不动产) (59) who were only interested in (60) money.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本文第一段第一句的译文是“一些过去困扰住在城市中的美国人的问题现在仍困扰着我们——计划性差,低收入邻里存在的问题及公共交通问题”。bother烦扰,打扰;stimulate刺激,鼓励;frighten吓唬,使惊恐。故根据上下文意思可选A项。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】living为现在分词短语做定语,其逻辑主语为people。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】with us表示“伴随着我们”,根据上下文意思可选出该答案。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】low-income意为低收入,这是一种构词法,由“形容词+名词”构成。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】这一段中主要谈论城市中水的供应、污染问题,故答案选C。另外从下文water could be polluted一句中,也可选出pollution这一答案。death死亡;disease疾病;communication交流。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】with regard to意为“关于”,particularly置于该介词短语前起修饰作用。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该句译文为,“众所周知水可能被污染,但他们却不知道水是如何被污染的”。but意为“但是”,表示转折关系,故根据上下文意,可选B项。moreover而且,表示递进关系。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据上下文意思选出。请参见47题翻译;
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该题所在句的译文为,“人们喜欢谈论美好的过去,然而,事实上19世纪的城市却是肮脏的,而且在许多方面比当今的城市更污秽”。故从上下文的转折关系中可选出good。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】by the way顺便问一下;in the way挡道的,妨碍人的;on the way在路上;in many ways在许多方面。根据句意可选出D项。请参见49题中的译文。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】communicable(疾病)传染性的;communicative爱说话的;communication交流,交往;community团体,公众。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】concern意为“所关切的事”,该句译文为“传染病是最令人关切的事”。根据该句意思可选出51和52两题的答案。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】infant意为“婴儿,幼儿”。用它的单数形式修饰death。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】这是it的一种常用方法。it做该句的形式主语,它的真正主语that people were not being killed by cars是一个从句的形式。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该段第一、二句的译文为,“过去人们不会被车撞死,这是事实,但人们常常被奔马撞死或撞成重伤”。从译文可看出前后两句是一种转折关系,故答案选however。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】injured是与killed并列的一个词,意为“受伤”;在or后面省略了were,故选injure的过去分词形式。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该句译文为,“城市及其周围的规划是由土地投机商及不动产开发者控制的,他们只对赚钱感兴趣”。land speculator意为“土地投机商”;neighborhood邻近,附近;urban城市的,都市的;urban areas城区。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】land speculator意为“土地投机商”,请参见57题中的译文。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】developer开发商;real estate不动产。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】make money意为“赚钱”,请参见57题译文。