Mass transportation revised the social
and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways. It
catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it
accelerated the inherent instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of
unoccupied land for residential expansion, the omnibuses, horse railways,
commuter trains, and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to
four times more distant from city centers than they were inthe premodern era.
In 1850, for example, the borders of Boston lay scarcely two miles from
the old business district. By the turn of the century the radius extended ten
miles. Now those who could afford it could live far removed from the old
city center and still commute there for work, shopping, and entertainment.
The new accessibility of land around the periphery of alm
A. Types of mass transportation
B. Instability of urban life
C. How supply and demand determine land use
D. The effects of mass transportation on urban expansion
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Mass transportation revised the social
and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways. It
catalyzed physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it
accelerated the inherent instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of
unoccupied land for residential expansion, the omnibuses, horse railways,
commuter trains, and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to
four times more distant from city centers than they were inthe premodern era.
In 1850, for example, the borders of Boston lay scarcely two miles from
the old business district. By the turn of the century the radius extended ten
miles. Now those who could afford it could live far removed from the old
city center and still commute there for work, shopping, and entertainment.
The new accessibility of land around the periphery of alm
A. growth in city area
B. separation of commercial and residential districts
C. changes in life in the inner city
D. increasing standards of living.
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Mass Protest Decries Bush Abortion Policies
群众抗议谴责布什的堕胎政策
by Deborah Zabarenko
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Protesters crowded the National Mall on Sunday to show support for abortion rights and opposition to Bush administration policies on women’s health issues in one of the biggest demonstrations in US history.
There was no official crowd count, but organizers claimed more than 1 million people participateD．
Pink-and purple-shirted protesters raised signs reading "Fight the Radical Right", "Keep Abortion Legal" and "US Out Of My Uterus" and covered the Mall from the foot of Capitol Hill to the base of the Washington Monument.
Speakers ranged from actresses Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd
A. Government officials estimated that more than one million people participated in the demonstration.
B. The police counted the number of people who participated in the demonstration as more than one million.
C. The organizers called on more than one million people to participate in the demonstration.
D. According to the organizers of the demonstration, there were more than one million people who took part in the demonstration.
[单项选择]Mass transportation revised the social and economic fabric of the American city in three fundamental ways. It speeded up physical expansion, it sorted out people and land uses, and it 62 the inherent instability of urban life. By opening vast areas of unoccupied land for residential expansion, the buses, 63 , commuter trains, and electric trolleys pulled settled regions outward two to four times more 64 from city centers than they were in the pre-modern era. In 1850, for example, the borders of Boston lay 65 two miles from the old business district; by the turn of the century the 66 ex tended ten miles. Now those who could afford it could live far removed from the old city center and still 67 there for work, shopping, and 68 The new accessibility of land around the periphery (外围) of almost every, major city 69 an explosion of real estate development and fueled what we now 70 as ur
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