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[单项选择]In the 1940s, urban Americans began a mass move to the suburbs in search of fresh air, elbow room and privacy. Suburbs began to sprawl out across the countryside, since most of those making the move were middleclass, they took with them the tax money the cities needed to maintain the neighborhood, in which they had lived. The people left in the cities were often those who were too old or too poor to move. Thus many cities began to fall into disrepair. Crime began to soar, and public transportation was neglected. (In the past sixty years, San Francisco is the only city in the United States to have completed a new mass transit system.) Meanwhile, housing construction costs continued to rise higher and higher. Middle-class housing was allowed to decay, and little new housing was constructed.
Eventually, many downtown areas existed for business only. During the day they would be filled with people working in the offices and at night they would be deserted. Given these circumstances, s
A. Houses
B. Cars.
C. Jobs.
D. Tax money.
[单项选择]What happened to the city after the mass move
A. Housing costs decreased.
B. Crime rate was much lower than before.
C. All business moved out.
D. Cities declined.
[单项选择]What happened to businesses after the mass move( ).
A. They established branches in suburbs.
B. They scattered here and there in cities.
C. Some bigger companies moved out.
D. They lost many employees.
[单项选择]When did a mass move to the suburbs begin in the U.S.
A. In the 1960s.
B. In the 1940s.
C. In the 1970s.
D. In the 1950s.