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考研英语完型填空全真模拟题(三)

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Passage 3

    Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th, citizens of the United States maintained a bias against big cities. Most lived on farms and in small towns and believed cities to be centres of  21 , crime, poverty and moral   22  . Their distrust was caused  23   , by a national ideology that,  24    farming the greatest occupation and rural living ,  25    to urban living. This attitude  26    even as the number of urban dwellers increased and cities became an essential  27    of the national landscape. Gradually, economic reality overcame ideology. Thousands  28    the precarious(不稳定的）life on the farm for more secure and better paying jobs in the city. But when these people  29    from the country-side, they carried their fears and suspicions with them. These new urbanities, already convinced that cities were 30    with great problems. eagerly  31 the progressive reforms that promised to bring order out of the    32    of the city.
    One of many reforms came   33    the area of public utilities. Water and sewerage systems were usually operated by     34    governments, but the gas and electric networks were privately owned. Reformers feared that the privately owned utility companies would  35    exorbitant(过度的）rate for these essential services and    36    them only to people who could afford them. Some city and state governments responded by  37    the utility companies, but a number of cities began to supply these services themselves.  38    of these reforms argued that public ownership and regulation would  39    widespread access to these utilities and guarantee a  40    price.

21.	[A] eruption	[B] corruption	[C] interruption	[D] provocation
22.	[A] disgrace	[B] deterioration	[C] dishonor	[D] degradation
23.	[A] by origin	[B] in part	[C] at all	[D] at random
24.	[A] proclaimed	[B] exclaimed	[C] claimed	[D] reclaimed
25.	[A] superb	[B] super	[C] exceptional	[D] superior
26.	[A] predominated	[B] dominated	[C] commanded	[D] prevailed
27.	[A] feature	[B] peculiarity	[C] quality	[D] attribute
28.	[A] deserted	[B] departed	[C] abolished	[D] abandoned
29.	[A] reallocated	[B] migrated	[C] replaced	[D] substituted
30.	[A] overwhelmed	[B] overflowed	[C] overtaken	[D] preoccupied
31.	[A] embraced	[B] adopted	[C] hugged	[D] contained
32.	[A] chaos	[B] chores	[C] chorus	[D] outbreaks
33.	[A] at	[B] by	[C] out	[D] in
34.	[A] public	[B] municipal	[C] republican	[D] national
35.	[A] charge	[B] take	[C] cost	[D] spend
36.	[A] distribute	[B] deliver	[C] transfer	[D] transport
37.	[A] degenerating	[B] generating	[C] regenerating	[D] regulating
38.	[A] Proponents	[B] Opponents	[C] Sponsors	[D] Rivals
39.	[A] secure	[B] ensure	[C] reassure	[D] incur
40.	[A] fair	[B] just	[C] square	[D] objective