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1、 2022年12月英语四级阅读考试训练28Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: sociology, economics, and geography. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the
2、spatial distributions of population types. For the sociologist, interest in residential mobility has two sources: one stemming from the study of human ecology and the other, from a concern with the peculiar qualities of urban life. Of course, there are clearly overlapping concerns and it is often di
3、fficult to discern the disciplinary origins of a researcher by only examining the kinds of questions he or she raises about mobility although it is usually easier to identify a researchers discipline by noting the methods used and the concepts employed.Urban mobility first appears in the sociologica
4、l literature as term expressing rather generalized qualities of urban, as opposed to non-urban life. Some sociologists refer to the mobility of the city as the considerable sum of countless and continual sources of stimulation impinging upon the urban dweller, a sort of sensory overload which produc
5、es sophistication, indifference, and a lowered level of affect in urban dwellers. There is simply so much to experience that the urban dwellers capacity is reduced to react in a “spontaneous” and “natural” way to urban existence . It is mobility in this sense that produces some of the special qualit
6、ies of urban life, which appeal to migrants as an escape from the dullness and oppression of rural existence with its lack of change and stimulation, and, on the other hand, produces anomie and alienation in a society where men see each other primarily as means to ends rather than as ends in themsel
7、ves.来源：考试大的美女编辑们1. Geographers who study mobility are most likely to be interested in _.A. the fact that people of different racial groups reside in different placesB. what types of people move frequently and why they keep changing their places.C. why people of one type prefer to isolate themselves
8、from those of another typeD. peculiar characteristics of people from different countries in choosing living places2. Examining the kinds of questions a researcher raised about mobility is _.A. the only way to discern the discipline he or she appliesB. not an ideal way to identify his or her discipli
9、nary originsC. easier than noting the methods used and the concepts employedD. too difficult to be used in finding out his or her disciplinary origins3. Some sociologists believe that “sensory overload” _.A. cannot be relieved from urban dwellersB. produces attraction to rural dwellersC. produces th
10、e dullness and oppression of rural existenceD. is responsible for some evil characters of urban dwellers4. According to the passage, in a society where there is anomie and alienation, people _.A. hold hostile views to othersB. are willing to help each otherC. tend to pick up others shortcomings but
11、ignore their ownD. take advantage of others to fulfill their own goals5. The words “spontaneous” and “natural” (para2) indicate that _.A. urban life is stimulating and rewardingB. urban people are cleverer than rural peopleC. urban people lack creativity and originalityD. urban existence is full of change and stimulation
