阅读理解Americancitiesaresimilartoothercitiesaroundtheworld．Ineverycountrycitiesreflectthevaluesoftheculture．AmericancitiesarechangingjustasAmericansocietyischangin

　　阅读理解

　　Americancitiesaresimilartoothercitiesaroundtheworld．Ineverycountrycitiesreflectthevaluesoftheculture．AmericancitiesarechangingjustasAmericansocietyischanging．

　　AfterWorldWarⅡthepopulationofmostlargeAmericancitiesdecreased;howeverthepopulationinmanySunBeltcitiesincreased．LosAnglesandHoustonarecitieswherepopulationshifts(转移)toandfromthecityreflectthechangingvaluesofAmericansociety．Inthelate1940sandearly1950scityresidentsbecamewealthier．Theyhadmorechildrensotheyneededmorespace．Theymovedoutoftheirapartmentsinthecitytobuytheirownhomes．Theyboughthousesinthesuburbs．

　　Nowthingsarechanging．Thechildrenofthepeoplewholeftthecitiesinthe1950sarenowadults．Manyunliketheirparentswanttoliveinthecities．TheycontinuetomovetoSunBeltcitiesandolderonesoftheNortheastandMidwest．Manyyoungprofessionalsaremovingbackintothecity．Theypreferthecitytothesuburbsbecausetheirjobsarethere;ortheyjustenjoytheexcitementandpossibilitiesthatthecityoffers．

　　Thispopulationshiftisbringingproblemsaswellasbenefits．Countlesspoorpeoplemustleavetheirapartmentsinthecitybecausetheownerswanttosellthebuildingsormakeapartmentsforsaleinsteadofforrent．Inthe1950smanypoorpeopledidnothaveenoughmoneytomovetothesuburbs;nowmanyofthesesamepeopledonothaveenoughmoneytostayinthecities．

　　OnlyafewyearsagopeoplethoughtthattheolderAmericancitiesweredying．Somecityresidentsnowseeabrightnewfuture．Othersseeonlyproblemsandconflicts．Onethingissure：manydyingcitiesarealiveagain．

　　(1)

　　Whatdoestheauthorthinkofcitiesallovertheworld?

　　[]A．

　　Theyaresimilar．

　　B．

　　Theyarehopeless．

　　C．

　　Theyarealive．

　　D．