【阅读理解:Theterm“satellitecity”isusedtodescribetherelationshipbetweenalargecityandneighboringsmallercitiesandtownsthatareeconomicallydependentuponit.Satellitecitiesmaybecollectionanddistribu】

　　阅读理解:

　　Theterm“satellitecity”isusedtodescribetherelationshipbetweenalargecityandneighboringsmallercitiesandtownsthatareeconomicallydependentuponit.Satellitecitiesmaybecollectionanddistribution(分发，分布)pointsinthecommerciallinkagesofatradingmetropolis(大都市)ortheymaybemanufacturingorminingcentersexistingwithone-industryeconomiesasthecreaturesofsomenearbycenter.Thislatterformiswhatisgenerallymeantwhenoneusestheterm“satellitecity”.Takeninthissense,nice-teenth-centuryChicopeeandLowell,Massachusetts,weresatellitesofBoston.BothweremilltownscreatedbyBostoninvestorstoservetheeconomyofthatNewEnglandmetropolis.Locatedoncheaplandalongwater-powersitesinthemidstofafarmingregionthatcouldsupplyample(富裕的)labor,theyweresatellitesinthefullestsenseoftheterm.Pullman,Illinois,andGary,Indianawerelikewiseone-industrytownscreatedinconjunctionwiththemuchbroadereconomyofnearbyChicago.Suchplaces,asVeraSchlakmanandStanleyBuderhavepointedoutintheirexcellenturbanbiographies,hadaone-dimensionalquality,apaucityofsocialvigor.Thesecitiescouldnotstandalone;theywereinasensecoloniesofamultifunctionalmothercity.

　　1.Whichofthefollowingischaracteristicofasatellitecity?

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　　A.Itisaself-sufficientcommunity.

　　B.Itofferscheaplandtopeople.

　　C.Ittendstoconcentrateonasingleproduct.

　　D.ItlieswithinaspacestationorbitingEarth.

　　2.Accordingtothepassage,ChicopeeandLowellwereideallocationsforthedevelopmentoftownsbecausetheyhad______.

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　　A.fullydevelopedelectricpowerplants

　　B.anadequatenumberofworkers

　　C.farmlandthatwouldnotbeflooded

　　D.extremelyrichinvestors

　　3.TheauthordescribeseachofthefollowingasbeingeconomicallydependentonanothercityEXCEPT______.

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　　A.Chicopee,Massachusetts

　　B.Lowell,Massachusetts

　　C.Pullman,Illinois

　　D.Chicago,Illinois

　　4.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatVeraSchlakmanandStanleyBuderare______.

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　　A.authors B.investors

　　C.socialworkers　D.factoryworkers

　　5.Itcanbeinferredfromthepass