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"Avoid the rush-hour" must be the slogan of large cities the world over, whe

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问题     "Avoid the rush-hour" must be the slogan of large cities the world over, wherever you look it’s people, people, people. The trains which leave or arrive every few minutes are packed: an endless【B1】______of human sardine tins. The streets are so【B2】______, and there is hardly any room to move on the pavements. The【B3】______for buses reach staggering(令人吃惊的)proportions. It takes ages for a bus to get to you because the traffic on the roads had【B4】______become a standstill(停滞).
    Large modern cities are too big to control. They【B5】______their own living conditions on the people who inhabit them. City-dwellers are obliged by their environment to【B6】______a wholly unnatural way of life. They lose touch with the land and【B7】______of nature. It is possible to live such an air-conditioned【B8】______in a large city that you are barely conscious of the seasons. A few flowers in a public park may remind you that it is spring or summer.【B9】______. Beyond that, what is going on in nature seems totally irrelevant. All the simple, good things of life like sunshine and fresh air arc at a premium. Tall buildings blot out the sun. Traffic fumes pollute the atmosphere. Even the distinction between day and night is lost.【B10】______
    In addition to all this, city-dwellers live under constant threat. The crime rate in most cities is very high.【B11】______. If you think about it, only a madman would choose to live in a large modern city. [br] 【B4】
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答案 virtually
解析 修饰关系题。空格处位于助动词和谓语动词之间，据此可以判断空格处应填副词，修饰后面的动词。结合录音可知答案为virtually，意为“事实上，实际上”。本句意为“等到一辆公共汽车要花很长的时间，因为道路上的交通实际上已陷于停滞。”
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