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  3. Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concer

Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concer

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问题     Each for its own reason, the study of residential mobility has been a concern of three disciplines: economics, geography and sociology. For the economist, residential shifts provide a means for studying the housing and land markets. Geographers study mobility to understand the spatial (空间的) 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 difficult to discern(辨别) the disciplinary origins of a researcher by sole examining the kinds of questions he or she raises about mobility, although it is usually easier to identify a researcher’s discipline by noting the methods used and the concepts employed.
    Urban mobility first appears in the sociological literature as a term expressing rather generalized qualities of urban, as opposed to the non-urban life. Some sociologists refer to the mobility of the city as the considerable sum of myriad and incessant (不断的)sources of stimulation imposing upon the urban dweller, a sort of sensory overload which produces sophistication, indifference, and a lowered level of affection in urban dwellers. There is simply so much to experience that the urban dweller’s 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 qualities of urban life, which, on the one hand, ap peals 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 alienation in a society where men see each other primarily as means to ends rather than as ends in themselves. Of course, mobility in this larger sense of sensory overload is not a concept which lends itself easily to measurement, especially since it is a macro-system property. [br] The words "spontaneous" and "natural" (Line 6, Para. 2) indicate that ______.
选项 A、urban people lack more creativity and originality
B、urban people are clever than rural people
C、urban life is colourful and interesting
D、urban existences is full of change and stimulation
答案 D
解析 本题关键是理解上下文，最后一段前三句涉及到题干中的关键词，在第四句作者对所问关键词做了进一步说明，指出往城中的流动一方面可以使城市移民们感受到都市生活的特点，一方面使他们摆脱了因为缺乏变化和刺激而产生的沉闷和压抑，另一方面也使他们感受到人与人之间的冷漠。由此可知，城市生活是充满变化和刺激的。A)和C)是对有关原文的曲解；B)在文中未涉及。
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