首页
登录
职称英语
The tragic impact of the modern city on the human being has killed his sense
The tragic impact of the modern city on the human being has killed his sense
游客
2023-09-10
65
管理
问题
The tragic impact of the modern city on the human being has killed his sense of aesthetics, the material benefits of a wealthy society have diverted his attention from his city and its cultural potentials to the products of science and technology: washing machines, central heating, TV sets, computers and cars.
He is a car driver and reluctant to walk. Without adequate parking facilities, the streets are littered with cars. Congestion (堵塞) has become the predominant factor in his environment, and statistics suggest that two cars per household may make matters worse.
Meanwhile, insult is added to injury by "land value". The value of land results from its use. When its use is intensified, its value rises. "Putting land to its highest and best use" becomes the principal economic standard in urban growth. This speculative approach and the pressure of increasing population leads to the "vertical" growth of cities with the result that people are forced to adjust themselves to congestion to maintain these relatively artificial land values. Paradoxically the remedy for removing congestion is to create more of it. Partial decentralization in the form of large development units away from the traditional town centers only shifts the disease of congestion round the town center.
It is within our power to build better cities and revive the pride of their citizens, but we shall have to stop operating on the fringe of the problem. We shall have radically to re-plan them to achieve a rational density of population. We shall have to provide them what can be called minimum "psychological elbow room". One of the ingredients of this will be proper transportation plans. These will have to be an integral part of the overall planning process which in itself is a scientific process where facts are essential. We must collect all and complete information about the city or the town, if we want to plan effectively.
We must not forget that cities are built by people, and that their form and shape should be subject to the will of the people. Scientific methods of data collection and analysis will indicate trends, but they will not direct action. Scientific methods are only an instrument. The "man-educated" man, the human, will have to set the target, and using the results obtained by science, take upon himself the final shaping of his environment. He will have to use his moral sense of responsibility to the community and future generations. [br] The dramatic increase of land value in cities ______ .
选项
A、is a desirable result of economic development
B、brings about greater opportunities for land dealers
C、lead to an efficient, positive use of land in the form of vertical growth
D、is annoyingly artificial and meaningless
答案
D
解析
作者态度推论题。参见第三段倒数第二句:这种投机方式以及人口增长的压力造成城市的高空纵向发展,结果是人们被迫去适应拥堵,以维持这些人为提升的土地价值。该句中“speculative”“forced to”“artificial”等词体现了作者对地价增值的否定态度,故选D(城市地价的剧增是人为的、无意义的恼人现象)。选项A中的“desirable”与C中的“efficient”“positive”都不符合作者的态度。选项B可能有道理,但文中未提及。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3000699.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Somepeoplehateeverythingthatismodern.Theycannotimagi
TheradicaltransformationoftheSovietsocietyhadaprofoundimpactonwo
TheradicaltransformationoftheSovietsocietyhadaprofoundimpactonwo
TheradicaltransformationoftheSovietsocietyhadaprofoundimpactonwo
IthasbeencalledtheHolyGrailofmodernbiology.Costingmorethan£2bi
IthasbeencalledtheHolyGrailofmodernbiology.Costingmorethan£2bi
[originaltext]Agoodmodernnewspaperisanextraordinarypieceofreading.
Thetragicimpactofthemoderncityonthehumanbeinghaskilledhissense
Thetragicimpactofthemoderncityonthehumanbeinghaskilledhissense
Thetragicimpactofthemoderncityonthehumanbeinghaskilledhissense
随机试题
软件制造商在它们生产的所有打印程序中必须包括的驱动程序即打印机行业标准是()A.
均匀地基中地下水位埋深为1.40m,不考虑地基中的毛细效应,地基土重度为15.8
法定继承顺序具有()的特征。A.限定性 B.强行性 C.客观性
根据第三版巴塞尔资本协议的要求,储备资本要求为()。A.1% B.2%
羚角钩藤汤中配伍茯神木的用意是()A.养心安神 B.平肝明目 C.平肝
心脏听诊内容不包括A.心率 B.心律 C.心音和额外心音 D.心界 E.
思则A.气下 B.气缓 C.气结 D.气消 E.气上
采邑制
《湖北省基本药物集中招标目录(2014年版)》于前年6月公布,目录内共有800种
男,18岁学生。淋雨后寒战、发热、右胸痛1周就诊。查体:T39.℃,P108次/
最新回复
(
0
)