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四级阅读长句分析 Frankle Lee New Passage If cities are to remain pleasant places to live in at all, however, it seems imperative, not only that communications in transport should be improved, but also that communication between human beings should be kept smooth and polite. All over cities, it seems that people are too tired and too rushed to be polite. Shop assistants wont bother to assist, taxidrivers growl at each other as they dash dangerously round corners, bus conductors pull the bell before their desperate passengers have had time to get on or off the bus, and so on and so on. It seems to us that it is up to the young and strong to do their small part to stop such deterioration. What is the possible meaning of the word “ deterioration “ in the paragraph?A) worsening of general situationB) lowering of moral standardsC) declining of physical constitutionD) spreading of evil conduct 详细解答： [解题思路]选[B]。本段一开始，作者谈到:不仅交通状况，而且人际关系都有待改善，其中出现了 “ improve, smooth, polite “ 等词。随后，作者又列举售货员、出租汽车司机及汽车售票员对顾客或乘客的不礼貌行为，并在最后一句话中用 “ such deterioration “ 来指代及概括上述不良表现，意在批评那些人道德水准下降，故[B]为正确答案。[命题规律与应试高招]词形较长，拼写较为复杂，正式程度较高的单词常考。结合全段主题判断。[A]和[C]在某种程度上反映了deferioration,但在本文讨论道德的问题中，显然不合适，所以[B]因与道德有关，而入选。 New Passage The American Revolution was not a revolution in the sense of a radical or total change. It was not a sudden and violent overturning of the political and social framework, such as later occurred in France and Russia, when both were already independent nations. Significant changes were ushered in, but they were both breathtaking. What happened was accelerated evolution rather than outright revolution. During the conflict itself people went on working and praying, marrying and playing. Most of them were not seriously disturbed by the actual fighting, and many of the more isolated communities scarcely knew that a war was on. In Line 6, what does the author mean by “ people went on working and praying, marrying and playing “ ?A) More people got married than divorced.B) The war c