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南开大学2003年博士研究生入学考试试题 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension(略)Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (20 points)Passage 1Traffic statistics paint a gloomy picture. To help solve their traffic woes, some rapidly growing U.S. cities have simply built more roads. But traffic experts say building more roads is a quick-fix solution that will not alleviated the traffic problem in the long run. Soaring land costs, increasing concern over social and environmental disruptions caused by road-building, and the likelihood that more roads can only lead to more cars and traffic are powerful factors bearing down on a