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【題目】先通過讀下面的短文，然后根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在文章后表格的空格內(nèi)填入一個最恰當?shù)膯卧~。

Since the beginning of human evolution(演變，進化), men have migrated(遷移) across continents(洲) in search of food, shelter, safety, and comfortable weather. People still move for these reasons, but new reasons for human migration are arising, such as job relocation(重新安置) and overpopulation.

Three million migrants(移民) are moving from poor countries to wealthier ones each year, and increasingly, their destination(目的地) is a neighboring country in developing parts of the world. People are moving within the developing world for the same reasons as they migrate to wealthier nations. People from poor countries are going to less poor countries, getting away from wars and conflicts. They are also leading to population pressures because some countries are now crowded with people, and they often have high population growth. Those people need to go somewhere else.

There are three main reasons why people move. The basic kinds and percentages are as follows, according to the Current Population Surveys(CPS):

Family-related reasons account for 26.3%, including changes in marriage and other family reasons; work-related reasons 16.2%, including job transfer, retirement, and other job-related reasons; housing-related reasons 51.6%, including new and better houses, better neighborhood, cheaper housing and other housing reasons; the remaining 5.9% of other reasons are attending college, the change of climate and health reasons.

Americans have been migrating south and west for many years in search of better job opportunities and warmer climates. They have also been moving to places a little far from cities, in search of bigger yards and houses, lower crime rates and better schools. In 1950, nearly a fifth of the population lived in the nation’s 20 largest cities. In 2006, it was about one in ten. That’s why many American people say, “Big Cities Shrink as People Move South, West.” They like to live in the countryside.

Between March 2005 and March 2007, 73.4 million Americans moved. Fifty-six percent of these moves were within the same country. Some families even went abroad.

Title: People on the move
Lead-in	● During human history, people have migrated across continents. ● An increasing 【1】 of people from poor countries are moving to richer countries, especially neighbouring ones.
【2】 for people’s migration	● According to the CPS, most people move to other places because of the problems of 【3】. ● Americans have long been moving south and west, looking for a better job chance, a warmer climate and a bigger yard, etc. Many 【4】 the life in the countryside to the one in cities now.
Conclusion	Now every year more and more people move to other places, some still in the same country, but others to a 【5】 country.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】number

【2】Reasons

【3】housing

【4】prefer

【5】foreign

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了人類遷移這一社會現(xiàn)象。

【1】根據(jù)原文Three million migrants(移民) are moving from poor countries to wealthier ones each year, and increasingly, their destination(目的地) is a neighboring country in developing parts of the world可知，每年有越來越多的移民從貧窮國家轉(zhuǎn)移到富裕國家，而且他們的目的地越來越傾向于鄰國。故空格應(yīng)填入“越來越多”的人，an increasing number of意為“越來越多的”，故答案為number。

【2】根據(jù)右欄所列要點可知，此處列舉的是人們選擇移民的原因，故空格處應(yīng)填入意為“原因”的名詞reason，列舉的要點不止一點，故reason應(yīng)用復數(shù)形式，且標題首個單詞首字母應(yīng)大寫，故答案為Reasons。

【3】根據(jù)原文housing-related reasons 51.6%, including new and better houses, better neighborhood, cheaper housing and other housing reasons可知，因為住房問題而選擇搬家的比例最高，故空格處應(yīng)填入housing，故答案為housing。

【4】根據(jù)原文They have also been moving to places a little far from cities … They like to live in the countryside可知，許多人更愿意生活在鄉(xiāng)下而不是城市，prefer ... to …意為“比……更喜歡”，句子為一般現(xiàn)在時，且主語many表復數(shù)，故prefer應(yīng)用原形，故答案為prefer。

【5】根據(jù)原文Between March 2005 and March 2007, 73.4 million Americans moved. Fifty-six percent of these moves were within the same country. Some families even went abroad可知，一些人在本國內(nèi)遷移，一些人則遷去了國外，空格處應(yīng)填入意為“外國的”形容詞，故答案為foreign。