[讨论]请教一道9705阅读问题，叩谢~

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Each SMSA would contain at least (a) one central city with 50,000 inhabitants or more or (b) two cities having shared boundaries and constituting, for general economic and social purposes, a single community with a combined population of at least 50,000,  the smaller of which must have a population of at least 15,000. Such an area included the county in which the central city is located, and adjacent counties that are found to be metropolitan in character and economically and socially integrated with the country of the central city.

47.      Which of the following is NOT true of an SMSA?

(A)      It has a population of at least 50,000

(B)      It can include a city's outlying regions

(C)      It can include unincorporated regions

(D)      It consists of at least two cities.

答案选择的事B，但是我觉得(D)      It consists of at least two cities.

与SMSA would contain at least one central city with 50,000 inhabitants or more明显矛盾，应该是D阿….谁来给我讲解一下….

happytoni

疑惑中．．．大家讨论下

melodybb1224

搂主妹妹应该从第2段看起，麻烦妹妹把第二段传上来，我在给你分析。因为我的是pdf文件，无法copy。

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  Then, in 1950 the Census Bureau radically changed its definition of "urban" to take account of the new vagueness of city boundaries. In addition to persons living in incorporated units of 2,500 or more, the census now included those who lived in unincorporated units of that size, and also all persons living in the densely settled urban fringe, including both incorporated and unincorporated areas located around cities of 50,000 inhabitants or more. Each such unit, conceived as an integrated economic and social unit with a large population nucleus, was named a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA).

这是第二段，期待讲解中......

melodybb1224

首先看一下d,urban应该就是指city的形容词，两者暂且把他们想成同义词，第二段中对urban有了新的定义~In addition to persons living in incorporated units of 2,500 or more, the census now included those who lived in unincorporated units of that size, and also all persons living in the densely settled urban fringe, including both incorporated and unincorporated areas located around cities of 50,000 inhabitants or more。粉色的字就是urban的新定义。，注意这个黄的地方，这些urban在那些50000人口的大城市的周围。然后看后面的 Each such unit, conceived as an integrated economic and social unit with a large population nucleus, was named a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area ，这个unit,就是指大城市包括周围这些小城市的这样一个单位。再看后面，conceived as an integrated economic and social unit with a large population nucleus.

就是说，这些周边的城市和大的中心城市被看成是一个整体的经济和社会。也就是所谓的SMSA.

这样看来，是不是一个SMSA要至少有两个城市啊？一个市中心城市，另一个最少是他的周边城市~

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-2-1 23:18:28编辑过]

melodybb1224

如果这道题明白了，那末b很明显是错误的，首先看b答案：它能包括一个城市的很偏远的地区。其实这道题是有异议的，因为我们可以有好几种想法，但是d已经给出来了，所以b是错误的。我有个解释不知道是否合理？因为SMSA包括城市的周围地区，也就是相邻的地区。而b中说，outlying，就是很偏远，所以与文章矛盾。

melodybb1224

如果妹妹还有不明白的或者我解释不清的，可以提出来，大家一起讨论一下。

happytoni

哈哈，做阅读还是要看全文呀．．．．

blueplain

谢谢斑竹的分析~！斑竹说得很有道理。

想了很久，觉得还是斑竹说的对,而我说的那个SMSA would contain at least one central city with 50,000 inhabitants or more可能就是说要有至少一个central city还要有一些outer city，这么看也是至少要两个以上city是不是酱紫....

这样的阅读太难了阿~·考试时候哪有时间这么想啊....哭泣ing

melodybb1224

嗯，没错。我觉得这篇阅读也有点难，不过考试的时候像这种题错了也认了，毕竟大部分题的难度还是可以接受的，是吗？