2010年10月9日，国家发改委就居民用电实行阶梯电价问题公布了《关于居民生活用电实行阶梯电价的指导意见（征求意见稿）》，向社会公开征求意见。一时间引起了社会舆论的广泛关注和热烈讨论，支持者不少，反对者也大有人在。人们对这项改革持不同意见的原因是（）

①立场不同

②价值观不同

③所处的时空条件不同

④所作出的价值判断不同

A.①②③

B.①②④

C.②③④

D.①③④

Throughout the 19th century and into the 20th, citizens of the United States maintained a bias against big cities. Most lived on farms and in small towns and believed cities to be centres of (1) , crime, poverty and moral (2) Their distrust was caused, (3) , by a national ideology that (4) farming the greatest occupation and rural living (5) to urban living. This attitude (6) even as the number of urban dwellers increased and cities became an essential (7) of the national landscape. Gradually, economic reality overcame ideology. Thousands (8) the precarious (不稳定的) life on the farm for more secure and better paying jobs in the city. But when these people (9) from the countryside, they carried their fears and suspicions with them. These new urbanities, already convinced that cities were (10) with great problems, eagerly (11) the progressive reforms that promised to bring order out of the (12) of the city.

One of many reforms came (13) the area of public utilities. Water and sewerage systems were usually operated by (14) governments, but the gas and electric networks were privately owned. Reformers feared that the privately owned utility companies would (15) exorbitant (过渡的) rates for these essential services and (16) them only to people who could afford them. Some city and state governments responded by (17) the utility companies, but a number of cities began to supply these services themselves. (18) of these reforms argued that public ownership and regulation would (19) widespread access to these utilities and guarantee a (20) price.

（8）（）

A.deserted

B.departed

C.abolished

D.abandoned