问题 单项选择题

城市的最显著特征是( ),因此,社会问题集中发生在城市里。

A.环境恶劣
B.失业问题
C.人口密集
D.住宅紧张

答案

参考答案:C

解析:城市是社会生活与矛盾的集合体,城市的最显著特征是人口密集,因此,社会问题集中地发生在城市里。
掌握健康的社会环境是促进城市发展的重要动力,健康的社会环境作为城市发展理性的选择,它旨在促进更加宽广的公平环境、诚信环境和管理环境,不仅能使资源得到公平合理的分配和利用,而且能使城市的各项社会资源的效益最大化,推动城市文明的继续和发展。

阅读理解

Reading comprehension.

     Mail carriers will be delivering some good news and some bad news this week.

     The bad news: Stamp prices are expected to rise 2 cents in May to 41 cents, the Postal Regulatory

Commission announced yesterday. The good news: With the introduction of a "forever stamp", it may

be the last time Americans have to use annoying 2-or 3-cent stamps to make up postage differences.

     Beginning in May, people would be able to purchase the stamps in booklets of 20 at the regular rate

of a first-class stamp. As the name implies, "forever stamps" will keep their first-class mailing value

forever, even when the postage rate goes up.

     The new "forever stamp" is the United States Postal Service's (USPS) answer to the complaints about

frequent rate increases. The May increase will be the fifth in a decade. Postal rates have risen because

of inflation (通货膨胀), competition from online bill paying, and the rising costs of employee benefits,

including healthcare, says Mark Saunders, a spokesman for USPS.

     The USPS expects some financial gain from sales of the "forever stamp" and the savings from not

printing as many 2-or 3-cent stamps. "It's not your grandfather's stamp," says Mr. Saunders. "It could

be your great-grandchildren's stamp."

     Other countries, including Canada, England, and Finland use similar stamps.

     Don Schilling, who has collected stamps for 50 years, says he's interested in the public's reaction.

"This is an entirely new class of stamps," Mr. Schilling says. He adds that he will buy the stamps because

he will be able to use them for a long period of time, not because they could make him rich-the volume

printed will be too large for collectors. "We won't be able to send our kids to college on these," he says,

laughing.

     The USPS board of governors has yet to accept the Postal Regulatory Commission's decision, but

tends to follow its recommendations. No plans have been announced yet for the design of the stamps.

1. The main purpose of introducing a "forever stamp" is _____.

A. to reduce the cost of printing 2-or 3-cent stamps

B. to help save the consumers' cost on first-class mailing

C. to respond to the complaints about rising postal rates

D. to compete with online bill paying

2. By saying "It could be your great-grandchildren's stamp", Mr. Saunders means that forever stamps _____.

A. could be collected by one's great-grandchildren

B. might be very precious in great-grandchildren's hands

C. might have been inherited from one's great-grandfathers

D. could be used by one's great-grandchildren even decades later

3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The investment in forever stamps will bring adequate reward.

B. America will be the first country to issue forever stamps.

C. The design of the "forever stamps" remains to be revealed.

D. 2-or 3-cent stamps will no longer be printed in the future.

4. What can be concluded from the passage?

A. With forever stamps, there will be no need to worry about rate changes.

B. Postal workers will benefit most from the sales of forever stamps.

C. The inflation has become a threat to the sales of first-class stamps.

D. New interest will be aroused in collecting forever stamps.

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