四级The report says America's urbanization will continue to be the most significant issue affecting the industry, as cities across the country imitate the walk ability and transit oriented development making cities like New York and San Francisco so successfu

报告说，美国的城市化将继续是影响工业的最重要的问题，因为全国的城市模仿步行能力和以交通为导向的发展，使得像纽约和旧金山这样的城市成为成功者。

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级Migrants to cities are attracted by plentiful jobs, access to hospitals and education, and the ability to escape the boredom of a farmer's agricultural life.

大量的工作、医院和教育，以及摆脱农民农业生活无聊的能力吸引着移民到城市。

2013年6月阅读原文

高考But Lehanne's psychology café is about more than knowing oneself: It's trying to help the city's troubled neighborhood cafes.

但莱哈恩的心理咖啡馆不仅仅是了解自己：它试图帮助城市陷入困境的邻里咖啡馆。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

六级You will hear more and more about migration between countries and between rural areas and cities.

你会听到越来越多关于国家之间、农村地区和城市之间的移民问题。

2017年6月听力原文

六级Secretary Anthony Foxx, to talk about smart cities, and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta, to talk about drones.

国务卿安东尼·福克斯（Anthony Foxx）将讨论智能城市，联邦航空管理局局长迈克尔·休尔塔（Michael Huerta）将讨论无人机。

2016年12月阅读原文

考研But it is really happiness that's linked to investment, or could something else about happier cities explain why firms there spend more on R and D?

但真正与投资相关的是幸福感，或者幸福城市的其他因素能解释为什么那里的企业在研发上花费更多吗？

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研But mayors and councilors can only do so much about a problem that is far bigger than any one city or town.

但市长和议员们只能在一个比任何一个城市或城镇都严重得多的问题上有所作为。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt.

一位名叫埃利斯·切斯堡（Ellis Chesbrough）的工程师让城市确信，它别无选择，只能在地面上建造管道，然后用泥土覆盖。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbrough to build the pipes above ground.

埃利斯·切斯堡说服城市规划者在地面上修建管道。

2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读理解 阅读B 题设

考研Restrictions that keep highly polluting cars out of certain areas - city centers, school streets", even individual roads - are a response to the absence of a larger effort to properly enforce existing regulations and require auto companies to bring their

限制高污染汽车进入某些地区——城市中心、学校街道，甚至是个别道路——是对缺乏更大努力来正确执行现有法规和要求汽车公司将其车辆带出的回应

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考I absent-mindedly turned the pages of the phone book and came across a city map.

我心不在焉地翻开电话簿，看到了一张城市地图。

2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 语法填空 原文

四级an accelerating speeda shift to city centersa new focus on small citiesan ever-increasing demandPeople can live without private cars.

加速的速度，向市中心的转移，对小城市的新关注，不断增长的需求，人们没有私家车也能生活。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级A business professor says that a future city should have easy access to international transportation.

一位商学教授说，未来的城市应该能够方便地使用国际交通工具。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级One vision of the perfect city of the future: a place that offers easy access to air travel.

未来完美城市的一个愿景：一个提供便捷航空旅行的地方。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

高考Last year her fantasy story which involved the mysterious Forbidden City received critical acclaim.

去年，她关于神秘紫禁城的幻想故事受到了评论界的好评。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 题设

四级Last night 40,000 people rented accommodation from a service that offers 250,000 rooms in 30,000 cities in 192 countries.

昨晚，有40000人从一家在192个国家的30000个城市提供250000间客房的服务机构租用了住所。

2013年12月阅读原文

四级Urbanization – migration away from the suburbs and to the city center – will be the biggest real estate trend in 2015, according to a new report.

根据一份新报告，城市化——从郊区向市中心迁移——将是2015年最大的房地产趋势。

2017年6月阅读原文

高考Companies have been testing their vehicles in cities across the country.

公司一直在全国各地的城市测试他们的车辆。

2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考The four-year-old dog set off racing after the sheep across several fields and, being a city animal, lost both her sheep and her sense of direction.

这只四岁的狗追着羊群跑了好几块地，作为一种城市动物，它失去了羊群和方向感。

2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

四级The report says America's urbanization will continue to be the most significant issue affecting the industry, as cities across the country imitate the walkability and transit-oriented development making cities like New York and San Francisco so successful.

报告说，美国的城市化将继续成为影响该行业的最重要的问题，因为全国各地的城市模仿步行能力和面向交通的发展，使得纽约和旧金山这样的城市如此成功。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级More people who lived in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areasWhile there's reason to believe that interest in self-driving cars is going up across the board, a person's age will have little to do with how self-driving cars can become mainstream.

居住在城市和郊区的人表示，他们想尝试无人驾驶汽车的人数多于居住在农村地区的人。尽管有理由相信人们对自动驾驶汽车的兴趣正在全面上升，但一个人的年龄与自动驾驶汽车如何成为主流没有多大关系。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Across the developed world, ear use is in decline as more people move to city centers, while young people especially are opting for other means of travel.

在发达国家，随着越来越多的人迁往市中心，ear的使用正在下降，而年轻人尤其选择了其他出行方式。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

高考This example should act as an inspiration for all cities.

这个例子应该对所有城市起到启发作用。

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考The most obvious thing is that there is much more activity in the streets than in a typical US city.

最明显的是，街道上的活动比典型的美国城市多得多。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 听力 原文

六级Because of their smaller size, most keep hours that allow people to enjoy themselves, then have some quiet after midnight, as opposed to large major cities like New York, where the buzz of activity is ongoing.

由于其面积较小，大多数城市都会安排时间让人们尽情享受，然后在午夜后有一些安静，而不像纽约这样的大城市，那里的喧闹声仍在持续。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

考研So they compared U.S. cities' average happiness measured by Gallup Polling with the investment activity of publicly traded firms in those areas.

因此，他们将盖洛普民意调查所测量的美国城市平均幸福感与这些地区上市公司的投资活动进行了比较。

2016年考研真题（英语二）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

考研In most of the homeless gardens of New York City the actual cultivation of plants is unfeasible, yet even so the compositions often seem to represent attempts to call arrangement of materials, an institution of colors, small pool of water, and a frequent presence of petals or leaves as well as of stuffed animals.

在纽约市大多数无家可归的花园里，植物的实际种植是不可行的，但即便如此，这些构图似乎也常常表现出一种尝试，即材料的安排、色彩的安排、小水池、花瓣或树叶以及填充动物的频繁出现。

2013年考研翻译原文

高考He added that he hopes people in other cities might try similar projects and post their own videos on the Internet.

他补充说，他希望其他城市的人们可以尝试类似的项目，并在互联网上发布自己的视频。

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级In recent years, many mid-sized cities have begun to adopt a middle-of-the-road approach incorporating the excitement and opportunity of large cities with small cities' quiet after midnight.

近年来，许多中等城市开始采取中间路线，将大城市的兴奋和机遇与小城市午夜后的宁静结合起来。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级So what factors, at the community level, do predict if poor children will move up the economic ladder as adults? What explains, for instance, why the Salt Lake City metro area is one of the 100 largest metropolitan areas most likely to lift the fortunes of the poor and the Atlanta metro area is one of the least likely?Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation, community density, the size of a community's middle class, the quality of schools, community religiosity, and family structure, which he calls the single strongest correlate of upward mobility.

那么，在社区层面上，有哪些因素可以预测贫困儿童是否会在成年后的经济阶梯上上升呢？例如，是什么解释了为什么盐湖城大都会区是最有可能给穷人带来财富的100个最大大都会区之一，而亚特兰大大都会区是最不可能的地区之一？哈佛大学经济学家Raj Chetty指出了经济和种族隔离、社区密度、社区中产阶级的规模，学校的质量、社区的宗教信仰和家庭结构，他称之为向上流动的唯一最强关联。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Unlike developed cities, however, these areas lack advanced water-treatment facilities, and rivers effectively become sewers ( ' , 下水道).

然而，与发达城市不同的是，这些地区缺乏先进的水处理设施，河流实际上变成了下水道，下水道).

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Unlike developed cities, however, these areas lack advanced water-treatment facilities, and rivers effectively become sewers.

然而，与发达城市不同的是，这些地区缺乏先进的水处理设施，河流实际上变成了下水道。

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

六级It fails to provide sound advice to city dwellers.

它未能向城市居民提供合理的建议。

2013年6月阅读原文

考研In one case, many researchers working around the ancient Maya city of Copan, Honduras, have located hundreds of small rural villages and individual dwellings by using aerial photographs and by making surveys on foot.

在一个案例中，许多研究人员在洪都拉斯古玛雅城市科潘周围工作，通过使用航空照片和徒步调查，找到了数百个小村庄和个人住宅。

2014年考研阅读原文

四级As smaller cities copy the model of these 24-hour cities, more affordable versions of these places will be created.

随着小城市效仿这些24小时营业的城市模式，这些地方将创造出更实惠的版本。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级After that, survey respondents disagree over whether this generation will follow in their parents' footsteps, moving to the suburbs to raise families, or will choose to remain in the city center.

之后，调查对象对这一代人是否会追随父母的脚步，搬到郊区养家糊口，还是选择留在市中心持不同意见。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级After making a stop for a few hours at a British station on the edge of Antarctica, the two workers were flown to the southernmost Chilean city of Punta Arenas.

在南极洲边缘的一个英国站停留了几个小时后，这两名工人被空运到智利最南端的城市蓬塔阿雷纳斯。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

四级New York city police captured a cow on the loose in Prospect Park on Tuesday after the animal became an attraction for tourists while walking along the streets and enjoying the park facilities.

纽约市警方周二在Prospect公园抓获了一头牛，这头牛在沿街散步和欣赏公园设施时成为了游客的一大看点。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

四级Thirty years after he imagined the city, Park's baby is close to 70 percent built, with 36.

在他想象这座城市的三十年后，帕克的孩子几乎70%都已经建成，36岁。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级For decades, many downtown cores in small to mid-sized cities were abandoned after work hours by workers who lived in the suburbs.

几十年来，许多中小型城市的市中心在下班后被居住在郊区的工人遗弃。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Still, the track coach had offered me a walk-on spot, and I actually found the urban Atlanta campus a decent consolation prize after New York city.

尽管如此，赛道教练还是让我在现场散步，事实上，我发现亚特兰大市区校区是继纽约市之后的一个不错的安慰奖。

2018年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

高考Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be moved again while the city was quiet.

艾莉亚知道，如果这些书是安全的，它们必须在城市安静时再次搬走。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 完形填空 原文

高考He reported the case to the police and then sat there, lost and lonely in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again.

他向警方报案，然后坐在那里，在陌生的城市里迷失和孤独，想着重新整理所有文件的可怕麻烦。

2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

六级It aggravates the squalor of cities.

它加剧了城市的肮脏。

2013年6月阅读原文

六级Twenty years ago, the Urban Land Institute defined the two types of cities that dominated the US landscape: smaller cities that operated around standard 9-5 business hours and large metropolitan areas that ran all 24 hours of the day.

20年前，城市土地研究所（Urban Land Institute）定义了主导美国景观的两类城市：大约9-5个工作小时的小城市和全天24小时运行的大城市。

2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

六级Chetty finds that communities like Salt Lake City, with high levels of two-parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.

切蒂发现，像盐湖城这样双亲家庭和宗教信仰程度较高的社区，比亚特兰大这样种族和经济隔离程度较高的社区更有可能看到贫困儿童取得成功。

2015年12月阅读原文

六级Chetty finds that communities like Salt Lake city, with high levels of two- parent families and religiosity, are much more likely to see poor children get ahead than communities like Atlanta, with high levels of racial and economic segregation.

切蒂发现，像盐湖城这样的社区，有着高度的双亲家庭和宗教信仰，比亚特兰大这样的种族和经济隔离程度高的社区更容易看到贫困儿童取得成功。

2015年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

六级It's time to wake up to the fact that making smart buildings, cities and homes will dramatically improve our quality of life in the years ahead.

是时候醒悟了，在未来的岁月里，建造智能建筑、城市和家庭将极大地改善我们的生活质量。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

高考It looks like an open air museum in the city.

它看起来像城市里的露天博物馆。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

高考The air was so different from the city, cool and fresh.

这里的空气与城市截然不同，凉爽清新。

2019年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

六级The persistent haze over many of our cities is a reminder of the polluted air that we breathe, over 80% of the world's urban population is breathing air that fails to meet World Health Organisation guidelines.

我们许多城市上空持续的雾霾提醒我们，我们所呼吸的空气受到了污染，超过80%的世界城市人口所呼吸的空气不符合世界卫生组织的准则。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

考研It was specifically to provide city dwellers with spaces for leisure where they could experience “a refreshing air”.

它专门为城市居民提供休闲空间，让他们体验“清新的空气”。

2016年考研阅读原文

考研Among other weaknesses, the measures cities must employ when left to tackle dirty air on their own are politically contentious, and therefore vulnerable.

除其他弱点外，城市在独自应对污染空气时必须采取的措施在政治上有争议，因此容易受到影响。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研Seven months and one election day later, a new conservative city council suspended enforcement of the clean air zone, a first step toward its possible demise.

七个月零一个选举日后，一个新的保守党市议会暂停了清洁空气区的实施，这是其可能消亡的第一步。

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考By rail: the nearest station is Cark-in-cartmel with trains to Carnforth, Lancaster and Preston for connections to major cities & airports.

铁路：最近的车站是cartmel的Cark，有开往Carnforth、Lancaster和Preston的火车，可连接主要城市和机场。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

四级But it takes a lot more than a nearby airport to be a city of the future.

但要成为未来的城市，需要的远不止附近的机场。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020, but the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.

假设一切顺利，机场将于2020年10月开放，但这座空无一人的机场是德国效率声誉的最大障碍，也是城市和国家资源的持续消耗。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级The city broke ground on the new airport in 2006.

这座城市于2006年在新机场破土动工。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

六级They find the city alien to them.

他们发现这座城市与他们格格不入。

2011年12月听力原文

高考But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time.

但并非所有的城市都在长时间内发展缓慢。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考For those who fly to Guilin, it's only an hour away by car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city.

对于那些乘飞机去桂林的人来说，坐汽车只需一个小时的路程，就可以欣赏到这个著名城市的所有风景。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 语法填空 原文

高考Among the bag makers' arguments: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport.

在制袋商的论点中：许多禁止购物的城市仍然允许购物者购买纸袋，纸袋很容易回收，但生产和运输需要更多的能源。

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts.

如此之多的人最终在树枝上或高速公路上，以至于越来越多的城市不允许他们在结账时下车。

2018年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

六级Also, Venice, the city eternally threatened by the sea, where every morning wooden pathways have to be set up to allow tourists to reach their hotels.

此外，威尼斯，这座永远受到海洋威胁的城市，每天早上都要设置木制通道，让游客到达酒店。

2017年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section A

六级We can see this in almost every large city worldwide.

我们可以在世界上几乎每一个大城市看到这一点。

2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

高考In cities all over the world, people go to cafés to relax alone or with friends.

在世界各地的城市里，人们独自或与朋友去咖啡馆放松。

2015年高考英语上海卷 听力 原文

四级Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and San Diego.

全国各地的地区以及纽约、芝加哥和圣地亚哥等城市的市长都在关注此事。

2012年6月阅读原文

考研The apartments in the elegant towers mies built on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive, for example, were smaller-two-bedroom units under 1, 000 square feet-than those in their older neighbors along the city's Gold Coast.

例如，位于芝加哥湖岸大道上的优雅塔楼mies的公寓，面积在1000平方英尺以下，比他们在黄金海岸的老邻居的公寓要小。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

考研The proposal is that it should sit alongside the existing city of culture title, which was held by Hull in 2017 and has been awarded to Coventry for Zozl.

该提议是，它应该与现有的文化之城（city of culture）称号并驾齐驱，该称号于2017年由赫尔（Hull）持有，并已授予考文垂（Coventry）Zozl。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考I also love the exciting life in big cities.

我也喜欢大城市里令人兴奋的生活。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

四级It could also get people out of cities in danger of being bombed.

这也可能使人们脱离城市，面临被轰炸的危险。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

考研The researchers mapped not only the city’s vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

研究人员不仅绘制了这座城市广阔而华丽的仪式区域，还绘制了数百个普通人居住的简单公寓楼。

2014年考研阅读原文

考研And also, the Middle East excepted, Europe is the most monarch-infested region in the world, with 10 kingdoms ( ' , not counting Vatican City and Andorra).

此外，除中东外，欧洲是世界上君主出没最多的地区，有10个王国（不包括梵蒂冈城和安道尔）。

2015年考研阅读原文

考研The researchers mapped not only the city's vast and ornate ceremonial areas, but also hundreds of simpler apartment complexes where common people lived.

研究人员不仅绘制了这座城市广阔而华丽的仪式区域，还绘制了数百个普通人居住的简单公寓楼。

2014年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考Although Dr Dominoni has only studied light pollution, other research concluded that robins living in noisy cities have started to sing at night to make themselves heard over loud noise.

虽然多米诺尼博士只研究了光污染，但其他研究得出结论，生活在嘈杂城市中的知更鸟已经开始在夜间唱歌，以使自己在嘈杂声中被听到。

2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

高考The city's "psychology cafes", which offer great comfort, are among the most popular places.

这座城市的“心理咖啡馆”非常舒适，是最受欢迎的地方之一。

2015年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

四级In fact, Seattle ranks 44th among major US cities in average annual rainfall.

事实上，西雅图的年平均降雨量在美国主要城市中排名第44位。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

六级The biggest and most exciting challenge of this technology is how to creatively leverage this ever-growing amount of data to deliver cost savings, improvements and tangible benefits to both businesses and citizens of these smart cities.

这项技术最大、最令人兴奋的挑战是如何创造性地利用不断增长的数据量，为这些智能城市的企业和公民带来成本节约、改进和切实利益。

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the city underwater.

这伤害了在水下支撑城市的古老木杆。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

高考A city is the product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's intelligence and creativity.

城市是人类手和心灵的产物，反映了人类的智慧和创造力。

2019年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

高考A photography exhibition held by Han Media to celebrate its founding in New York city on April 24, featuring three emerging Chinese photographers; yingxi Michael Shi, Haiyin lin and liming Guan, whose works have appeared in publications such as Vogue.

4月24日，韩媒为庆祝其在纽约市的成立而举办的摄影展，展出了三位新兴的中国摄影师；其作品曾出现在《Vogue》等出版物上。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 原文

四级The report refers to this as the coming of the 18-hour city, and uses the term to refer to cities like Houston, Austin, Charlotte, and Nashville, which are positioning themselves as highly competitive, in terms of livability, employment offerings, and recreational and cultural facilities.

该报告称之为18小时城市的到来，并使用该术语来指休斯顿、奥斯汀、夏洛特和纳什维尔等城市，这些城市在宜居性、就业机会以及娱乐和文化设施方面都将自己定位为极具竞争力的城市。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级Getting around a city is one thing — and then there's the matter of getting from one city to another.

环游一个城市是一回事，然后是从一个城市到另一个城市的问题。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级In 2014, UNESCO gave Italy two years to manage Venice's flourishing tourism or the city would be placed on another list—World Heritage In Danger, joining such sites as Aleppo and Palmyra,destroyed by the war in Syria.

2014年，联合国教科文组织给意大利两年时间来管理威尼斯蓬勃发展的旅游业，否则威尼斯将被列入另一个面临危险的世界遗产名单，加入阿勒颇和帕尔米拉等被叙利亚战争摧毁的遗址。

2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

考研In another case, American archaeologists Rene Million and George Cowgill spent years systematically mapping the entire city of Teotihuacan in the Valley of Mexico near what is now Mexico City.

在另一个案例中，美国考古学家雷内·百万（Rene Million）和乔治·考吉尔（George Cowgill）花了数年时间系统地绘制了墨西哥山谷中的整个特奥蒂瓦坎（Teotihuacan）城市的地图，该城市靠近现在的墨西哥城。

2014年考研阅读原文

高考Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris.

道森没有伦敦或巴黎等城市的任何自然便利设施。

2018年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

高考I guess that can be true in any big city in a new country, but the French do seem to be less friendly than the people back home.

我想在一个新国家的任何一个大城市都是如此，但法国人似乎并没有家乡的人友好。

2017年高考英语浙江卷（11月） 听力 原文

四级Today, when time zones have less and less meaning, there is little tolerance for offices' closing for lunch, and worsening traffic in cities means workers can't make it home and back fast enough anyway.

如今，时区的意义越来越小，人们几乎不能容忍办公室因午餐而关门，城市交通的恶化意味着工人们无论如何都不能足够快地回家和回家。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级Smith touches on construction methods, the revolutionary invention of the automatic lift, the practicalities of living in the sky and the likelihood that, as cities become more crowded, apartment living will become the norm.

史密斯谈到了建筑方法、自动电梯的革命性发明、生活在空中的实用性，以及随着城市变得更加拥挤，公寓式生活将成为常态的可能性。

2013年6月阅读原文

四级While the city council vote was met with applause inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists made sharp criticisms and a promise to challenge the tax in court.

尽管市议会的投票在议会大厅里赢得了掌声，但包括苏打水游说者在内的反对者提出了尖锐的批评，并承诺在法庭上挑战该税。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

高考Steinhardt discusses the forbidden city and Beijing's imperial architecture.

斯坦哈特讨论了紫禁城和北京的皇家建筑。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 原文

高考The first session of the China institute in America short course beijing: the city through its architecture opens on Wednesday.

美国中国研究院的第一期短期课程《北京：城市建筑》将于周三开幕。

2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 信息匹配 原文

高考Hilversum is a medium-sized city between the major cities of Amsterdam and utrecht in the Gooi area of north Holland, the netherlands.

Hilversum是一个中等城市，位于荷兰北部古伊地区的阿姆斯特丹和乌得勒支两大城市之间。

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

高考Of course, safety should be considered, and that's one area where small towns are better than big cities.

当然，应该考虑安全问题，这是一个小城镇比大城市更好的领域。

2014年高考英语全国卷1 听力 原文

四级And that's the probe Songdo has become a popular Korean city —more popular as a residential area than a business one.

这就是探索松多已经成为一个受欢迎的韩国城市-作为一个住宅区比商业区更受欢迎。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

六级The report focused on poor urban areas, where farms in or near cities supply relatively inexpensive food.

该报告重点关注贫困城市地区，城市内或城市附近的农场供应相对便宜的食品。

2016年6月阅读原文

考研Cooper and her colleagues argue that the success of the crown for Hull, where it brought in £220m of investment and an avalanche of arts, out not to be confined to cities.

库珀和她的同事们认为，《赫尔王冠》的成功带来了2.2亿英镑的投资和大量的艺术作品，这并不局限于城市。

2020年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

高考And I need to show him around the city.

我需要带他参观这个城市。

2017年高考英语全国卷2 听力 原文

四级Kasarda says future cities should be built intentionally around or near airports.

卡萨达说，未来的城市应该有意识地在机场周围或附近建设。

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

四级That means there's little money around for investment that would make cities liveable and more productive.

这意味着几乎没有钱用于投资，使城市更宜居，更具生产力。

2017年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C