Question

    As businesses and governments have struggled to understand the so-called millennials—born between roughly 1980 and 2000—one frequent conclusion has been that they have a unique love of cities. A deep-seated preference for night life and subways, the thinking goes, has driven the revitalization of urban cores across the U.S. over the last decade-plus.

But there’s mounting evidence that millennials’ love of cities was a passing fling(放纵). Millennials don’t love cities any more than previous generations.

The latest argument comes from Dowell Myers, an urban planning professor at USC.As they age, says Myers, millennials’ presence in cities, will “be evaporating(蒸发) through our fingers, if we don’t make some plans now.” That’s because millennials’ preference for cities will fade as they start families and become more established in their careers.

It’s about more than aging, though. Demographer William Frey has been arguing for years that millennials have become‘stuck’in cities by the 2008 downturn and the following slow recovery, with poor job prospects and declining wages making it harder for them to afford to buy homes in suburbia.

Myers, too, says observers have confused young people’s presence in cities with a preference for cities. Survey data shows that more millennials would like to be living in the suburbs than actually are. But the normal career and family cycles moving young people from cities into suburban houses have become, in Myers’ words, “a plugged up drain.”

But unemployment has finally returned to healthy lows (though participation rates and wages are still largely stagnant), which Myers says should finally increase mobility for millennials.

Other trends among millennials, supposedly matters of lifestyle preference, have already turned out to have been driven mostly by economics. What was once deemed their broad preference for public transit may have always been a now-reversing inability to afford cars. Even decades-long trends towards marrying later have been accentuated as today’ s young people struggle for financial stability.

Investors are already taking the idea that millennials will return to old behavior patterns seriously, putting more money into auto manufacturers and developers. But urban lifestyles, up to and including trendy bars, aren’t just hip—they’re a part of what powers a city’s economic engines, bringing people together to explore new ideas, create companies, and build careers.

From the 1960s to the 1990s, we saw that suburbanization(城市郊区化) also means an economic and social hollowing out for cities. Now that the economic shackles are coming off today’s young city residents, cities that want to stay vibrant(充满生机的) have to figure out how to convince them—and their growing families—to stick around.

1.Why are Millennials about to leave city?

A. It is too expensive for them to buy apartment in cities.

B. They find it difficult for to seek a god job in cities.

C. It is easier to get married moving to the suburban.

D. They are more confident with their economic situation.

2.What does the author mean quoting Myerˈs “a plugged up drain"(para 5)?

A. Millennials are reluctant to leave attractive cities.

B. Millennals are stopped from moving to the suburbs.

C. Milennials are unwilling to be cut off from the suburban.

D. Millennials are afraid of another economic decline.

3.How does the author feel about the suburbanization?

A. sign of stable finance.

B. A growth of health issues

C. A conflict of new ideas.

D. A loss of modem life

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章主要讲了企业和政府一直在努力理解所谓的千禧一代。调查数据显示，千禧一代希望居住在郊区的人数比实际人数还要多。

1.细节理解题。根据第三段That’s because millennials’ preference for cities will fade as they start families and become more established in their careers.（这是因为千禧一代对城市的偏好会随着他们成家立业而消退，并在职业生涯中变得更加稳固。）由此可知，千禧一代要离开城市是因为千禧一代对城市的偏好将随着他们开始家庭生活而消失，他们对自己的经济状况更有信心，故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据第五段Survey data shows that more millennials would like to be living in the suburbs than actually are. But the normal career and family cycles moving young people from cities into suburban houses have become, in Myers’ words, “a plugged up drain.” 可知，调查数据显示，千禧一代希望居住在郊区的人数比实际人数还要多，但是，用迈尔斯的话说，将年轻人从城市搬到郊区住宅的正常职业和家庭循环已经变成了“堵塞的下水道”。因此推测​a plugged up drain的意思是受到阻碍，故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段From the 1960s to the 1990s, we saw that suburbanization(城市郊区化) also means an economic and social hollowing out for cities.可知，作者认为郊区化是金融稳定的标志，故选A。