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2008年12月大学英语六级复合式听写

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One of the most common images of an advanced, Western-style culture is that of a busy, traffic-filled city. Since their first ______ on American roadways, automobiles have become a ______ of progress, a source of thousands of jobs and an almost inalienable right for citizens’ personal freedom of movement. In recent _______, our “love affair” with the car is being ________ directly to the developing world, and it is increasingly _______ that this transfer is leading to disaster.
American’s almost complete dependence on automobiles has been a terrible mistake. As late as the 1950s, a large ________ of the American public used mass transit. A ________ of public policy decisions and corporate scheming saw to it that countless ________ and efficient urban streetcar and intra-city rail systems were dismantled. ____________. Our lives have been planned along a road grid—homes far from work, shopping far from everything, with ugly stretches of concrete and blacktop in between. Developing countries are copying Western-style transportation systems down to the last detail. _________. Pollution control measures are either not strict or nonexistent, leading to choking clouds of smog. Gasoline still contains lead, which is extremely poisonous to humans. ____.In addition to pollution and traffic jams, auto safety is a critical issue in developing nations.