2．直接解题： 1. “...these are cities(城市) concerned with （关心）the past（过去）”in the first paragraph（段） refer to （指，提到， 查阅）cities that ___. A are worried about (担心)their past. B. have a glorious（光荣的，显赫的） past to be proud of（以...为自豪， ）. C. want to maintain（保持， 维修， 主张） their traditional（传统的） image（形象， 图像）. D. are very interested in （对...感兴趣）their own（自己的） history（历史）. 1. C. 细节题。 问题问“第一段中提到的‘这些是关注过去的城市’指的是什么城市？ ”。首先找到出现在问题句引号中的这个句子： Think of a modern city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven. It is true（真实的， 忠诚的） that some cities don’t permit（允许） buildings（建筑物） to go above（超出， 在...之上） a certain（一定的） height（高度）.But these some cities are cities concerned with the past. The first thing any city does when it wants to tell(告诉) the world（世界） that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers. 从以上的答案相关句可知关注过去的城市不允许建筑物超出一定得高度， 由此可以推断出这样的城市希望保持其传统的城市形象。 2． The difficulty(困难) in constructing（建造） tall（高的） buildings（建筑物） in the 19th century（世纪） lies in （在于...）___. A. the shortage（缺乏， 不足） of money B. the lack of （缺少...）a device(装置， 设备) to carry（携带， 运输） people upward（向上） C. the backward（向后的，落后的） technology（技术） D. mountains（山） taking up （拿起, 开始从事, 占据）land（土地， 国家） space（空间） 2.B． 细节题。 利用问题句中的特征结构the 19th century作为答案线索，同时利用被选项中出现的细节信息结构（A：money, C: backward technology, D: mountains）共同作为答案线索， 在文章中查找答案相关句：顺着上一题的答案位置往下查找： Think of a modern city and the first image that come to mind is the skyline. It is full of great buildings, pointing like fingers to heaven.（第一题答案相关句） It is true that some cities don’t permit buildings to go above a certain height. But these are cities concerned with the past. The first thing any city does when it wants to tell the world that it has arrived is to build skyscrapers. When people gather together in cites, they create a demand for land. Since cities are places where money is made, that demand can be met. And the best way to make money out of city land is to put as many people as possible in a space that covers the smallest amount of ground. That means（意味着） building（修建） upwards（向上）. The technology existed（存在） to do this as early as（早在...） the 19th century. But the height（高度， 海拔） of buildings was limited by（被...限制） one important （重要的）factor（因素）. They had to be small（小的） enough（足够） for people on the top floors（顶层） to climb（爬， 攀登） stairs（楼梯）. People could not be expected（被期望） to climb a mountain at the end of （在...结束的时候）their journey（旅程） to work, or home. 第3段中的答案相关句说：早在19世纪建造高楼的技术已经存在，限制楼高的因素只有一个，那就是人们下班后不想像爬山那样去爬楼梯， 这说明当时还没有找到把人送往高处的办法。