conflict专业英语八级考试试题与答案(3)

2021年1月10日发(作者：谷梅)
专业英语八级考试试题与答案(3)
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Every street had a story, every building a memory, Those blessed
with wonderful childhoods can drive the streets of their hometowns and
happily roll back the years. The rest are pulled home by duty and leave as
soon as possible. After Ray Atlee had been in Clanton （his hometown）
for fifteen minutes he was anxious to get out.
The town had changed, but then it hadn’t. On the highways leading
in, the cheap metal buildings and mobile homes were gathering as tightly
as possible next to the roads for maximum visibility. This town had no
zoning whatsoever. A landowner could build anything wiih no permit no
inspection, no notice to adjoining landowners. nothing. Only hog farms
and nuclear reactors required approvals and paperwork. The result was a
slash-and-build clutter that got uglier by the year.
But in the older sections, nearer the square, the town had not
changed at all The long shaded streets were as clean and neat as when
Kay roamed them on his bike. Most of the houses were still owned by
people he knew, or if those folks had passed on the new owners kept the
lawns clipped and the shutters painted. Only a few were being neglected.
A handful had been abandoned.
This deep in Bible country, it was still an unwritten rule in the town
that little was done on Sundays except go to church, sit on porches, visit