From the passage it can be inferred that cities are good places to live in for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that they:

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Question :

From the passage it can be inferred that cities are good places to live in for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that they:

A.
offer employment opportunities.
B.
help prevent destruction of the environment.
C.
contribute to the cultural transformation of residents.
D.

have suburban areas as well as office areas.

Option D is the correct answer.

Explanatory Answer

That cities have suburban as well as office areas does not meaningfully relate to the idea that cities are good places to live in. In the passage, the author mentions employment opportunities (‘give people decent jobs. Then they can afford houses, and gain security’), prevention of destruction of the environment (example of Manaus) and cultural transformation (‘the progress is from hick to metropolitan to cosmopolitan’) as reasons for cities being good places to live in.