Dr.O'ConnerisquitesurprisedbytheresultsforBirminghambecausepeoplewholiveinthesameplaceforalongti )pastnegativelyb)pastpositivelyc)futurenegativelyd)futurepositively原文:thesituationinBirminghamisoddbecauseyoumightexpectpeoplewhohavelivedinthesamehouseformuchlongertolookbackonhegoodolddaysofstrongcommunities,yettheyareoptimisticofthingsgettingbetter.
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I guess the answer is D.题目的问题是Birmingham 令人surprise的原因，原文中即对应odd一词。文中"expect"和"yet"两个词可以看出odd的原因，原本认为长期居住在那里的人应该怀念过去的时光，但是他们却对未来更加乐观。
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Well, I have different answer for this question, choose A
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d) future positively最后一句， yet they are optimistic of things getting better.指的是在对美好的过去怀念的基础上，对为未来感到乐观，认为一切会更好。所以是D,对未来感到积极。