Over half the world"s people now live in cities. The latest "Global Report on Human Settlements" says a significant change took place last year. The report【C1】______this week from U.N. Habitat, a United Nations agency. A century ago, 【C2】______than five percent of all people lived in cities. 【C3】______ the middle of this century it could be seventy percent, or【C4】______six and a half billion people. Already three-fourths of people in【C5】______countries live in cities. Now most urban population 【C6】______is in the developing world. Urbanization can【C7】______to social and economic progress, but also put【C8】______on cities to provide housing and 【C9】______. The new report says almost two hundred thousand people move【C10】______cities and towns each day. It says worsening inequalities,【C11】______by social divisions and differences in【C12】______ , could result in violence and crime【C13】______ cities plan better. Another issue is urban sprawl. This is where cities【C14】______quickly into rural areas, sometimes【C15】______a much faster rate than urban population growth. Sprawl is【C16】______ in the United States. Americans move a lot. In a recent study, Art Hall at the University of Kansas found that people are moving away from the【C17】______cities to smaller ones. He sees a 【C18】______toward "de-urbanization" across the nation.【C19】______urban economies still provide many【C20】______ that rural areas do not.
单选题
【C1】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:考查动词短语辨析。come on意为“加油;上场”;come off意为“举行;成功”;come over。意为“过来;顺便来访”;come out意为“发表,发布;出版”,该句的主语是The report(这个报告),报告只能是“发表,发布”,故应选D.came out。“the report came out this week”指“这周发布报告”。
【答案解析】解析:考查副词辨析。almost意为“几乎,将近”,almost six and a half billion people“将近65亿人”是对前面内容的解释,具体说明城市人口将会有多少。really意为“真正地”;barely意为“仅仅”;ever意为“曾经;究竟”,均不符合句意,故排除。故选D.almost。
【答案解析】解析:考查名词辨析。wealth意为“财富”,指大量的东西或大笔的钱,social division and differences in wealth指“社会分工和财富上的差距”。treasure意为“金银财宝”,指储藏起来或是搜集起来的财富。其他两项中,situation意为“情况”,category意为“种类”,均不符合文意,故本题应选B.wealth。
【答案解析】解析:考查动词辨析。expand意为“扩张”;split意为“劈开”;invade意为“侵略”,enlarge意为“扩大”。根据句意“______农村地区”,首先可排除split和invade。再根据前句提到的“另一个问题就是城市的无序扩张”,可知此处说的是“城市扩张到农村地区’,即expand into rural areas,故选A.expand。
单选题
【C15】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:考查固定搭配。at a…rate为固定搭配,意为“以…的速度”,at a much faster rate就是“以更快的速度”,故本题选D.at。