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However urban life strikes you£¬cities worldwide have been growing even more rapidly£®Some of this growth has occurred in the developed world£¬but the most dramatic increase has been in the Third World£®Almost all the world¡¯s population growth over the next 30 years will take place in the cities of developing countries
By the year 2030£¬for the first time in history£¬60 percent of the world¡¯s people will be living in cities£®
This is actually good news in some ways£®¡°Cities are the fundamental building blocks of prosperity,¡± says Marc Weiss£¬chairman of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development£¬¡° both for the nation and for families£®¡± Industrial and commercial activities in urban areas account for between 50 and 80 percent of the gross domestic product £¨GDP£© in most countries of the world¡° there¡¯s the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city¡¯s problems is to keep people out of them,¡± Weiss continued£®¡°But the problems of the rural life are even more serious than those of the city£®¡± For better or worse£¬urban-watchers are clear on one point: The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities£®Those cities will be bigger than ever£®And yet£¬population numbers by themselves don¡¯t determine a city¡¯s prospects£» after all£¬Addis Ababa£¬Ethiopia£¬and Hamburg£¬Germany£¬have the same population£®Nor is explosive growth necessarily the determining factor£®¡°City problems,¡± one authority points out£¬¡°mostly have to do with weak£¬ineffective£¬and usually unrepresentative city governments£®¡±
1.The passage mainly discusses ______________£®
A£®Big cities£®B£®City life£®
C£®Population£®D£®Gross Domestic Product£®
2.According to the passage£¬in the year of 2030 _______£®
A£®there will be 21 cities having a population of more than 10 million£®
B£®rural area will be extinct£®
C£®most people will live in cities£®
D£®the third world will keep abreast with the developed world£®
3.In the author¡¯s opinion£¬_________£®
A£®better city£¬better life
B£®both urban and rural areas have a larger population
C£®the larger population£¬the faster a city develops
D£®both urban and rural areas have larger gross domestic products
4.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
A£®The developing countries develop faster than the developed countries£®
B£®Cities contribute more to the GDP than the villagers£®
C£®Some problems are more easily solved in cities than in country£®
D£®It¡¯s impossible to solve urban problems by getting people out of cities£®
5.The last paragraph implies that ____________£®
A£®public services are ineffective£®
B£®cities are increasing too fast£®
C£®population is not linked with development£®
D£®government should be responsible for the problems in the cities£®
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2.C
3.A
4.A
5.D
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