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.”
【小題1】The passage mainly discusses ______________.
A.Big cities. | B.City life. |
C.Population. | D.Gross Domestic Product. |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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. |
【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】A
【小題5】D
解析試題分析:這篇文章介紹了城市發(fā)展的過(guò)程和作用,對(duì)比了城市和農(nóng)村,及發(fā)展中國(guó)家和發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家的城市,還有城市出現(xiàn)的問(wèn)題。
【小題1】主旨題:從第一段的主題句:However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing ever more rapidly.可知是討論大城市。選A
【小題2】推理題:從第二段的句子:可知60 percent of the world’s people will be living in cities.說(shuō)明大多數(shù)的人會(huì)生活在城市里。選 C
【小題3】推理題:從第三段的句子:The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities.可知作者認(rèn)為城市更好生活更好。選A
【小題4】排除題:第二段的句子: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可知B是對(duì)的,這句話population numbers by themselves don’t determine a city’s prospects; after all, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Hamburg, Germany, have the same population.可知C是對(duì)的,這句話:there’s the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city’s problems is to keep people out of them,可知D是對(duì)的,所以選A。
【小題5】推理題:從最后一句話:“City problems,” one authority points out, “mostly have to do with weak, ineffective, and usually unrepresentative city governments.”可知政府應(yīng)該為城市問(wèn)題負(fù)責(zé)。選D
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