Question

However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing ever 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（繁荣）,” 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.According to the passage, in the year of 2030 _______.

A．rural area will be extinct

B．most people will live in cities

C．there will be 21 cities having a population of more than 10 million

D．the third world will keep abreast with the developed world

2.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

3.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Cities contribute more to the GDP than the villagers.

B．Some problems are more easily solved in cities than in country.

C．The developing countries develop faster than the developed countries.

D．It’s impossible to solve urban problems by getting people out of cities.

4.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

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：城市发展造成超大型城市越来越多。随之产生很多问题。然而，这些问题只有城

市进一步发展和完善才能解决。

1.这是细节理解题。根据本文第一段最后一句话说明该问题。By the year 2030, for the first time in history, 60 percent of the world’s people will be living in cities.

故选B。

2.这是推理判断题。根据作者最同意的一句话是：城市越发展，生活越美好。The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities.这一句话说明城市的质量决定未来人们的生活质量。由此推断应选A。

3.这是细节理解题。根据发展中国家比发达国家的发展更快。cities worldwide have been growing ever more rapidly. Some of this growth has occurred in the developed world, but the most dramatic increase has been in the Third World.故选C。

4.这是推理判断题。根据“City problems,” one authority points out, “mostly have to do with weak, ineffective, and usually unrepresentative city governments.”

政府应该为城市问题负责。故选D。

考点：这是一篇社会类的文章。