The urban population of Beijing ______during the last five years.A.have greatly increasedB
The urban population of Beijing ______during the last five years.
A.have greatly increased
B.has great increased
C.has greatly increased
The urban population of Beijing ______during the last five years.
A.have greatly increased
B.has great increased
C.has greatly increased
第1题
The author suggests that in Canada during the 1950s ______.
A.the urban population decreased rapidly
B.fewer people married
C.economic conditions were poor
D.the birth rate was very high
第2题
The author most likely agrees that ______.
A.better city, better life
B.both urban and rural areas have their advantages
C.the larger population, the faster a city develops
D.both urban and rural areas have their problems
第3题
Poorly developed countries of low population density may have
A.epidemics.
B.large rural population.
C.low rural population.
D.large urban population.
第4题
Advanced countries of low population density may well have
A.epidemics.
B.arable land.
C.large rural population.
D.large urban population.
第5题
Netherlands leads in the urban turbine technology because___________.
A. the Dutch are natural pioneers
B. the Dutch have a tradition with windmills
C. the Netherlands is windier than Germany,Finland and Slovenia
D. the Netherlands is a small country with a large population
第6题
The world has become a world of cities. With the present rate of urban growth(3. 8% in the Third World) , the majority of the population of the world will be living in cities by the year 2000. This will transform the rural-urban equation which has marked the history of mankind up to now and will call for new example and a great deal of innovation to face this phenomenon. This being so, one must accept the fact that for some years to come, no policy will be capable of stopping or reversing the present migratory trend from the rural areas to the cities in the Third World. In Africa, the urban population will reach 330 million people by the end of the century as against 150 million in 1995. The number of people living in shanty-towns (贫富窟) will inevitably increase in spite of the efforts to improve housing conditions. Africa alone needs to build 12 million housing units between now and the year 2000 to meet its most basic needs. In an ILO study, M. S. V. Sethuraman estimates that in 70 Third "World cities the proportion of people living in shanty-towns varies from 15% to 70% and that about US $ 116 billion is required to give minimum comfort to these people by the turn of the century—less than US $ 10 billion per year. The world population is growing at a rate of about 90 million people per year, with the Third World accounting for 80 million of them. The pressure on cities can only go on increasing. The urban population of the developing countries will exceed 2 billion people by the year 2000 and since the main reason for the high demographic (人口统计的) growth is poverty, the additional population will be mostly made of people of very limited means. If the urban population of the developing countries exceeds 2 billion people by the year 2000, the main problem the additional people will face is______.
A.housing
B.food
C.poverty
D.limited land
第7题
Poorly developed countries of low population density may have
A. epidemics.
B. large rural population.
C. low rural population.
D. large urban population.
第8题
Even more troubling than the increasing number of inhabitants are the projections of where they will be concentrated. The study by Rafael M. Solos, executive director of the U. N. Fund for Population Activities, notes that by the year 2000:
Nearly 80 percent of all people will live in less developed countries, many hard pressed to support their present populations. That compares with 70 percent today.
In many of these Third World lands metropolises (大城市) will become centers of concentrated urban poverty because of a flood of migration from rural areas.
The bulging(膨胀的) centers mainly in Asia and Latin America, will increasingly become fertile fields for social unrest. More young residents of the urban clusters(一群) will be better educated, unemployed and demanding of a better lifestyle.
To slow the rush to urban centers, countries will have to vastly expand opportunities in the country side, the study suggests. Solos says: "The solution to the urban problem lies as much in the rural areas as in the cities themselves."
Worldwide, the numer of large cities ,will multiply. Now 26 cities have 5 million or more residents each and a combined population of 252 million. By the end of the decade, the number will escalate to 60. with an estimated total of almost 650 million people.
In the last paragraph, the word "escalate" means ______.
A.decrease
B.increase
C.go down
D.decline
第9题
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.In the late eighteenth century, many cities in America increased in size.
B.The populations of most cities increased naturally in the nineteenth century.
C.The most important way for an urban population to grow is through natural increase.
D.The population growth of American cities was the result of both immigration and expansion.
第10题
Part B
As its population grows and more and more peasants flood into its big cities, urban housing problem becomes the number one in China. There is a discussion in a newspaper on this issue and its possible solutions. Please write an essay on the topic Housing Problem in China for the same newspaper to give your opinion. You are required to write three paragraphs and the first sentence of each paragraph is given below;
(1)Housing problem comes hand in hand with population growth.
(2)Despite the mushrooming high buildings, the provision of living space still falls far short of demands.
(3)Various solutions have been suggested.
Your essay should be no less than 120 words, not including the words given.