Listening
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read forthe first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for thesecond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact wordsyou have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missinginformation. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or writedown the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time,you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
More and more of the word’s population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which citiesare growing in the less developed countries is(36) ____. Between 1920 and 1960 big cities indeveloped countries(37) _____two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world thegrowth was eight times their size.
They(38) ____size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very(39)____signs oftrouble in the(40) _____of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of peopleworking in industry. During the nineteenth century cities grew as a result of the growth ofindustry. In Europe the(41)_____of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the(42)_____working in factories. Now, however, the(43)_______is almost always true in thenewly industrialized world:(44) ______________________________________ .
Without a base of people working in industry, these cities cannot pay for their growth;(45)________________
_______________________________________ . There has been little opportunity to buildwater supplies or other facilities. (46) _________________________ a growth in the numberof hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.
【听力原文】
More and more of the world’s population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is alarming. Between 1920 and 1960, big cities indeveloped countries increased two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size. The sheer size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very disturbing signs of trouble in the comparison of percentages of people living intowns and percentages of people working in industry. During the 19th century, cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. In Europe, the proportion of people living in cities was always smaller than that of the work force working in factories. Now, however, the reverse is almost always true in the newly industrialized world. The percentage of people living in cities is much higher than the percentage working in industry. Without a base of people working in industry,these cities cannot pay for their growth. There is not enough money to build adequate houses for the people that live there, let alone the new arrivals. There has been little opportunity to build water supplies or other facilities. So the figures for the growth of towns and cities represent proportional growth of unemployment and underemployment, a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.
