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2011年12月英语四级听力精练第1套:复合听写

2011-10-20来源:和谐英语
和谐英语编辑为大家收集整理了2011年12月英语四级听力复合听写36至46题听力音频试题,请大家试听做题。  More and more of the word’s population are living in towns or cities. The speed at which cities are growing in the less developed countries is__(36)__. Between 1920 and 1960 big cities in developed countries__(37)__two and a half times in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size.
  The__(38)__size of growth is bad enough, but there are now also very__(39)__signs of trouble in the__(40)__of percentages of people living in towns and percentages of people working in industry. During the nineteenth century cities grew as a result of the growth of industry. 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 the newly 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 build water supplies or other facilities. __(46)__,a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.
  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 in developed 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 in towns 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.
  答案:36. alarming.
  37. increased
  38. sheer
  39. disturbing
  40. comparison
  41. proportion
  42. workforce
  43. reverse
  44. The percentage of people living in cities is much higher than the percentage working in industry.
  45. There is not enough money to build adequate houses for the people that live there, let alone the new arrivals.
  46. So the figures for the growth of towns and cities represent proportional growth of unemployment and underemployment