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s in size, but in other parts of the world the growth was eight times their size. They(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) 附:2007年12月聽力真題答案 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. D 16. B 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. C 21. B 22. A 23. C 24. A 25. D 26. A 27. B 28. C 29. D 30. B 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. B 36. alarming. 37. increased 38. sheer 39. disturbing 40. parison 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 a growth in the number of hopeless and despairing parents and starving children.