Over half the world’s people now live in cities. The latest"Global Report on Human Settlements" says a significant change took p

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问题     Over half the world’s people now live in cities. The latest"Global Report on Human Settlements" says a significant change took place last year. The report【B1】______this week from U.N. Habitat, a United Nations agency.
    A century ago, 【B2】______than five percent of all people lived in cities. 【B3】______ the middle of this century it could be seventy percent, or【B4】______six and a half billion people. Already three-fourths of people in【B5】______countries live in cities. Now most urban population 【B6】______ is in the developing world.
    Urbanization can 【B7】______ to social and economic progress, but also put 【B8】______on cities to provide housing and【B9】______. The new report says almost two hundred thousand people move【B10】______cities and towns each day. It says worsening inequalities,【B11】______by social divisions and differences in【B12】______, could result in violence and crime【B13】______cities plan better.
    Another issue is urban sprawl. This is where cities【B14】______quickly into rural areas, sometimes【B15】______a much faster rate than urban population growth. Sprawl is【B16】______in the United States. Americans move a lot. In a recent study, Art Hall at the University of Kansas found that people are moving away from the【B17】______cities to smaller ones. He sees a【B18】______toward "de-urbanization" across the nation.【B19】______urban economies still provide many【B20】______that rural areas do not.
【B4】

选项 A、really
B、barely
C、ever
D、almost

答案D

解析 考查副词辨析。almost意为“几乎,将近”,almost six and a half billion people“将近65亿人”是对前面内容的解释,具体说明城市人口将会有多少。really意为“真正地”;barely意为“仅仅”;ever意为“曾经;究竟”,均不符合句意,故排除。故选D.almost。
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