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[单项选择]Faster than ever before, the human world is becoming an urban world. By the millions they come, the ambitious and the down-trodden of the world drawn by the strange magnetism of urban (41) . For centuries the progress of civilization has been (42) by the rigid growth of cities. Now the world is (43) to pass a milestone: more people will live in urban areas than in the countryside.
Explosive population growth (44) a torrent of migration from the countryside are creating cities that dwarf the great capitals of the past. By the (45) of the century, there will be fifty-one "megacities" with populations of ten million or more. Of these, eighteen will be in (46) countries, including some of the poorest nations in the world. Mexico City already (47) twenty million people and Calcutta twelve million. According to the World Bank, (48) of Africa’s cities are growing by 10% a year, the swiftest (49) of urbanization ever recorded
A. defined.
B. estimated
C. created
D. expected
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More people than ever arc drinking coffee these
days--but
in small quantities than they used to Some 62.
______
manufacturers of coffee makers are trying to make
63. ______
advantage of this trend by developing diminutive
machines that
brew (煮) smaller amounts of coffee.
Two U.S. appliance companies--Black &
Decker,
basing in Towson, Maryland, and Toastmaster Inc. of 64.
______
Columbia, Missouri--has recently introduced "drip"
65. ______
coffee makers that brew one or two cup servings
of
coffee. Neither of the products brew the coffee
66. ______
directly into a cup or mug, eliminating the need for
a
separate carafe. Since many people make a pot of
coffee in the morning
and drink only a single cup, the 67. ______
new coffee makers should
reduce the wasted coffee.
Black & Decker’s Cup-at-a-Time spends ＄27,
while 68. ______
Toastmaster’s Coffee Break retails for
＄20.
