Directions:
Below is a
summary of some of the main points of the passage. Read the summary and then
select the best word or phrase from the box below, according to the passage. You
should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the center.
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A |
dreadful |
H |
authority |
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B |
hardest to |
I |
previous century |
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C |
elated |
J |
marked |
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D |
slow down |
K |
were reversed |
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E |
boost |
L |
were abandoned |
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F |
last two centuries |
M |
concentrate |
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G |
mass migration |
N |
power |
| Increasing numbers of people
have migrated from the countryside and moved into towns and cites over
(17) . Most are in the Third World, where they are (18)
accommodate because facilities are at their most inadequate and meager
resources are most stretched. In spite of (19) living
conditions, the vast numbers of people moving into cities constitute the
biggest (20) ever. While governments can take action to
improve the conditions of squatters, the real solution is to (21)
the process of urbanization. But to do this governments need to change
the ways in which they (22) their development funds on the
urban areas. If their priorities (23) rural productivity
could be increased and this would help develop the national economy. In the end,
however, the rural population also lacks the (24) that their
urban countrymen can exert on governments. |