Part III(Parts of the following text are missing. While listening to the tape, complete the passage by filling in each blank space with the correct word or words on the ANSWER SHEET. There are 20 blanks, each carrying 1 point. You will hear the passage only once. At the end of the recording, you will have 3 minutes to finish this part.)
1. Today we're going to discuss the______（1）of the world’s population, which is an______（2） worldwide. First, I’ll focus on two major reasons why people are moving to cities. The first reason is economic. People are moving to the cities where they can find jobs and earn money. Until the twentieth century, the______（3）of employment, full and part time, was______（4）. Now, no more than fifteen percent of all jobs are connected to farming. Jobs now are being created in information technology, ______（5） and services areas, such as tourism and______（6）. And these new jobs are in or around major cities. The second reason for the move to cities has to do with quality of life issues: ______（7）. For many, city life is just more comfortable. There are ______（8），shops, and places of entertainment. An interesting consequence of ______（9） is that the average age of people in the countryside is increasing, while that of the cities is falling. More old people stay in the countryside than young people and the______（10） is true in the cities. An important change is that our cities are breaking up into______（11）, often by ethnic group or______（12）. Of course many cities do have a kind of identity, but a city is not______（13）. For example, migrants to the cities often want to live in their own communities or with people from a similar______（14）. Another example is that if you are moving from a smaller community to a city, you will be most likely to move to close friends or family members, who will help you get a job or give you support. However this often means that people stay within their own community and do not come into ______（15） others from different backgrounds. The biggest______（16） facing us now is to improve the quality of life in cities, because sadly, they don’t always offer the______（17）, the safety, or the comfort they promise. Many cities have slum areas or______（18），where people live in______（19）. The beautiful architecture and vibrant nightlife are one face of the city. But cities also have problems of______（20）, crowding, and poverty.
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