According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

【定位】文章倒数第二段的第二句“For the first time in history，the majority ofpeople live in cities．”。
【答案详解】细节题。根据文章倒数第二段可知历史上第一次大部分人居住在城市，因而C项说的历史上第一次城市人口比农村人口要多是正确的。故选c。
【膏频词汇】
1．gather聚集 2．affect影响 3．reduce减少，降低
4．metropolis大都市 5．demonstrate证实 6．alter改变
7．negative消极的
【难句解析】
1．While it’s long been recognized that city life is exhausting．this new research suggests that cities actually dull our thinking，sometimes dramatically so．
句子的主干是this new research suggests that…，that后面的是宾语从句，while引导的是状语从句。
2．In recent years，it’s become clear that such unnatural surroundings have important implica-tiom for Our mental and physical health，and Can powerfully alter how we think．句子主干是：it’s become clear that…，在理解的时候要分清句子的主干成分、拆分理解。