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单选题 Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A.West European cities established their own urban tradition.
B.West European cities grew directly out of those in the Middle East.
C.Cities appeared earlier in the Middle East than in Greece and Rome.
D.West European and Middle East cities went through the same phases.

参考答案:C进入在线模考
C。本题考查对事件发生先后顺序的判断,需找准时间状语。文章一开头就提到,第一批真正的城市于5000年前出现在中东,第二段开头又提到当城市生活的基础在欧洲建立时,城市的传统也经由希腊文明和罗马文明,从远古的中东城市传承下来,由此可以推断中东地区的城市出现在希腊、罗马之前,故本题选C。

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