By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world ’s population will be living in cities _______ in the country.
正确答案： D
本题解析：
本题考查词组辨析。 rather than ：与其…(不如);不是…(而是)。句意：到二十一世纪中叶，世界上大多数人口将生活在城市而不是农村。
The house was quiet in the night, ________ the occasional coughing from my throat.
________ in thought, he almost ran into the car in front of him.
The government called out policemen to suppress the riot.
The missing boys were last seen ________ near the river.
The policeman came up to the lonely house with the door _______, _______ there for a while and then entered it.
_______ he goes, she will go, and she never cares _______ happens.
______ the new plan can be carried out will be discussed at the meeting tomorrow.
Please write a report ________ the above subjects are to be covered.