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Audio Track 1-5-10.mp3: Two magazines recently listed the best cities to live in. Here are two ofthe cities listed as “the world’s best.” One of the two cities is San Jose,Capital of Costa Rica. Costa Rica (1)________ ________ ________ CentralAmerica. When people think of Costa Rica, they imagine rain forests, rivers,and beautiful beaches. These things are not in San Jose. But San Jose is stillone of the world's best cities. Why? Unlike other cities in Central and SouthAmerica, San Jose has (2)________ ________ ________ ________ — about 15 to 26 degrees centigrade.Housing is affordable in San Jose. Also, many of the city's older neighborhoodsare very beautiful and have small hotels, art galleries and cafes. Beautifulvolcanoes and mountains surround the city. You can visit them easily from SanJose. The minuses are: there's a good public transportation, but the trafficand air pollution are a problem in the city center. Another city is Hong Kong,China. Why do people like to live in Hong Kong? Here are (3)________ ________ ________. First, this is a lively city. Hong Kong was once a smallfishing village, but now is an international business center. It is aninteresting mix of East and West, old and new. Modern skyscrapers are next tosmall temples. Popular nightclubs are close to traditional teahouses. Busy crowdsfill the streets at all hours of the day. But outside the city, there are parksfor (4)________ ________ ________. The second reason is the good food.Hong Kong is famous for its wonderful native dishes. There's also food fromEurope, North America, and other parts of Asia. The minuses are: this smallcity has a large population. How many people live in Hong Kong? Almost sevenmillion! That's why housing is often very expensive. (5)________ ________ ________ ________ are also aproblem.