High-technology corridors have sprung up in the global economic core. The resulting collection of high-tech industries has been called a tehcnopole with the best known being California's "Silicon Valley." A similar concentration has appeared around the city of ______________ in the eastern United States.

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The passage mentions a concentration of high-tech industries in the eastern United States, and the best-known example is Silicon Valley in California. This rules out choices A, B, and C. Therefore, the correct answer is D, Boston, as it is a well-known center of high-tech industries and innovation in the eastern United States.

High-Technology Corridors Have Sprung Up in the Global Economic Core