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课阅读作业 五
Module 2　Period 1
Ⅰ 阅读理解
A
Brazil has become one of the developing world’s greatest
successes in reducing population growth—but more by
accident than design While countries such as India have made
joint efforts to reduce birth rates Brazil has had a better result
without really trying says George Martine at Harvard
Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2 99 a year
between 1951 and 1960 to 1 93 a year between 1981 and 1990 and
Brazilian women now have only 2 7 children on average Martine says
this figure may have fallen still further since 1990 an achievement that
makes it the envy of many other third world countries
Martine puts it down to among other things soap operas(通俗电
视 剧 )and installment( 分 期 付 款 )plans introduced in the 1970s Both
played an important although indirect role in lowering the birth rate
Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas Colobo
Brazil’s most popular television network shows three hours of soaps six 2
nights a week while three others show at least one hour a night Most
soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities
Although they have never really tried to work in a message
towards the problems of reproduction(生育) they describe middle and
upper class values—not many children different attitudes towards sex
women working says Martine They sent this message to all parts of
Brazil and made people realize other patterns of family life and other
values which were put into a very attractive package
Meanwhile the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to
become consumers This led to a change in consumption(消费)patterns
and consumption did not get along well with unlimited
reproduction says Martine
语篇概述文描述巴西偶然降低口增长
1 The underlined phrase puts it down to in Paragraph 3 is closest in
meaning to　　　
A considers the cause of it to be
B finds it a reason for
C looks it on as
D compares it to
解析选A词义猜测题put sth down to 结……原……
第二三段关系推出答案选 A
2 Soap operas have helped lower Brazil’s birth rate because　　　 3
A they keep people sitting long hours watching TV
B they have gradually changed people’s way of life
C people are drawn to their attractive package
D they make birth control measures popular
解析选 B细节理解题根倒数第二段描述 肥皂剧中中
层阶级观念——少生孩子妇女参加工作等 巴西慢慢改
变家庭观念生活模式
3 What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth
A The increase in the birth rate will increase consumption
B The desire for consumption helps to reduce the birth rate
C Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory
D A country’s production is limited by its population growth
解析选 B推理判断题根段推出 B分期付款鼓励
穷成消费者 改变消费模式 高消费节制生育
相矛盾 巴西少生孩子 推出 B选 C 应 reproduction
前加 unlimited
4 Which is the best title for the passage
A Brazil the developing world’s success
B Soap operas and installment plans
C Brazil reducing the birth rate by accident
D Learn from Brazil
解析选 C旨意题文章开头第句全文题句 C 项标4
题中概括全文中心词 reducing by accident 巴西偶然降低
口增长文章讲口方面问题 A 项题目太 余
项没抓住点
B
　　Across the world 1 1 billion people have no access to clean
drinking water More than 2 5 billion people lack basic
sanitation(卫生设备)
　 　 The combination proves deadly Each year diseases related to
inadequate(充足)water and sanitation kill between 2 and 5 million
people and cause an estimated 80 percent of all sicknesses in the
developing world Safe drinking water is necessary for health and the
fight against child death rate inequality between men and women and
poverty
　　Consider these facts
　　The average distance that women in Africa and Asia walk to collect
water is 6 kilometers
　　Only 58 percent of children in subSaharan Africa are drinking safe
water and only 37 percent of children in South Asia have access to even
a basic toilet
　　Each year in India alone 73 million working days(工作日)are lost to
waterborne(通水传播)diseases
　　Here are three ways you can help 5
　　(1)Write to Congress
　　Current U S foreign aid for drinking water and sanitation budgets
only one dollar per year per American citizen Few members of Congress
have ever received a letter from voters about clean drinking water
abroad
　　(2)Sponsor a project with a faithbased organization
　　Many U S religious groups already sponsor water and sanitation
projects working with partner organizations abroad Simply putting a
single project by a U S organization can make safe water a reality for
thousands of people
　　(3)Support nonprofit water organizations
　 　 Numerous U S based nonprofits work skillfully abroad in
communityled projects related to drinking water and sanitation Like
the sample of nonprofits noted as follows some organizations are large
others are smallscale some operate worldwide others are devoted to
certain areas in Africa Asia or Latin America Support them generously
语篇概述文介绍亚非国家缺水现状 提出行解决
办法
5 The three facts presented in the passage are used to show
that　　　
A poverty can result in waterborne diseases
B people have no access to clean drinking water

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