SectionⅠIntroduction,Reading&Vocabulary课时演练·促提升一、单词拼写1.Theboydiedof(饥饿).答案:hunger2.Ittakespatienceto(教育)children.答案:educate3.Parentswatchthe(发展)ofababywithinterest.答案:development4.Shewasthefirsttoreachthe(目标).答案:goal5.It’shardto(估计)hisabilitywhenwehaven’tseenhiswork.答案:measure6.Canyoushowmethe(位置)oftheschoolonthismap?答案:position7.(贫穷)stillexistsinmanyareasofthatcountry.答案:Poverty8.Haverobotsreplaced(人)insomeareas?答案:humans9.Shehasan(收入)of2,000dollarsamonth.答案:income10.Wehadatrue(数字)ofhowmanypeopleinthiscitylosttheirjobs.答案:figure二、完成句子1.由你自己做决定。It’syoutomakeyourdecision.答案:upto2.您能同意加入我们,我们十分荣幸。It’sagreathonourthatyoucouldjoinus.答案:agreeto3.这一项应该在你的列表的顶端。Thisoneshouldbeofyourlist.答案:atthetop4.他买了所有需要的东西,离开了超市。everythingheneeded,heleftthesupermarket.答案:With;bought5.政府正努力降低房价。Thegovernmentistoreducethehouseprice.答案:makingeveryeffort6.我看不清黑板上的字。Ican’tthewordsontheblackboard.答案:figureout7.我们应该采取一些措施来解决问题。Weshouldtosolvetheproblem.答案:takesomemeasures8.富有的人给贫穷者一些经济援助是正确的。It’srightthattherichshouldtothepoor.答案:givefinancialhelp9.山顶上矗立着一座古老的寺庙。Atthetopofthemountain.答案:standsanoldtemple10.在薄的冰上滑冰很危险。It’sdangerousthethinice.答案:toskateon三、阅读理解Brazilhasbecomeoneofthedevelopingworld’sgreatsuccessesinreducingpopulationgrowth—butmorebyaccidentthandesign.WhilecountriessuchasIndiahavemadejointeffortstoreducebirthrates,Brazilhashadbetterresultwithoutreallytrying,saysGeorgeMartineatHarvard.Brazil’spopulationgrowthratehasdroppedfrom2.99%ayearbetween1951and1960to1.93%ayearbetween1981and1990,andBrazilianwomennowhaveonly2.7childrenonaverage.Martinesaysthisfiguremayhavefallenstillfurthersince1990,anachievementthatmakesittheenvyofmanyotherThirdWorldcountries.Martineputsitdownto,amongotherthings,soapoperasandinstallment(分期付款)plansintroducedinthe1970s.Bothplayedanimportant,althoughindirect,roleinloweringthebirthrate.Brazilisoneoftheworld’sbiggestproducersofsoapoperas.Globo,Brazil’smostpopulartelevisionnetwork,showsthreehoursofsoapssixnightsaweek,whilethreeothersshowatleastonehouranight.Mostsoapsarebasedonwealthycharacterslivingthehighlifeinbigcities.“Althoughtheyhaveneverreallytriedtoworkinamessagetowardstheproblemsofreproduction(生育),theydescribemiddleandupperclassvalues—notmanychildren,differentattitudestowardssex,womenworking,”saysMartine.“TheysentthismessagetoallpartsofBrazilandmadepeoplerealiseotherpatternsoffamilylifeandothervalues,whichwereputintoaveryattractivepackage.”Meanwhile,theinstallmentplanstriedtoencouragethepoortobecomeconsumers.“Thisledtochangeinconsumption(消费)patternsandconsumptiondidnotgetalongwellwithunlimitedreproduction,”saysMartine.1.Theunderlinedphrase“putsitdownto”isclosestinmeaningto“”.A.considersthecauseofittobeB.findsitareasonforC.looksitonasD.comparesitto答案:A解析:putsth.downto意思是“归结……的原因是……”。由第二、三段的关系可以推出答案。2.SoapoperashavehelpedinloweringBrazil’sbirthratebecause.A.theykeeppeoplesittinglonghourswatchingTVB.theyhavegraduallychangedpeople’swayoflifeC.peoplearedrawntotheirattractivepackageD.theymakebirthcontrolmeasurespopular答案:B解析:根据全文倒数第二段推出,肥皂剧中的中上层阶级的家庭观念—...
