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Brazilian government pay more attention to economic growth
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
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第1题
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
第2题
The area deforested in the past year was up 6% in 2003, far worse than the Brazilian government's predictions that it would rise by no more than about 2%. It was the second worst year for the destruction of the rainforest since satellite surveys began. It is reckoned that almost a fifth of the Brazilian part of the forest has now been wiped outs if it were to continue at this rate, it would all be flattened within the next two centuries. Things are hardly any better in those portions of Amazonia that lie in neighboring countries: Ecuador has lost about half of its forest, mainly due to illegal logging, in the past 30 years. Worse still, tropical forests have been disappearing at an even faster rate elsewhere in the world, such as in Africa. The world's greatest stores of biodiversity—and some of its main suppliers of the oxygen we breathe—are still being chewed up at an alarming rate, despite decades of talk among world leaders and environmentalists about the need to preserve them.
As has been seen before in Brazil, the surge in the rate of deforestation is a sign that the country's economy is booming—recently it bas been growing at an annual rate of around 5%. Most of the timber felled illegally in Amazonia is sold to domestic buyers, in particular to the construction industry in Brazil's richer southern states. But the forest is also threatened by the rapid expansion of farming and ranching. In the past year, almost half of the total deforestation was in the state of Mato Grosso on the forest's southern part, where huge areas have been flattened to grow soybeans. Last year Brazil earned about $10 billion from exporting soy products, exceeding its income from coffee' and sugar, the country's traditional export crops. Mato Grosso's governor, Blairo Maggi, is also its soybean king—his family's farms are' the world's largest single producer of the crop.
The rate at which the forest is being flattened could easily rise further. To boost the region's economic development and make attack on poverty, the government plans to asphalt(铺设沥青) and widen the BR-163 highway that slices the forest roughly in half, running from north to south. Though the government has been working with environmental groups and others to try to limit the scheme's impact, past experience has shown that improved road access invariably means more intrusion of the forest by loggers, ranchers, farmers, mineral prospectors and others.
For much of Brazil's recent history, in particular during the country's 1964-85 military dictatorship, successive governments were obsessed(困扰) with populating and "developing" Amazonia, convinced that otherwise a foreign power might seize it. Large sums were spent building highways to open up the forest and a lot of subsidies were offered to get people to resettle there. However, the huge area of abandoned former forest land alongside previous road schemes show that, in fact, much of the region lacks suitable soil and climate for agriculture.
More recent governments have taken the axe to the worse schemes that encouraged people to destroy the rainforest. Besides Brazil's tough conservation laws, there are now countl
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
第3题
Tough Laws on Paper
Alarming new figures show that the destruction of the Amazon(亚马逊河) rainforest the world's biggest tropical forest has greatly increased. Booming agriculture, especially soya (大豆) growing, is one of the main causes.
If it were simply a matter of passing strong laws to protect it, the Amazon rainforest-the world's largest tropical forest, around the size of western Europe-would be safe. Brazil, whose territory(领土) includes about two-thirds of the forest, has impressively tough laws that, on paper, set most of it aside as a nature reserve and impose stiff penalties for illegal logging (采伐). But the latest annual figures for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, published by the government on Wednesday May 18th, have confirmed a disturbing recent trend., the destruction is accelerating despite all efforts to prevent it. In the year to August 2004, more than 26,000 square kilometers (10,000 square miles) of forest were chopped down, an area larger than the American state of New Jersey.
The trees vanish
The area deforested (采伐森林) in the past year was up 6% in 2003, far worse than the Brazilian government's predictions that it would rise by no more than about 2%. It was the second worst year for the destruction of the rainforest since satellite surveys began. It is estimated that almost a fifth of the Brazilian part of the forest has now been wiped out; if it were to continue at this rate, it would all be flattened within the next two centuries. Things are hardly any better in those portions of Amazonia that lie in neighboring countries: Ecuador (厄瓜多尔) has lost about half of its forest, mainly due to illegal logging, in the past 30 years. What's worse, tropical forests have been disappearing at an even faster rate elsewhere in the world, such as in Africa. The world's greatest stores of biodiversity (生物多样性)-and some of its main suppliers of the oxygen we breathe--are still being chewed up at an alarming rate, despite decades of talk among world leaders and environmentalists about the need to preserve them.
The economy booms
As has been seen before in Brazil, the surge (汹涌) in the rate of deforestation is a sign that the country's economy is booming recently it has been growing at an annual rate of around 5%. Most of the trees felled illegally in Amazonia are sold to domestic buyers, in particular to the construction industry in Brazil's richer southern states. But the forest is also threatened by the rapid expansion of farming and ranching (经营牧场). In the past year, almost half of the total deforestation was in the state of Mato Grosso on the forest's southern fringe (边缘), where huge areas have been flattened to grow soybeans. Last year Brazil earned about $10 billion from exporting soy products, exceeding its income from coffee and sugar, the country's traditional export crops. Mato Grosso's governor, Blairo Maggi, is also its soybean king-his family's farms are the world's largest single producer of the crop.
The rate at which the forest is being flattened could easily rise further. To increase the region's economic development and make inroads i0to poverty, the government plans to asphalt (用沥青铺) and widen the potholed (崎岖不平的) BR-163 highway that cuts the forest roughly in half, running from north to south. Though the government has been working with environmental groups and others to try to limit the scheme's impact, past experience has shown that improved road access invariably means more encroachment (蚕食) on the forest by loggers, ranchers (农场主), farmers, mineral prospectors and others.
Use it or lose it
For much of Brazil's recent history, in particular during the country's 1964-85 military dictatorship (专政), successive governments were obsessed with populating and "developing" Amazonia, convinced that otherwise a foreign power might seize it. Large sums were spent building highways to open up the fo
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
第4题
The Silo Paulo city health service has launched a 42mn-real (US $14.6mn) 【C1】______ system to integrate the city's 756 health sector 【C2】______ , including 65 hospitals and 356 clinics, health 【C3】______ coordinator Antonio Carlos Leda told BNamericas.
"We think the 【C4】______ is small, given the size of the city, and will quickly provide 【C5】______ . That doesn't even take into account the improvement in 【C6】______ of quality of service," Leda said.
The investment includes approximately 12mn reais in software and network 【C7】______ , along with 30mn reais in computers. The software, based on open source 【C8】______ , can be 【C9】______ to other municipalities.
"We used open source because it is an important way to return resources to the country. The software can be used by other government 【C10】______ but we ask that they share any improvements they make to the system," Leda said.
The 【C11】______ contracted Brazilian integrator Atech technologies to develop and integrate a system based on 【C12】______ different systems previously used by the health ministry.
The new system provides 【C13】______ patient identification and integrates patient records among all of the city's health 【C14】______ , thereby improving efficiency and increasing the level of service provided.
Patients also have internet 【C15】______ to the system so they can confirm information, make requests and register complaints.
The government spent about a year developing the project, according to Leda.
【C1】______
A．automated
B．automatic
C．computerized
D．programmed
第5题
On his orders each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and music.The following six days are so fun of parades，street dancing，fantastic clothes and partying(聚会)that many people forget about eating and sleeping “It was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to Brazil and made me settle down in Rio.”said Bob Nadkarni.a British man who has lived in the city for several years For many Brazilians.the centrepiece of the carnival is samba(桑巴舞)，a typical Brazilian dance.Every year,tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy iu the streets.following the beat(节拍)of the Latin music.
The climax to this street party is the float(彩车)parade，in which floats decorated with tons of fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the city.On the top of each float stands the candidate for the Drum Queen，who is chosen at the end of the party.
while most people are free to enjoy the celebrations。Rio’s police officers have to keep a clear head.Following the murder of three offlcers in a gunfight early last week，the Brazilian Government has tightened security in Rio.The street fighting,robbery and sex crimes that accompany the carnival are very difficult to police.
Carnivals began in ancient Rome as a celebration at which people fed wild wolves,in honour of the city’s founder who was said to have been raised by a she—wolf.Brazil gave new life to this tradition and so.despite the troubles.the carnival will remain a symbol of the country’s culture.
第36题：According to the passage．during the Carnival people in Rio did all of the following
A．dancing in the streets．
B．putting on colorful clothes
C．eating a lot of food．
D．holding exciting parades．
第6题
Dancing in the Streets
If there is one thing certain to get Brazilians on their feet, it is the Rio Carnival (狂欢节). Held in Rio de Janeiro, the country's biggest city, the carnival began on February 20 when the mayor gave key of the city to Rei Momo-the Lord of Misrule (无序之皇)
On his orders, each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and music. The following six days are so fun of parades, street dancing, fantastic clothes and partying (聚会) that many people forget about eating and sleeping.
"It was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to Brazil and made me settle down in Rio. " said Bob Nadkarni, a British man who has lived in the city for several years. For many Brazilians, the centerpiece of the carnival is samba (桑巴舞) , a typical Brazilian dance. Every year, tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy in the streets, following the beat (节拍) of the Latin music.
The climax to this street party is the float(彩车) parade, in which floats decorated with tons of fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the city. On the top of each float stands the candidate for the Drum Queen, who is chosen at the end of the party.
While most people are free to enjoy the celebrations. Rio's police officers have to keep a clear head. Following the murder of three officers in a gunfight early last week, the Brazilian Government has tightened security in Rio. The street fighting, robbery and sex crimes that accompany the carnival are very difficult to police.
Carnivals began in ancient Rome as a celebration at which people fed wild wolves, in honor of the city's founder who was said to have been raised by a she-wolf. Brazil gave new life to this tradition and so despite the troubles, the carnival will remain a symbol of the country's culture.
According to the passage, during the Carnival people in Rio did all of the following EXCEPT
A．dancing in the streets.
B．putting on colorful clothes.
C．eating a lot of food
D．holding exciting parades.
第7题
第二篇
Dancing in the Streets
If there is one thing certain to get Brazilians on their feet，it is the Rio Carnival(狂欢节)．
Held in Rio de Janeiro．the country’s biggest city．the carnival began on February 20 when the mayor gave key of the city to Rei Momo—the Lord of Misrule(无序之皇)
On his orders，each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and music．The
following six days are so fun of parades，street dancing，fantastic clothes and partying(聚会)that
many people forget about eating and sleeping
“It was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to Brazil and made me settle down in
Rio．”said Bob Nadkarni．a British man who has lived in the city for several years For many
Brazilians．the centrepiece of the carnival is samba(桑巴舞)，a typical Brazilian dance．Every
year,tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy iu the streets．
following the beat(节拍)of the Latin music．
The climax to this street party is the float(彩车)parade，in which floats decorated with tons
of fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the city．On the
top of each float stands the candidate for the Drum Queen，who is chosen at the end of the party．
while most people are free to enjoy the celebrations。Rio’s police officers have to keep a
clear head．Following the murder of three offlcers in a gunfight early last week，the Brazilian
Government has tightened security in Rio．The street fighting，robbery and sex crimes that
accompany the carnival are very difficult to police．
Carnivals began in ancient Rome as a celebration at which people fed wild wolves，in honour of the city’s founder who was said to have been raised by a she—wolf．Brazil gave new life to this tradition and so．despite the troubles．the carnival will remain a symbol of the country’s culture．
36 According to the passage．during the Carnival people in Rio did all of the following
EXCEPT
A dancing in the streets．
B putting on colorful clothes
C eating a lot of food．
D holding exciting parades．
第8题
Cubatao, an industrial town of 85,000 people in Brazil, is an example of the connection between industrial development and pollution. In 1954, Cubatao had no industry. Today it has more than twenty large factories, which produce many pollutants(污染物). The people of the town are suffering from the poisonous matters in their surroundings, and the bad effects can be clearly seen. Birth shortcomings are extremely common. Among children and grown-ups, lung problems are sometimes twelve times more common in Cubatao than in other places.
It is true that Brazil, like many other countries, has laws against pollution, but these laws are not carried out strictly enough. It is cheaper for companies to take no notice of the laws and pay the fines(罚款)than to buy the expensive equipment that will reduce the pollution, It is clear, therefore, that economic growth is more important to the 'government than to the health of the workers. However, the responsibility(责任) does not completely lie with the Brazilian government. The example of Cubatao shows that international companies are not acting in a responsible way either. A number of the factories in the town are owned by large companies from France, Italy, and the U.S. They are doing things in Brazil that they would not be able to do at home. If they caused the same amount of pollution at home, they would be severely(严厉的)punished or even put out of business.
Industrial pollution is the problem for European countries only.
A．Right
B．Wrong
C．Not mentioned
第9题
根据短文回答 36～40 题。
Dancing in the Streets
If there is one thing certain to get Brazilians on their feet, it is the Rio Carnival (狂欢节). Held in Rio de Janeiro, the country's biggest city, the carnival began on February 20 when the mayor gave key of the city to Rei Momo -- the Lord of Misrule (无序之皇).
On his orders, each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and music. The following six days are so full of parades, street dancing, fantastic clothes and partying (聚 会) that many people forget about eating and sleeping.
"It was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to Brazil and made me settle down in Rio," said Bob Nadkarni, a British man who has lived in the city for several years. For many Brazilians, the centrepiece of the carnival is samba (桑巴舞), a typical Brazilian dance. Every year, tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy in the streets, following the beat (节拍) of the Latin music.
The climax to this street party is the float (彩车) parade, in which floats decorated with tons of fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the city. On the top of each float stands the candidate for the Drum Queen, who is chosen at the end of the party.
While most people are free to enjoy the celebrations, Rio's police officers have to keep a clear head. Following the murder of three officers in a gunfight early last week, the Brazilian Government has tightened security in Rio. The street fighting, robbery and sex crimes that accompany the carnival are very difficult to police.
Carnivals began in ancient Rome as a celebration at which people fed wild wolves, in honors of the city's founder who was said to have been raised by a she-wolf. Brazil gave new life to this tradition and so, despite the troubles, the carnival will remain a symbol of the country's culture.
第 36 题 According to the passage, during the Carnival people in Rio did all of the following EXCEPT（）.
A．dancing in the streets
B．putting on colorful clothes
C．eating a lot of food
D．holding exciting parades
第10题
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