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更多“ Africa lacks a high degree of literacy ______ its population as a whole.”相关的问题
第1题
A.K is in South African but Crusoe is the owner of the island
B.K lacks of the entrepreneurship of Crusoe
C.K is an invalid who follows his instinct of survival while Crusoe is a enterprising person
D.K’s cultivation is for basic survival, while Crusoe’s is also for accumulation of assets
第2题
A．it tends to force workers to work overtime
B．it does not produce products with high quality for consumers
C．it lacks efficient working staff
D．it does not provide a good platform. to innovators
第3题
Mortality, of course, is not a perfect measure of nutritional change. Improved nutrition is only one of a number of forces that have been pushing down death rates in developing countries. Others include the upgrading of hygiene and sanitation; the extension of public health services; medical innovations; improvements in education, communications, transportation, and, in some areas, civil order. Even so, the extent to which improvements innutrition—both direct and indirect—have reduced mortality in developing countries has frequently been underestimated. For example, Sri Lanka experienced an abrupt jump in life expectancy shortly after the Second World War. Whereas this was long described as a "technical fix"—a triumph of DDT over the anopheles mosquito—years later researchers realized that abrupt and rapid drops in mortality had also taken place in Sri Lanka' s highlands, or "dry zones", where malaria had never been a serious problem. In both highlands and lowland regions health improved in tandem with access to food.
According to the author, life expectancy in developing countries is not high mainly because developing countries______.
A．have a low standard of living
B．have no public health services
C．have no public and private hygiene and sanitation
D．have low survival rates for infants and children
第4题
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第5题
Why So Many Children
In many of the developing countries in Africa and Asia， the population is growing fast. The reason for this is simple : Women in these countries have a high birth rate——from 3.0 to 7.0 children per woman. The majority of these women are poor， without the food or resources to care for their families. Why do they have so many children？ Why don"t they limit the size of their fami-lies？ The answer may be that they often have no choice. There are several reasons for this.
One reason is economic. In a traditional agricultural economy， large families are helpful. Having more children means having more workers in the fields and someone to take care of the parents in old age. In an industrial economy， the situation is different. Many children do not help a family; instead， they are an expense. Thus， industrialization has generally brought down the birth rate. This was the case in Italy， which was industrialized quite recently and rapidly. In the early part of the twentieth century， Italy was a poor， largely agricultural country with a high birth rate. After World War Ⅱ， Italy"s economy was rapidly modernized and industrialized. By the end of the century. the birth rate had dropped to 1.3 children per woman， the world"s lowest.
However， the economy is not the only important factor that influences birth rate. Saudi Ara-bia， for example， does not have an agriculture-based economy， and it has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. Nevertheless， it also has a very high birth rate （7.0）. Mexico and Indonesia， on the other hand， are poor countries， with largely agricultural economies， but they have recently reduced their population growth.
Clearly， other factors are involved. The most important of these is the condition of women. A high birth rate almost always goes together with lack of education and low status for women. This would explain the high birth rate of Saudi Arabia. There， the traditional culture gives women little education or independence and few possibilities outside the home. On the other hand， the improyed condition of women in Mexico， Thailand， and Indonesia explains the decline in birth rates in these countries. Their governments have taken measures to provide more education and oppor-tunities for women.
Another key factor in the birth rate is birth control. Women may want to limit their families but have no way to do so. In countries where governments have made birth control easily available and inexpensive， birth rates have gone down. This is the case in Singapore， Sri Lanka， and India， as well as in Indonesia， Thailand， Mexico， and Brazil. In these countries， women have also been provided with health care and help in planning their families.
These trends show that an effective program to reduce population growth does not have to depend on better economic conditions. It can be effective if it aims to help women and meet their needs. Only then， in fact， does it have any real chance of success.
In a traditional agricultural economy， a large family __________. 查看材料
A.can be an advantage
B.may limit income
C.isn"t necessary
D.is expensive
第6题
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The League of High Schools is pleased to .invite student freethinkers to our 2007 Student Leadership Meeting July 15-17 at our office building in Manhattan， New York.
This yearly meeting has been successfully held for the past three years. The event brings together student activists from around North America for a busy weekend of workshops， networking lectures， and a lot of fun.
We encourage every school to send at least one representative(代表) (if not more) and we are keeping the costs down to help make this possible. Any individual(个人) student activists who are interested are also welcome to attend. Registration(注册 ) ， room and food for the entire three-day event will cost only $39 for each student. We've booked you single rooms at Travelodge， New York. For any information about the hotel， please call 88643911.
This time we are making a special offer-providing some money for traveling to make sure each group can send a representative even if it lacks the money to do so. Email Anna Porter at aporter@leaguehighschool. net or call 46935040 to get more information about this travel support.
The registration form. can be found at http//WWW.freethought.org /SLM2007.pdf. For more information about registration you may call Lucy Becker at 36904560 0r email her at lbecker@ leaguehighshool net.So don't wait! Send in your registration.
72. What is the main purpose of this text？
[A] To introduce meeting organizers.
[B] To call for papers for a meeting.
[C] To invite students to a meeting.
[D] To explain meeting programs.
第7题
听力原文： Good morning. Let me go ahead with our presentation on the company's sales records for the past year. As you see here from this chart, last year's sales figures have been fairly high, except for August, September, and October. This indicates that there is a great need for us to come up with a new fall product line that satisfies consumers to offset the loss we encountered last year. Our view is that, unlike other seasons, fall lacks any unique characteristics in terms of our clothing line.
We are currently receiving ideas from every department on new items for this fall, but regrettably, none of them have proved to be satisfactory. However, we still recommend that people contribute any views to us, and anyone whose idea is chosen will be rewarded with a bonus. We sense that other companies are experiencing the same kind of problem we have, and I personally think we have to take advantage of this opportunity to dominate the market.
How will the company overcome the decline in sales？
A．Develop new items to sell.
B．Advertise the items more aggressively.
C．Downsize the company.
D．Use ideas from consumers.
第8题
This yearly meeting has been successfully held for the past three years. The event brings together student activists from around North America for a busy weekend of workshops, networking lectures, and a lot of fun.
We encourage every school to send at least one representative(代表) (if not more)and we are keeping the costs down to help make this possible. Any individual (个人) student activists who are interested are also welcome to attend. Registration (注册) , room and food for the entire three-day event will cost only $39 for each student. We've booked you single rooms at Travelodge, New York. For any information about the hotel, please call 88643911.
This time we are making a special offer—providing some money for traveling to make sure each group can send a representative even if it lacks the money to do so. Email Anna Porter at aporter@ leaguehighschool. net or call 46935040 to get more information about this travel support.
The registration form. can be found at http://www. freethought. org/SLM2007. pdf. For more information about registration you may call Lucy Becker at 36904560 or email her at lbecker @ leaguehighschool net.
So don't wait! Send in your registration.
What is the main purpose of this text？
A．To introduce meeting organizers.
B．To call for papers for a meeting.
C．To invite students to a meeting.
D．To explain meeting programs.
第9题
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Let me start by telling you the story of Beatrice Gakuba. In Rwanda in Africa, I met a remarkable woman whose hard work and determination symbolize the talents and dreams of millions of Africans.
Beatrice Gakuba left a comfortable life in the West to start a flower-growing business in her native Rwanda. Against enormous odds, her small farm grew, creating jobs for nearly 200 rural women. When I asked Beatrice Gakuba why she decided to take on such a daunting challenge, she replied, "I came here to grow beautiful flowers on the ashes of genocide." Her biggest obstacle to creating even more jobs is not a lack of skilled workers or entrepreneurial spirit; it is a weak infrastructure that makes electricity unreliable and transportation unaffordable.
Through sound policies, Rwanda has come a long way from its years of pain and conflict. In a new report, Rwanda is cited by the World Bank as a model for Africa in reforming business regulations. In the last seven years, Rwanda's economy grew an average of more than 6 percent annually. Some other African countries are on the right track. To transform. Africa into a continent of hope, they need our help.
The responsibility for doing more and better cannot be left to the developing world alone. It demands more than high profile meetings. It demands urgent result.
Today, we have a choice.
The direction we take now can help make a difference for the millions of people trapped in extreme poverty. For many, it can be a difference between life and death.
We promised here five years ago, to help bring hope, dignity and opportunity into the lives of the poorest. We promised to measure and achieve results. As we gather here today, let us not forget the Beatrice Gakubas of the world, who stand poised to transform. their countries.
Today, we stand accountable to them.
Thank you.
第10题
A.To introduce meeting organizers．
B.To call for papers for a meeting．
C.To invite students to a meeting．
D.To explain meeting programs．
第11题
The world has become a world of cities. With the present rate of urban growth(3. 8% in the Third World) , the majority of the population of the world will be living in cities by the year 2000. This will transform the rural-urban equation which has marked the history of mankind up to now and will call for new example and a great deal of innovation to face this phenomenon. This being so, one must accept the fact that for some years to come, no policy will be capable of stopping or reversing the present migratory trend from the rural areas to the cities in the Third World. In Africa, the urban population will reach 330 million people by the end of the century as against 150 million in 1995. The number of people living in shanty-towns (贫富窟) will inevitably increase in spite of the efforts to improve housing conditions. Africa alone needs to build 12 million housing units between now and the year 2000 to meet its most basic needs. In an ILO study, M. S. V. Sethuraman estimates that in 70 Third "World cities the proportion of people living in shanty-towns varies from 15% to 70% and that about US $ 116 billion is required to give minimum comfort to these people by the turn of the century—less than US $ 10 billion per year. The world population is growing at a rate of about 90 million people per year, with the Third World accounting for 80 million of them. The pressure on cities can only go on increasing. The urban population of the developing countries will exceed 2 billion people by the year 2000 and since the main reason for the high demographic (人口统计的) growth is poverty, the additional population will be mostly made of people of very limited means. If the urban population of the developing countries exceeds 2 billion people by the year 2000, the main problem the additional people will face is______.
A.housing
B.food
C.poverty
D.limited land
