Brazil（）the World Cup five times.

Pele has played in all of Brazil's World Cup victories.

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

A．Because Brazil won the World Cup.

B．Because there was always wonderful football matches in Brazil.

C．Because the most famous footballer lived in Brazil.

D．Because they wanted to learn the best football skills.

A．To prove that football is the world's most important sport.

B．To show that Brazil is better than all others.

C．To compare Scotland with Brazil.

D．To explain the essence of sport.

Which of the following details is CORRECT？

A. Brazil features "The Beautiful Game."

B. Brazil will be beaten in the first round this year.

C. Germany has beaten Brazil 4 years ago.

D. Germany won the last World Cup.

Who have taken part in discussions with the governor of Brazil Central Bank？

A．Some representatives of the United States.

B．The leaders of the countries which lent Brazil money.

C．Representatives of the world's important commercial banks.

D．Representatives of those countries which have to pay huge foreign debts.

According to the passage, many Third World countries ______.

A．haven't attached much importance to birth control

B．would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate

C．haven't yet found an effective measure to control their population

D．neglected the role of TV plays in family planning

听力原文： Some people argue that the pressure on international sportsmen and sportswomen kills the essence of sport -- the pursuit of personal excellence. Children kick a football around for fun. When they get older and play for local school teams, they become competitive but they still enjoy playing. The individual representing his country cannot afford to think about enjoying himself. He has to think only about winning. He is responsible for an entire nation's hopes, dreams and reputation.

A good example is the football World Cup. Football is the world's most important sport. Winning the World Cup is perhaps the summit of international sporting success. Mention "Brazil" to someone and the chances are that he'll think of football. In a sense, winning the World Cup "put Brazil on the map".

Sports fans and supporters get quite irrational about the World Cup. People in England felt that their country was somehow important after they won in 1966. Last year thousands of Scots sold their cars, and even their houses, and spent all their money traveling to Brazil, who won the cup.

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A．Children can have fun from it.

B．People can achieve personal excellence from it.

C．The winner will be greatly honored.

D．It can realize the dreams of an entire nation.

According to the passage，many Third World countries________．

A．haven’t attached much importance to birth control

B．would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate．

C．havert’t yet found an effective measure to control their population

D．neglected the role of TV played in family planning

According to the Nielsen Happiness Study, ______.

A．women are happier than men in all over the world

B．women in Brazil and Vietnam feel no happiness

C．world recession has less influence on women's happiness

D．women's happiness mainly depend on economic factors

Brazil，a success at reducing population growth

Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design．While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates，Brazil had better result without really trying，says Georgy 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 sinee 1990，an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third world countries．

Martine puts it down to，among other things，soaop operas（通俗电视连续剧）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．Global，Brazil’s most popular television network shows three hours of soaps six nights a week．while three others show at least one hour a night．Most soap operas are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities．

“Although they have never really tried to work in a massage towards the problems of reproduction，they describe middle and upper class values—not many children， different attitudes towards sex，women working，says Martine．”They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior. and other values，which were put into a very attraetive package．

Meanwhile，the installment plans tried to encourage the poor the become consumers．“This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible（不相容的）with unlimited reproduction．”says Martihe．

第 21 题 According to the passage，Brazil has cut back its population growth________．

A．by educating its citizens

B．by careful family plan

C．by developing TV programs

D．by chance

According to the passage, many Third World countries ________.

A) haven’t attached much importance to birth control

B) would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate

C) haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population

D) neglected the role of TV plays in family planning