Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 1
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
The multi-billion-dollar Western pop music industry is under fire. It is being blamed by the United Nations for the dramatic rise in drug abuse worldwide. “The most worrying development is a culture of drug-friendliness,”says the UN's International Narcotics Control Board in a report released last year.
The 74-page study says that pop music, as a global industry, is by far the most influential trend-setter for young people of most cultures.“Some songs encourage people to take drugs. (76) Certain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes were a normal and acceptable part of a person's lifestyle,”the study says.
Surprisingly, says the Board, the effect of drug-friendly pop music seems to survive despite the occasional shock of death by overdose (过量用药). “Such incidents tend to be seen as an occasion to mourn (哀悼) the loss of a role model, and not an opportunity to face the deadly effect of drug use,”it notes. Since the 1970s, several internationally famous singers and movie stars--including Elvis Presley, Janice Joplin, John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Melvin and Andy Gibbs--have died of either drug abuse or drug related illnesses. With the globalization of popular music, messages promoting drug abuse are now reaching beyond their countries of origin. “In most countries, the names of certain POP stars have become familiar to the members of every household,”the study says.
The UN study also blames the media for its description of certain drug incidents, which encourages rather than prevents drag abuse. “Over the past years, we have seen how drug abuse is increasingly regarded as being acceptable or even attractive,”says Hamid Ghodse, president of the Board. “Powerful pressure groups run political campaigns aimed at legalizing controlled drugs,”he says. Ghodse also points out that all these developments have created an environment which is tolerant(容忍
1、Which of the following statements does the author tend to agree with?
A The use of drags for non-medicinal purposes is an acceptable part of a person's lifestyle.
B The spreading of pop music may cause drag abuse to go beyond country boundaries.
C No efforts have been made to prevent the spreading of drag abuse.
D Governments have no ability to act against the pro-drag messages of the youth culture.
答案解析：
题目:作者倾向于同意下列哪个陈述?
A:非医疗用途的使用是一个人生活方式中可以接受的一部分。
B:流行音乐的传播可能会导致毒品滥用跨越国界。
C:目前还没有采取任何措施防止滥用毒品现象的蔓延。
D:政府没有能力对支持同性恋的青年文化采取行动。
2、The expression “under fire”? in the first paragraph means______.
A in an urgent situation
B facing some problems
C being criticized
D in trouble
3、From the third paragraph, we learn that the youth__ .
A tend to mourn the pop stars who died of overdose as role models
B are shocked to know even pop stars may abuse drugs
C try to face the deadly effect of drug use
D may stop abusing drugs
答案解析：
题目:从第三段中，我们了解到年轻人。
A:倾向于把死于吸毒过量的流行歌星作为榜样来哀悼
B:知道流行歌星也可能吸毒，你会感到震惊吗
C:试着面对吸毒的致命后果
D:可能会停止滥用药物
4、Which of the following is not mentioned as tolerant of drug abuse?
A The spreading of pop music.
B The media.
C Political campaigns run by powerful pressure groups.
D The low price of some drags.
答案解析：
题目:下列哪项不被认为是对药物滥用的耐受性?
A:流行音乐的传播。
B:媒体。
C:由强大的压力集团发起的政治运动。
D:一些产品的低价拖累了销售。
5、According to the passage, pop music__ .
A has a great influence on young people of most cultures
B attracts a small number of young people
C is not a profitable industry
D is alone responsible for drug abuse
答案解析：
题目:根据短文，流行音乐。
A:对大多数文化的年轻人有很大的影响吗
B:吸引了一小部分年轻人
C:不是一个有利可图的行业吗
D:只有一个人要为滥用毒品负责吗
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 2
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage:
There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries.
It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.
What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? (77) One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live. the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability( 残疾). Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.
(78) Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not ensure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.
Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination (歧视) in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country's development.
Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes ar
6、The proportion of older people__ .
A is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries
B is one-seventh of the population developing countries
C will increase much faster in China than in France
D will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020
答案解析：
题目:老年人的比例。
A:发达国家比发展中国家大吗
B:七分之一的人口是发展中国家吗
C:中国的增长速度会比法国快得多吗
D:到2020年发展中国家将达到60%吗
7、According to the passage, which of the following are governments most worried about?
A The diseases and disability of older people.
B The longer life and good health of people.
C The loss of taxes on older people.
D The increasing respect for older people.
答案解析：
题目:根据这篇文章，以下哪个政府最担心?
A:老年人的疾病和残疾。
B:人的寿命越长，身体越好。
C:老年人的税收损失。
D:对老年人越来越多的尊重。
8、It is stated directly in the passage that older people should__ .
A be treated differently in different cultures
B enjoy a similar lifestyle
C be ignored as society changes
D be valued by the younger generations
答案解析：
题目:这篇文章直接指出老年人应该。
A:在不同的文化中受到不同的对待
B:享受相似的生活方式
C:随着社会的变化而被忽视
D:受到年轻一代的重视
9、Which of the following measures is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?
A Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.
B Ensuring adequate income protection for older people.
C Providing free health care for sick older people.
D Supplying life-long learning programs to older people.
答案解析：
题目:为解决人口老化问题，以下哪项措施没有提及?
A:消除就业中的年龄歧视。
B:保障老年人的收入保障。
C:为生病的老年人提供免费医疗。
D:为老年人提供终身学习计划。
10、The author concludes in the last paragraph that__ .
A governments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problem
B population ageing is a hard problem, but it needs to be solved urgently
C people are too busy to solve the population ageing problem
D much time and effort will be lost in solving the ageing problem
答案解析：
题目:作者在最后一段中总结道。
A:政府花了很多时间来解决老龄化问题
B:人口老龄化是一个难题，但亟待解决
C:人们太忙了，无法解决人口老龄化问题
D:解决老龄化问题将会浪费大量的时间和精力
Part I Reading Comprehension (30%)
Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
(79) Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been rapid and continued for decades, built on the foundations of relative political stability, rising trade, and economic liberalization (自由化) after two world wars. One new study, published recently by the Institute for International Economics in Washington, finds that the proportion of the 6.1 billion people in the world who live on $1 a day or less shrank from 63 percent in 1950 to 35 percent in 1980 and 12 percent in 1999. By some other measures, the progress has been more modest. Still, economists agree that poverty has plunged in key nations such as India and especially China, thanks to slowing population growth as well as economic freedom. “This is a huge success for the world as a whole,”says Harvard University economist Richard Cooper. “We are doing something right.”
The news comes as the World Bank is about to open its annual meeting in Washington-an event that has been troubled in recent years by protests that the Bank and its sister institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF国际货币基金组织), have done too little for the world's poor. (80) The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute. Vast populations remain poor, and many still question the wisdom of World Bank policies. Nonetheless, the research findings are helpful to understand what policies should be followed by those institutions and hundreds of other development groups working very hard to hasten the pace of world economic progress. If dramatic gains are under way, the present policies-- calling for open markets, free business activities, and tight monetary control--are working and correct..
But critics of IMF and World Bank policies maintain that such economic success stories as Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore are rooted in more than just “free” markets. These nations have managed to grow rapidly, and thereby reduce poverty, by limiting imports when their domestic
11、The word “plunged” in the first paragraph means______.
A decreased
B climbed
C increased
D dropped into water
12、From the passage, we learn that__
A World Bank has done nothing to help the poor in the world
B IMF only helps the rich in the world
C World Bank controls all the banks in the world
D there are some demonstrations against World Bank in recent years
答案解析：
题目:从文章中，我们可以了解到这一点
A:世界银行没有做任何事情来帮助世界上的穷人
B:国际货币基金组织只帮助世界上的富人
C:世界银行控制着世界上所有的银行
D:近年来出现了一些反对世界银行的示威活动
13、According to this passage, in__ , the world had the largest number of poor people.
A 1999
B 1980
C 1950
D 1990
答案解析：
题目:根据这篇文章，在，世界上有最多的穷人。
A:1999
B:1980
C:1950
D:1990
14、According to the author, the economy of East Asian countries grew very fast because of the following measures EXCEPT__
A encouraging export
B opening up to foreign investments
C limiting international financial flows
D controlling import
答案解析：
题目:作者认为，东亚国家的经济增长非常迅速，除了
A:鼓励出口
B:对外开放
C:限制国际资金流动
D:控制进口
15、The best title for this passage might be__ .
A China's Contribution to the Reduction of Poverty in the World
B World Bank's Extraordinary Progress in Recent Decades
C India's Leading Role in Reducing Global Poverty
D Global Progress in Reducing Poverty
答案解析：
题目:这篇文章最好的标题可能是。
A:中国为世界减贫事业作出的贡献
B:世界银行近几十年来取得的非凡进展
C:印度在减少全球贫困方面的领导作用
D:全球减贫进展
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