Passage 3
Questions 11 to 15 are based onthe following passage:
(79) Extensive new studies suggestthat 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 th6se 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, freebusiness 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 industries were yotmg, pushing exports to rich nations, and putting controls on purely international financial;flows. They have been open to foreign-owned factories but have often insisted that those investors share"the knowledge and skill on modem technologies,
11. The word “plunged” in the firs paragraphmeans
A. decreasedB. ClimbedC. increasedD. 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
13. According to this passage, in__________, the world had the largest number of poor people.
A. 1999B. 1980C. 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 exportB. opening up to foreigninvestments
C.limiting international financial flows D. controlling import
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
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure (30%)
Directions: In this part there are 30 incomplete sentences. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then blacken the Corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
16. By the time you finish your homework, all of us__________ ours at hand, I'm sure.
A. will finish B. will have finished C. have finished D. have been finishing
17. In time of trouble Charliecould always__________a solution.
A. put aside B. look down uponC. break out D. come up with
18. Before building a house, you will have to__________the government's permission.
A. get from B. follow C. receive D. ask for
19. The director had her assistant__________some hot dogs for the staff members.
A. picked up B. picks upC. pick up D. picking up
20. ______their hats into the air, the fans of the winning team let out loud shouts of victory.
A. TO throwB. ThrownC. ThrowingD. Being thrown
21. It was hard for him to learn English in a family, in which of the parents spoke the language.
A. noneB. neither C. bothD. each
22. You'd better go there by train. The train ticket is __________ the plane ticket.
A. as cheap three times asB. as three times cheapas
C. three times as cheap asD. cheaper three times than
23. This new machineis technically far__________ to the previous type.
A. Superior:B. junior C. senior D. equal
24. There is a great deal of evidence____that music activities engage different parts of the brain.
A. indicateB. IndicatingC. indicated D. to be indicating
25. She became the first woman to enter the school but withdrew after a few days_____stress.
A. because ofB. in spite ofC. instead ofD. In honor of
26.______is known to us all is that the 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London.
A. It B. What C. As D. Which
27. The discovery of these tombs is__________for scholars' studyingChinese history.
A. of very important B. great significant C. of great significance D. greatly importance
28. Sean's strong love for his country is______in his recently published poems.
A. relievedB. ReflectedC. responded D. recovered
29. Would You please keep silent? The weather report__________and I want to listen.
A. is broadcast B. is being broadcast C. has been broadcast D. had been broadcast
30. The teacher stressedagain that'the students should not______any important details while retelling the story.
A. bring out B. let outC. leave outD. make out
31. The man moved_____forward and looked over the edge, shrinking his shoulders.
A. accuratelyB. CautiouslyC. brilliantlyD. disappointedly
32. The police are trying to find out the______of the woman,killed in the traffic accident.
A. evidenceB. recognition C identity D. status
33. By no means__________to her parents.
A. this is the first time has she liedB. this is the first time does she tell a lie
C. is this the first time She has liedD. is this the first time she was lying
34. Climate change will greatly_____wheat and rice production if nations don't take steps now.
A. fall B. leakC. lackD. reduce
35. She always buys__________ my birthday.
A. something awful to B. anything awful to
C. something nice for D. anything nice for
36. He failed to live Up to __________had been expected of him.
A. whatB. which C. thatD. all
37. It is very _____ of you to arrange an early.meeting between your boss and our team.
A. considerate B. ConsiderableC. consideriiig D. considered
38. I would have told him about the change of time for the class,________to class last 'tune.
A. did he comeB. he came C. had he comeD. he had come
39. The wind was so strong last night that it tore the______ of the ship into two or three pieces.
A. maskB. mineC. sail D. satellite
40. ____all the money people here spend eating out, restaurants' profit is still below five percent.
A. DespiteB.Thanks toC. SinceD. Like
41. Many a man__________lifeis meaningless without a purpose.
A. thinks B. thinkingC. have thought D. think
42. John left home twenty minutes ago. It is usually half an hour's drive from his home to theoffice here. So he__________soon.
A. should have arrivedB. need arrive C. must have arrivedD. may arrive
43. ___Hongkong, is often regarded as____international Centre for business, finance and tourism.
A./; anB. An; /C. The; /D./; the
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