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1、湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练(1)1.阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。FormerIrishPresidentMaryRobinsonwasjustmakingapoliteconversationwithanEthiopian（埃塞俄比亚的）teenageraboutherweddingday.The16-year-oldhadalreadybeenmarriedforayear．"Shelookedatmewiththesaddesteyesandsaid,'Ihadtodropoutofscho
2、ol,'"Robinsonsaidinatelephoneinterview．"Thatconveyedtomethereality,"saidRobinson,thefirstwomantoserveasIreland'spresidentandformerU．N．highcommissionerforhumanrights．"Herlife,asfarassheisconcerned,hadmoreorlessended．"Robinsonsaidkeepinggirlsinschoolwasoneofthemostimportantthingspolicym
3、akerscoulddotoaddressthecomingchallengesofanever-increasingpopulation,predictedbytheUnitedNationstoreach7billionsoon．"EuropeancountriesareconcernedaboutagingpopulationsasisJapan,butthisismuchlessofanissuethanthehugenumberofpeoplewhichwearegoingtoseeoverthenext40yearswhenthepopulationg
4、oesfrom7billionto9billion,"shesaid．"Almostallofthatincreasewillbeinpoordevelopingcountries,sothatwehaveaverybigchallenge．"Familyplanningexpertsworryinparticularaboutthefuturepopulationexplosioninsub-SaharanAfrica．InMay,theUnitedNationsprojectedtheworldpopulationwouldreach9.3billionin2
5、050and10.1billionby2100.MuchofthatgrowthwillcomefromAfrica,wherethepopulationisgrowingat2.3percentayear—morethandoubleAsia's1percentgrowthrate.Ifthatratestaysconsistent,whichisnotcertain,Africa'spopulationwillreach3.6billionby2100fromthepresent1billion．JoelCohen,aprofessorofpopulation
6、studiesatRockefellerUniversityandColumbiaUniversityinNewYork,saiduniversalsecondaryeducationofferedawaytoreducepopulationinhighbirth-rateregions.Inadditiontoprovidinginformationaboutbirthcontrol,asecondaryeducationteacheswomentoreducetheirownfertility（生育力）,improvethehealthoftheirchild
7、renandallowsthemto12movefromamind-setofhavingmanychildren,inthehopesthatsomewillsurvivetoimprovingthequalityofeachchild'slife,CohenwroteinthejournalNature.59.Inthefirstparagraph,theauthorintroduceshistopicby_____．A.explainingtheauthor'sopinionsB.givinganexampleC.describingthepooreduca
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