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1、Module2DevelopingandDevelopedCountriesPeriod1IntroductionReadingandVocabularyⅠ.阅读理解ABrazilhasbecomeoneofthedevelopingworld’sgreatestsuccessesinreducingpopulationgrowth—butmorebyaccidentthandesign.WhilecountriessuchasIndiahavemadejointeffortstoreducebirthrates,Brazilhashadabet
2、terresultwithoutreallytrying,saysGeorgeMartineatHarvard.Brazil’spopulationgrowthratehasdroppedfrom2.99%ayearbetween1951and1960to1.93%ayearbetween1981and1990,andBrazilianwomennowhaveonly2.7childrenonaverage.Martinesaysthisfiguremayhavefallenstillfurthersince1990,anachievementt
3、hatmakesittheenvyofmanyotherthirdworldcountries.Martineputsitdownto,amongotherthings,soapoperas(通俗电视剧)andinstallment(分期付款)plansintroducedinthe1970s.Bothplayedanimportant,althoughindirect,roleinloweringthebirthrate.Brazilisoneoftheworld’sbiggestproducersofsoapoperas.Colobo,Bra
4、zil’smostpopulartelevisionnetwork,showsthreehoursofsoapssixnightsaweek,whilethreeothersshowatleastonehouranight.Mostsoapsarebasedonwealthycharacterslivingthehighlifeinbigcities.“Althoughtheyhaveneverreallytriedtoworkinamessagetowardstheproblemsofreproduction(生育),theydescribem
5、iddleandupperclassvalues—notmanychildren,differentattitudestowardssex,womenworking,”saysMartine.“TheysentthismessagetoallpartsofBrazilandmadepeoplerealizeotherpatternsoffamilylifeandothervalues,whichwereputintoaveryattractivepackage.”Meanwhile,theinstallmentplanstriedtoencour
6、agethepoortobecomeconsumers.“Thisledtoachangeinconsumption(消费)patternsandconsumptiondidnotgetalongwellwithunlimitedreproduction,”saysMartine.【语篇概述】本文主要描述了巴西偶然降低了人口增长的经过。81.Theunderlinedphrase“putsitdownto”inParagraph3isclosestinmeaningto .A.considersthecauseofittobeB.findsi
7、tareasonforC.looksitonasD.comparesitto【解析】选A。词义猜测题。putsth.downto归结……的原因是……。由第二、三段的关系可以推出答案选A。2.SoapoperashavehelpedlowerBrazil’sbirthratebecause .A.theykeeppeoplesittinglonghourswatchingTVB.theyhavegraduallychangedpeople’swayoflifeC.peoplearedrawntotheirattractivepackageD.t
8、heymakebirthcontrolmeasurespopular【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的描述,肥皂剧中的中上层阶级
