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1、ReadingComprehensionTEXTANewglobalestimates,basedonimproveddata,showabout40millionpeopleworldwidearelivingwithHIV/AIDS,includinganestimated2.5millionchildrenunder15yearsold.About5millionpeoplewereinfectedin2003andmorethan3millionhavedied.PeterPiot,headoftheJointUnitedNationsProgramonHI

2、V/AIDS,(UNAIDS)said，"TheAIDSepidemiccontinuestoexpand;wehaven'treachedthelimityet.MorepeoplehavebecomeinfectedthisyearthaneverbeforeandmorepeoplehavediedfromAIDSthaneverbefore.ItisthefirstcauseofdeathinAfricaandthefourthcauseofdeathworldwide."ChinahassteppedupitsbattleagainstHIV/AIDSin

3、recentmonths,pledgingfreedrugstopeopleinthecountrysideandpoorurbanresidentswhohavethedisease.China'sministryofhealthhaswarnedthatifstrongerHIV/AIDSpreventionmeasuresarenottaken,10millionpeoplecouldbeHIV-positiveby2010.AccordingtotheUNAIDS,asmuchas40percentofthepopulation—approximatelyf

4、ive-hundredmillionpersons—don'tknowhowtoprotectthemselvesagainstthevirus.Insomeareas,upto10percentwereHIV-positiveandtheyestimatedthat8.5millionpeoplehavesexuallytransmittedinfectionsinthesameyear.　　1.WhichofthefollowingaccountsforthebiggestamountofHIV/AIDS?A.Childrenunder15.B.Adultsov

5、er40.C.Peopleinfectedin2003.D.PeoplewhodiedofHIV/AIDSin2003.2.FromPeterPiot’sremarkweknowthattheAIDSepidemic_______.A.continuestoexpandinAfricaB.willcontinuetoexpandworldwideC.isthefirstcauseofdeathworldwideD.canneverbestopped3.Whatdoes“stepup”mean?(Para.3)A.walkclosetoB.comeupwithC.in

6、creaseinsizeorspeedD.climbonto4.“Thepopulation”inthelastparagraphrefersto________.A.theworldpopulationB.theChinesepopulationC.theHIV/AIDSpopulationD.five-hundredmillionpersons5.Whatisthetoneofthepassage?　　A.optimisticB.pessimistic　　C.subjectiveD.objectiveTEXTBTheagriculturerevolutionin

7、thenineteenthcenturyinvolvedtwothings:theinventionoflabor-savingmachineryandthedevelopmentofscientificagriculture.Labor-saving machinerynaturallyappearedfirstwherelaborwasscarce."InEurope",saidThomasJefferson,"theobjectistomakethemostoftheirland,laborbeingsufficient;hereitistomakethe