听力题 Today I will be presenting a report on our findings on the condition of the world''s (36) 1. It may be a surprise to you that half the people in the world live on less than two dollars a day, and one billion people live on less than one dollar a day. I am going to look at (37) 2 and its relationship to issues. We must work fast if we hope to by half, by the year 2015. Our survey shows that the first step should be to (38) 3 health-care systems. In the world''s poorest countries, people are (39) 4to live just 49 years. One in ten children doesn''t reach his or her first birthday. According to our study, poor health and are (40) 5. Women are affected most by poor health-care systems, especially (41) 6 women. The second job we have to do, as many of you can guess, is to (42) 7birth rates. We have found mat when given a choice, poor people in (43) 8countries have fewer children than their parents did. A possible reason for this (44) 9.Since the 1970s, countries with lower birth rates have had faster economic growth. They have had higher productivity, more savings and more investment. (45) 10. Now, here is the third measure we must take: promote education in countries. Investing in education, especially for women, can . (46) 11. Moreover, they tend to send their children to good schools so that they can climb the social ladder.
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【正确答案】 1、population,    2、poverty,    3、improve,    4、expected,    5、linked,    6、pregnant,    7、reduce,    8、developing,    9、is probably that smaller families have fewer expenses and more chances of increasing their earnings and savings,    10、Obviously we must encourage family planning and lower birth rates,    11、Educated women have more opportunities to work and a chance to live better    
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