单选题 An "{{U}}epidemic{{/U}}of poverty" in Britain is having a dramatic impact on the survival rates and health chances of children from poor families, an influential coalition will warn this week in a major report that casts doubt on government efforts to close the inequality gap. End Child Poverty, a network of children's charities, church groups, unions and think-tanks, claims that the gap between rich and poor represents a "huge injustice" in British society and has become one of the major factors affecting child mortality rates. Its report, based on a wide-ranging analysis of government data, finds that children from poor families are at 10 times the risk of sudden infant death as children from better-off homes. And it reveals how babies from disadvantaged families are more likely to be born underweight less than children from the richest families. Poorer children are two-and-a-half times more likely to suffer chronic illness when toddlers and twice as likely to have cerebral palsy, according to the report, "Health Consequences of Poverty for Children". "Poverty is now one of the greatest dangers faced by our children, " said Nick Spencer, one of the report's authors and professor of child health at the University of Warwick. "If poverty were an infection, we would be in the midst of a full-scale epidemic." The report is likely to revive the debate on child poverty and focus attention on Labor's record when it comes to tackling social inequalities. In March 1999, the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, promised to eradicate child poverty "within a generation". This was later defined as a commitment to end child poverty by 2020, with a target of halving the number of children living in poverty by 2010/11. But while the current row over social inequality has tended to focus on education and benefits, the implications for health have been largely ignored. Now, however, the End Child Poverty report highlights how socio-economic factors affect the entire life of children born into poverty, from fontal development and early infancy through to teenage years and adulthood. The government claims it is closing the gap between rich and poor, but accepts that more needs to be done. The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, said in June: "Although we have already lifted hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty with new tax credits, more people in work and better public services, the latest figures show we have not made enough progress."

单选题The passage mentions all of the following as uses for copper in colonial America EXCEPT ______.

单选题Despite his ______ as a trouble-maker, he was promoted to department manger. A) repetition B) repression C) reputation D) representation

单选题Although Lucy was slimming, she found cakes quite ______.

单选题They are confronting tremendous and more complicated problems.

单选题The Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,The lowing herd wind slowly o" er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.The following selection is from______.

单选题This kind of work is ______ me.A. unfamiliar withB. unfamiliar byC. unfamiliar toD. not unfamiliar of

单选题The small group of onlookers presented a pathetic sight and did nothing to help the drowning child.

单选题The guilty Uverdict/U was widely expected, although harsher than many had predicted.

单选题As the plane circled over the airport, everyone sensed that something was wrong. The plane was moving unsteadily through the air, and (31) the passengers had fastened their seat belts, they were suddenly thrown forward. At that moment, the air-hostess (32) . She looked very pale, but was quite (33) . Speaking quickly but almost in a whisper, she (34) everyone that the pilot had fainted and asked if any of the passengers knew anything about machines or at least how to drive a car. After a moment's (35) , a man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot's cabin. Moving the pilot aside, the man took his seat and listened carefully to the urgent instructions that were being sent by radio from the airport below. The plane was now dangerously close (36) the ground, but to everyone's relief, it soon began to climb. The man had to (37) the airport several limes in order to become (38) with the controls. Therefore the danger had not yet passed. The terrible (39) came when he had to land. Following information, the man guided the plane toward the airfield. It shook violently (40) it touched the ground and then moved rapidly along the runway and after a long run it stopped safely.

单选题You will make the things worse ______ you refuse to apologize for that.

单选题How does the author feel about Mr Alan?

单选题According to the passage, one of Thomas Jefferson's political goals was to ______.

单选题If you're driving to the airport, can you give me a ______?A. handB. seatC. driveD. lift

单选题John and Kate got married although they are very ______ from each other.

单选题He was very intelligent, but he ______ the requirement for a manager.

单选题A warning news report from Qatar announces that a group of Islam will continue to kill Americans wherever they are ______ they leave the Arab world forever.A. even thoughB. in caseC. wheneverD. until