1 . One of the most important sections of the Human Development Report is the Human Development Index. The Index ________ a country’s achievements in three ways: life expectancy, education and income. The ________ has some surprises. Norway is ________ the list, while the US is at number 7. The bottom ten countries are all African countries. China is in the middle of the list. It is one of the examples of successful ________. China increased life expectancy by 13 years. In the last ten years in China, 150 million people moved out of ________. However, a great many people in ________ countries are facing problems of food. Over half of who get ________ are in South Asia or Africa. In developing countries about 115 million children are not ________. And ________ more than 1 billion people don’t have safe water to drink, so the report suggests that we need to make greater ________ in the future.
1. A.develops | B.measures | C.pollutes | D.educates |
2. A.index | B.similarity | C.charity | D.transport |
3. A.similar to | B.close to | C.at the top of | D.at the bottom of |
4. A.income | B.development | C.tourism | D.industry |
5. A.location | B.position | C.pollution | D.poverty |
6. A.polluted | B.developing | C.developed | D.industrial |
7. A.homeless | B.poor | C.hungry | D.unfortunate |
8. A.educated | B.smart | C.similar | D.crowded |
9. A.similarly | B.unfortunately | C.interestingly | D.though |
10. A.efforts | B.progress | C.fortune | D.goals |