Question

    Over the past 40 years, China has helped more than 700 million rural residents out of being poor, and the poverty rate — the proportion of people living below the Chinese poverty line — had fallen among the rural population from 97.5 percent in 1978 to 3.1 percent at the end of 2017, official figures shows. China’s achievements in poverty alleviation (扶贫) made the world look at China with admiration.

“For me, it is unbelievable that over 40 years, that is, over the course of one working lifetime, China has gone from one of the poorest countries in the world to one that is about to eliminate(消除) absolute poverty,” said Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council.

Varaprasad Sekhar Dolla, a professor of Chinese studies at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, also spoke highly of China’s achievements in poverty reduction. “If global poverty came down greatly in the last three or four decades, it’s partly because of the Chinese contribution to reducing poverty within its own national boundaries,” said the Indian scholar.

In the eyes of Khairy Tourk, a professor of economics with the Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, “many countries look up to China to learn from its experience.” “The Chinese experience is based on building a modern infrastructure (基础设施) and then on setting up special economic zones that would help underdeveloped countries to become more industrial,” he added.

In the government work report delivered at the opening of the annual NPC session (全国人大会议) on March 5, China promises to reduce its population of rural poor by over 10 million this year.

1.What’s the purpose of the numbers given in the first paragraph?

A.To show China has helped many rural residents out of poverty.

B.To imply many Chinese are suffering from poverty.

C.To show the great changes of China in the past 40 decades.

D.To indicate all Chinese will eliminate poverty this year.

2.What’s the attitude of Craig Allen to China’s achievements in poverty alleviation?

A.surprised. B.interested. C.upset. D.indifferent.

3.Which is the meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?

A.The global poverty has come down except China.

B.China should try its best to help the world out of poverty.

C.China has made great contributions to world poverty alleviation.

D.China has eliminated poverty completely.

4.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.China will make more progress in poverty alleviation.

B.China has done a lot in poverty alleviation.

C.China has realized its dream to help its people out of poverty.

D.The world speak well of China’s achievements in poverty alleviation.

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了中国在消除贫困方面取得的成就使世界对中国刮目相看，以及世界上其他国家和组织人员对中国减贫成就的高度评价。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句China’s achievements in poverty alleviation made the world look at China with admiration.(中国在消除贫困方面取得的成就使世界对中国刮目相看)可知，第一段给出的数字的目的是为了表明中国已经帮助许多农村居民摆脱了贫困。故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段“For me, it is unbelievable that over 40 years, that is, over the course of one working lifetime, China has gone from one of the poorest countries in the world to one that is about to eliminate absolute poverty,” said Craig Allen, president of the US-China Business Council.（美中贸易全国委员会主席Craig Allen表示：“在我看来，40多年来，也就是在一个人的工作生涯中，中国从世界上最贫穷的国家之一，变成了即将消除绝对贫困的国家，这令人难以置信”）可知，Craig Allen对中国减贫成就感到很吃惊。故选A。

3.句意猜测题。根据上文Varaprasad Sekhar Dolla, a professor of Chinese studies at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, also spoke highly of China’s achievements in poverty reduction.(印度尼赫鲁大学中国研究教授Varaprasad Sekhar Dolla也高度评价了中国在减贫方面取得的成就)可知，下文是对中国为世界减贫事业作出的高度评价，可知划线句子的意思是中国为世界减贫事业作出了巨大贡献。故选C。

4.主旨大意题。根据第一段最后一句China’s achievements in poverty alleviation made the world look at China with admiration.(中国在消除贫困方面取得的成就使世界对中国刮目相看)以及其他人对中国的减贫成就的评价，本文主要讲述世界对中国的扶贫成就高度评价。故选D。