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　　四級英語專項閱讀訓練題一

　　The world has become a world of cities. With the present rate of urban growth***3. 8% in the Third World*** , the majority of the population of the world will be living in cities by the year 2000. This will transform the rural-urban equation which has marked the history of mankind up to now and will call for new example and a great deal of innovation to face this phenomenon.

　　This being so, one must accept the fact that for some years to come, no policy will be capable of stopping or reversing the present migratory trend from the rural areas to the cities in the Third World. In Africa, the urban population will reach 330 million people by the end of the century as against 150 million in 1995.

　　The number of people living in shanty-towns ***貧富窟*** will inevitably increase in spite of the efforts to improve housing conditions. Africa alone needs to build 12 million housing units between now and the year 2000 to meet its most basic needs. In an ILO study, M. S. V. Sethuraman estimates that in 70 Third "World cities the proportion of people living in shanty-towns varies from 15% to 70% and that about US $ 116 billion is required to give minimum comfort to these people by the turn of the century—less than US $ 10 billion per year.

　　The world population is growing at a rate of about 90 million people per year, with the Third World accounting for 80 million of them. The pressure on cities can only go on increasing. The urban population of the developing countries will exceed 2 billion people by the year 2000 and since the main reason for the high demographic ***人口統計的*** growth is poverty, the additional population will be mostly made of people of very limited means.

　　21. If the urban population of the developing countries exceeds 2 billion people by the year 2000, the main problem the additional people will face is______.

　　A. housing B. food

　　C. poverty D. limited land

　　22. According to the passage, "about US $116 billion is required to give minimum comfort to these people by the turn of the century—less than US $ 10 billion per year. " Do you think which year was the article written by saying "less than $ 10 billion per year" by the turn of the century?

　　A. 1985. B. 1990.

　　C. 1988. D. 2000.

　　23. The mankind should face the phenomenon that the world has become a world of cities with______.

　　A. a lot of difficulties

　　B. efforts to improve housing condition

　　C. pressure of the basic needs

　　D. new models and a great deal of transformation of ideas and methods

　　24. In Africa, people in cities will be______by the end of the century.

　　A. almost twice as much as in 1985 B. doubled than that in 1985

　　C. over twice as much as in 1985 D. 300 million

　　25. In spite of the efforts to improve housing condition, the number of people living in shanty-towns will increase because______.

　　A. houses in shanty-towns are cheap

　　B. shanty-towns could provide people with minimum comfort

　　C. no policy will be capable of stopping or changing the present immigrant tendency from the rural areas to the cities in the Third World

　　D. the Third Word population is growing at a rate of about 80 million people per year

　　四級英語專項閱讀訓練題答案

　　21. C 22. C 23. D 24. C 25. C

　　四級英語專項閱讀訓練題二

　　Is it possible to persuade mankind to livewithout war? War is an ancient institution which has existed for atleast sixthousand years. It was always bad and usually foolish, but in the past thehuman race managed to live withit. Modern ingenuity ***創造力*** has changed this. Either Man will abolishwar, or war will abolish Man. For thepresent, it is nuclear weapons that causethe most serious danger, but bacteriological or chemical weapons, maybeforelong, offer an even greater threat. If we succeed in abolishing nuclearweapons, our work will not be done. Itwill never be done until we havesucceeded in abolishing war. To do this, we need to persuade mankind tolookupon international questions in a new way, not as contests of forec, inwhich the victory goes to the side which ismost skillful in killing people, butby arbitration ***調解. in accordance with agreedprinciples of law. It is not easyto change very old mental habits, but this iswhat must be attempted.

　　There are those who say that the adoptionoft_his or that ideology would prevent war. I believe this to be a bigerror.All ideologies are based on dogmatic *** 教條式的. statements which are, at best, doubtful, and at worst,totallyfalse. Their adherents believe in them fanatically ***狂熱地. that they are willing to go to war in support ofthem.

　　Themovement of world opinion during the past few years has been very largely suchas we can welcome. Ithas become a commonplace *** 老生長談. that nuclear war must be avoided. Of course very difficultproblemsremain in the world, but the spirit in which they are being approachedis a better one than it was some years ago. Ithas begun to be thought, even bythe powerful men who decide whether we shall live or die, that negotiations should reach agreements even if both sides donot find these agreements wholly satisfactory. It has begun to beunderstoodthat the important conflict nowadays is not between different countries, butbetween Man and the atombomb.

　　56、This passage implies thatwar now is _________

　　A.worse than in the past

　　B.as badas in the past

　　C.not so dangerous as in the past

　　D.as necessary as in the past

　　57、In the sentence "To dothis, we need to persuade mankind... "***Line 6, Para.1 ***, "this" refers to _________

　　A.solving international problems

　　B.improving weapons

　　C.abolishing war

　　D.living a peaceful life

　　58、From Paragraph 2 we learnthat the author of the passage

　　A.is a supporter of some modem ideologies