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What is the difference between developed and developing countries? The question is quite a difficult one. But we can compare them in two important as?pects: people and economy. People

In developing countries there are high rates of both birth and death. Families decide to give birth to more than one child, because many developing countries do not have the systems necessary to guarantee(保证)the life of old people. Raising more children seems to be the only way to make sure that dur?ing their later years a person will be taken care of.

The situation is completely different in fully-developed countries. Those countries have low levels of birth and mortality. Low mortality rate is mainly because of the good health care, but low birth rate is due to the fact that support?ing a family with more children is expensive nowadays. Another reason is that more and more women decide to work outside, so there is usually no time and place for a large group of children in their lives. Economy

In developed countries, most industries have high levels of technological progress, while the smallest role in the country's GDP is played by agriculture.

In most cases, in developing countries most GDP comes from agriculture. It is mainly due to the fact that services and many branches of industry are in the stage of development. But they have the potential to develop quickly, be?cause they have many things to improve.

Of course, the difference between developed and developing countries is not that clear, because some countries might be in the middle of great changes. When a country is in that stage, some data can define the country as a developing one, but others may show that it is a developed one.

1.Why does the writer think the question is difficult to answer?

 A.    Because the people and economy of a country cannot reflect the whole situation.

B.     Because most developing countries are certain to become developed ones.

C.     Because he can only compare them in two aspects―people and economy.

D.    Because according to some data a developing country can be seen as a developed one.

2.In developing countries, there are high birth rates because people hope

  A. their children will have a bright future

B. generations can live under the same roof

C.  they will be taken care of in their later years

D.   the next generation can contribute more to society

3.  What's the meaning of the underlined word "mortality" in Paragraph 3?
A. Health.          B. Death.          C.  Employment.        D. Survival.

4. What's probably the writer's attitude towards the future of developing countries? '

A. Negative.       B.  Worried.          C.  Optimistic.      D. Doubtful.

5.  This passage mainly helps us to______________ .

 A.  know why developed countries develop so fast

B.   learn about the weak points of developing countries

C.   realize our responsibilities to develop our own country

D.  tell the differences between developing countries and developed ones


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When Lorcan Dillon said the words "I love you" out for the first time, his mother Jayne was quite 5 . "I was so moved. You could never imagine how 6 it was for me to hear those words," she said. But this seven-year-old boy's first expression of love wasn't di?rected at his mother. 7 , it was aimed at the family cat―Jessi-Cat.

Lorcan was born in September 2004. Since then, he was a lonely boy 8 in a world of silence. The boy was unwilling to talk as well as express emotion, and stayed 9   silent. His future made the family 10   about him. By the time he was five came the 11  of Jessi-Cat. This cat had a great sense of 12 She seemed to understand her role was to 13 by Lorcan's side. Whatever she heard Lorcan do, she would come up and  14  what was going on.

 Soon Lorcan 15 a close bond with the cat, and she has helped the 16 boy to relax and speak. Then something magical 17 , Lorcan began reading to her in a low voice, and her paw was resting on his hand. And this child has begun to 18 for the first time. This cat was the only living thing that Lorcan could talk to 19 hesitation. She was not there to 20 him―she was just there to listen. So the boy had the  21  to talk.

   This inspiring story between them made the pair 22 the Cat of the Year and the Best Friends Award. Lorcan was so 23 of Jessi-Cat that he stepped on to the stage to take the award with no sign of 24 "When we got home, he hugged Jessi-Cat and told her she had won. To me, hearing him talk was like winning all over again," said Jayne.

5.  A. embarrassed                         B. excited
    C. interested                           D. tired

6. A. funny                              B. important
   C.easy                                 D. serious

7. A. Besides                              B. Thus
  C.  Still                               D. Instead

8. A. trapped                               B. attracted
C.  cheated                               D. protected

9. A. certainly                           B. sincerely
C.  gradually                              D. completely

 10. A. argue                                B. tell

C. worry                               D. talk

11. A. arrival                             B. link
C.  mark                                D. origin

12. A. humour                              B. duty
C.  value                               D. justice

13. A. sleep                               B. fight
C.  stay                                 D. pass

14. A. take on                            B.   hold back
C.  ask for                             D.   find out

15.A. admitted                               B. left

C.  formed                              D. repaired

16. A. silent                              B. nervous
C.  deaf                                 D. weak

17. A. mattered                             B. happened
C.  worked                              D. proved

18. A. stand                                 B. smile
C.   speak                               D. smell

19. A. without                             B. beyond
C.  over                                 D. under

20. A. inform                               B. touch
C. judge                                   D. beat

21. A. right                                B. courage
C.   impatience                            D. time

22. A. win                                  B. expect
C. invite                                   D. promise

23. A. curious                                B. sure
C.  certain                                D. proud

24.A. pleasure                              B. excitement
C.  anger                                  D. fear

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