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17．"The world has never been a better place to live in，"says science writer Matt Ridley，"and it will keep on getting better．"Ridley's critics have accused him of his views on climate change and the free market．Yet Ridley，54，sticks to his guns．"It is not mad to befieve in a happy future for people and the planet．"he says．Ridley，who's been a foreign correspondent，a zoologist，an economist，and a financier，brings a broad view to his sunny outlook．"People say I'm bonkers to claim the world will go on getting better．yet I can't stop myself，"he says．Read on to see how Ridley makes his case．
Compared with 50 years ago，when I was just four years old，the average human now earns nearly three times as much money，eats one third more calories，and can expect to live one third longer．In fact，it's hard to find any region of the world that's worse off now than it was then，even though the global population has more than doubled over that period．
City citizens take up less space，use less energy，and have less impact on natural ecosystems than country livers．The world's cities now contain over half its people，but they occupy less than 3 percent ofits land are8．Urban growth may worry environmentalism，but living in the country is not the best way to care for the earth．The best thing we can do for the planet is build more skyscrapers．
The rich get richer，but the poor do even better．Between 1980 and 2000，the poor doubled their consumption．Nigerians are twice as rich and live nine more years．The percentage of the world's people living in absolute poverty has dropped by over half．The United Nations estimates that poverty was reduced more in the past 50 years than in the previous 500．
71．Ridley's attitude towards the human future isD．
A．worried      B．proud       C．concerned       D．optimistic
72．According to Paragraph 2，the improvement of people's life is great in theirB．
A．earning much money，eating more and living happily
B．earning more money，better food and living longer
C．spending more money，richer food and easy life
D．higher pay，various food and active life
73．The writer believes thatA．
A．urban Hving is a good thing
B．all people should live in cities
C．living in the countryside causes trouble
D．tall buildings should be built in the country
74．The last paragraph mainly tells us thatA．
A．the poor people benefit more than the rich
B．poverty in the world nearly disappears
C．the percentage ofthe rich has dropped by over half
D．the rich get more benefit than the ordinary people
75．Which of the following would be the best title for the text？C
A．Go ahead!B．Calm Down!C．Cheer Up!D．Take Care!

Answer 1

分析 作家Matt Ridley认为世界是一个前所未有的美好的居住地，而且它将更加适宜人类和生物的居住，并给出了一些原因．

解答 71-75 DBAAC
71题答案是D．细节理解题．根据yet I can't stop myself 我无法停止我自己（相信我们会有一个美好的未来），可知作者的态度是积极乐观的，故选D．
72题答案是B．细节理解题．根据the average human now earns nearly three times as much money，eats one third more calories，and can expect to live one third longer 人们比以前平均多赚取3倍的钱，吃的食物多出1/3的能量，还可以活得更长．故选B．
73题答案是A．细节理解题．根据City citizens take up less space，use less energy，and have less impact on natural ecosystems than country livers．The world's cities now contain over half its people，but they occupy less than 3 percent ofits land are8 城市里的人占用更少的空间，使用更少的能量，对自然环境有更小的影响．可知城市化是一件好事．故选A．
74题答案是A．归纳总结题．根据but the poor do even better…可知穷人比富人获益更多．故选A．
75题答案是C．主旨大意题．根据第一段的The world has never been a better place to live in，"says science writer Matt Ridley，"and it will keep on getting better．"Ridley's critics have accused him of his views on climate change and the free market．作家Matt Ridley认为世界是一个前所未有的美好的居住地，而且它将更加适宜人类和生物的居住．正问具体分析了原因，给人们展示了一个乐观的蓝图．所以选Cheer Up 振作起来．故选C．

点评 本文是政治经济类阅读理解．做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．