40.(　 ) It is judged that there are_______ people hit by AIDS in Asia or so.

A. 43 million　　　 B. 6 million　　 C. love　 D. 3.7 million

39.(　 ) What does the underlined word “she” refer to?

A. Mala.　　　　　　　　 B. Mala’s mother.　

C. Mala’s mother-in-law.　　 D. Mala’s sister

38.(　 ) The overall purpose of this information is to_______.

A. show how the standard of living in poor countries has recently improved

B. describe how poor countries with large populations feed their people

C. report on worldwide trends in population and living standards

D. question the reason for high life expectancy in wealthy countries

(B)

NEW DELHI －Just a few ye housewife. She cooked, cleaned and looked after her two small children.

Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS; she was found out HIV-positive (艾滋病病毒检验呈阳性反应) and her mother-in-law took her children away from her, saying they would get the disease. “When friends dropped in for a visit, she would introduce me, saying, ‘She is my son’s widow. She has AIDS,’" said Mala. AIDS is now described as "explosive (炸药) "around the world. A study of a hospital in the port city of Durban in south Africa, where the world’s biggest and Africa’s first AIDS conference opened last Sunday, found that almost half the beds in medical wards (病房)were occupied by AIDS patients.

South Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV infections(传染), with 1,700 people infected daily, adding to the 4.3 million, or 10 percent of its population, living with HIV. Until now, Asia has been more successful in holding the AIDS virus(病毒) than Africa, where the disease has killed about 12 million people.

AIDS is now threatening to surround many of Asia’s poverty-stricken countries. Countries in Asia, such as Cambodia, and Thailand, have HIV infection speeds over 1 percent. But the low speeds hide huge numbers of affected people, because of the population base.

In India, for example, 3.7 million are infected, more than in any other country except South Africa. In China, an estimated 500,000 people, mainly drug users, live with HIV/ AIDS. Gordon Alexander, a senior advisor for UN AIDS in India, estimates(估计) that the number hit by AIDS in Asia will climb to about eight million over the next five years from about six million.

In many Asian countries, the battle against HIV is a social cultural one against public discussion of sexual health and put a nationwide media campaingn into action to limit the spread of HIV through unsafe sex. Brenton Wong, an official with Singapore’s Action for AIDS, says the actual HIV incidence in the city state of 3.9 million people is at least eight times higher than official data. “Shame and deny is still very, very common so people are afraid to get tested and many times won’t even tell their families if they test positive,” said Wong.

37.(　 ) According to the information about “urban population” which of the following statements is true?

A. In 1900, about 10 percent of the world population lived in cities.

B. Los Angles and Shanghai have the same population.

C. The population of Bombay is greater than that of New York.

D. The third most populated city is Tokyo.

36.(　 ) According to the information, which problem is associated with rapid population growth?

A. Excessive food being wasted.

B. Too many people living in the city.

C. Experimentation with food production.

D. More people practicing medicine.

34.(　 ) A. compared　 B. concluded　 C. contrasted　　　　 D. conducted

33.(　 ) A. how　　　　 B. what　　　 C. when　　　　　 D. where

32.(　 ) A. map　　　　 B. picture　　 C. figure　　　　　 D. pattern

31.(　 ) A. book　　　 B. news　　　 C. findings　　　　 D. theory