1、VolumeThe momentum is building ahead of next months G8 summit in Scotland where the leaders of the worlds richest nations will debate what they can do to help some of the worlds poorest. Africa is the priority and the politicians will discuss _1_, ending trade regulations which put the continents ec
2、onomy at a disadvantage, and giving more aid._2_along the coastline, near the continentsz portsare monuments to exploitation. On the island of Goree, for example,_3_ Senegal, therezs the Slave House. This was the last place many Africans saw before being shipped off 4_ in the Americas or; just as of
3、ten, to death on the high seas.There are many more places like this_5_ or so of the African slave trade. When people wonder why Africa is so poor, they need look no further for_6_.Some people argue that_7_railways and schools and so onthe system was principally designed to turn Africa into a_8_ for
4、the profit of outsiders.Of course, some Africans gained from this period. Chiefs who sold their enemies_9_, for example, and coastal people who creamed a little off the colonial trade which flowed through their land.But on the whole,_10_, the general rule was systematic exploitation, This must, sure
5、ly, be the basic reason why Africa is poor. You could add that the climate is punishing, that _11_, and that todays independent African rulers are far from perfect. All true. But these factors, powerful in recent decades, seem marginal when_12_ that was set for centuries.The solution, or, at least,
6、the project sold as the solution, has been aid. Emergency aid, development aid, agricultural aid, economic advice._13_. The problem with this solution is that, patently, it hasnt worked.On the whole, Africa has got poorer. The failure hasnt really been the idea of real aid but_14_. Clearly, if, in t
7、he famous phrase, you teach a man to fish, youzre probably helping him.But most aid hasnt been like that. Most of it has been top-down aid, money thatzs given to African governments_15_ the aid givers. A good proportion of it has been creamed off by the recipient governments officials and_16_ paid b
8、ack to the so-called donors in consultancy fees, salaries, cars, houses-and-servants for aid officials,_17_ of arms.During the Cold War, which only ended in the 1990s, most aid to Africa was never really even_18_. It was designed to reward client states for supporting or opposing_19_. This led to in
9、appropriate and sometimes laughable results. Therezs an apocryphal tale that does the rounds, for example, of the former Soviet Union, in the 1970s,_20_ to tropical Guinea. To be honest, I dont know if this story is true. But I do know of many cases where so-called food aid has destroyed markets for
10、 local farmers by driving down prices.第1题 第2题 第3题 第4题 第5题 第6题 第7题 第8题 第9题 第10题 第11题 第12题 第13题 第14题 第15题 第16题 第17题 第18题 第19题 第20题 下一题(2125/共 20 题)Part B Listening Comprehension In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions.
11、 The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE, Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you have heard and write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.0004:19第21题A.A photographer.B.A documenter.C.An Afri
12、can artist.D.A founder of Tara.第22题A.Nearly five million.B.Thirty thousand.C.Over a million.Innumerable.第23题A.They exaggerated what they feel and think about their environment to achieve extraordinary artistic effects.B.Their thoughts and struggles are very much like that of modern human today.C.The
13、 estimated number of their rock images in Africa is extraordinary.D.They didnt know their work might change the way in which African history was previously thought.第24题A.Conscious destruction.B.Tourism industry.C.Theft.Carelessness.第25题A.Tara will make up one of the oldest and most extensive records
14、 on Earth of human thought.B.Tara will digitize some 20,000 photographic images of African rock art.C.Tara will ask the giants, all Africas leaders and peoples for the help.D.Tara will make the photographic images available to scholars worldwide. 上一题下一题(2630/共 20 题)Part B Listening Comprehension In this part of the test there will be some short talks and conversations. After each one, you will be asked some questions. The talks, conversations and questions will be spoken ONLY ONCE, Now listen carefully and choose the right answer to each question you
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