中国地质大学(北京)考博英语阅读理解解析.pdf

中国考博辅导首选学校 中国地质大学 （北京）考博英语阅读理解解析 U report warns poverty goals likely to be missed The infant death rate for African Americans in Washington DC is higher than that in the cities of the Indian state of Kerala， the United ations has warned as part of a damning reviews of poverty and inequality around the world. Published ahead of next weeks summit in ew York to review progress in meeting goals to halve extreme poverty by 2015， the U s human development report says： US health indicators are far below those that might be expected on the basis of national wealth. The report ， published by the United ations Development Programme （U DP）， says the outcome is due partly to persistent and extreme disparities between people from different social and ethnic groups， as shown by recent images of poor black people stranded in ew Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. The findings reflect a new focus by the U upon differences within countries as well as between countries， as policymakers try to think of new ways to achieve the millennium development goals （MDGs）， agreed in 2000. （PS:The way to contact yumingkaobo TEL:si ling ling-liu liu ba-liu j iu qi ba QQ: 77267 537) India and China， which have both enjoyed sustained economic growth， face worrying challenges. There are worrying indications that social progress is starting to lag behind economic performance， with the slowdown in the rate of reduction in child deaths a special concern. The U notes that China spends 5 per cent of its GDP on health， but public spending now amounts to less than 2 per cent of GDP. The erosion of public funding， it says， has resulted in a mismatch between need and provision， with per capita spending in urban areas 3.5 times that in rural areas. Between 70 and 80 per