考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷563.pdfVIP

考研英语（阅读）模拟试卷563

一、阅读常（规阅读理解）本（题共25题，每题7.0

分，共25分。）

Duringthepasttwodecadesastonishingprogresshasbeenmadeinfightinginfectious

diseasesinpoorcountries.Poliohasalmostbeeneradicated;malariaisbeingtamed;

AIDSisslowlybeingbroughtundercontrol.Yetalmostunnoticed,anotherepidemicis

ragingacrossthedevelopingworld,thisoneman-made.oadcrashesnowkill1.3m

peopleayear,morethanmalariaortuberculosis.Onpresenttrends,by2030theywill

takeagreatertollthanthetwotogether,andgreatereventhanAIDS.Thevastmajorityof

victimsdieinpoorandmiddle-incomecountries-1.2min2011,comparedwith99,000

inrichones.Forevery100,000carsintherichworld,fewerthan15peopledieeachyear.

InEthiopiathefigureis250timeshigher.Itistemptingtoseethekillasthepriceof

development.Buildingroadsisahighlyeffectivewayofboostinggrowth:theWorld

Bankfindsmanyprojectstofundthatdobetterthanitsminimumacceptableeconomic

rateofreturnof12%.Intherichworldroaddeathsandgrowthwenthand-in-handfor

decades;thefirstdeath-by-carwasin1896andthepeakcameinthe1970s.However,

sincethen,restraintsondriversandinvestmentinsafetyhaveslashedroaddeathsinthe

richworldbymorethanhalf.NewYorksroadsarenowattheirsafestsincerecords

beganin1910.Swedenisstillsomewayfromitsstatedgoalofendingroaddeaths

altogether,butin2013justoneSwedishchildundersevendiedinacrash.Technology

suchasalcolocks,whichpreventdrunk-driving,andself-drivingcarswillmakeroadsin

therichworldsaferstill.Governmentsinpoorcountriestendtoassumethatthey,too,

mustseedeathssoarbeforetheyarerichenoughtothinkaboutsavinglives.Aiddonors

anddevelopmentbanksmayconcludethatadangerousroa