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Brazil has become one. of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint ef?forts to reduce birth rates, Brazil had better results without re?ally trying, says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate dropped from 2. 99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1. 93% a year between 198 land 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2. 7 chil?dren on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (肥皂剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in low?ering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest produc?ers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television net?work, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
Although they have never really tried to work in a mes?sage towards the problems of reproduction, they describe mid?dle and upper class values: not many children, women work?ing, says Martine. They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attrac?tive package.
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. " This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incom?patible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction," says Mar?tine.
1. According to the passage, Brazil has lowered its population growth ________.
A. by educating its citizens B. by careful family planning
C. by limiting birth rate D. by chance
2. According to the passage, many Third World countries
A. are unwilling to control the birth rate.
B. are willing to join Brazil in controlling their birth rate soon
C. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population
D. haven’t realized the importance of TV plays in family planning
3. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate be?cause ________.
A. they educate people.
B. they have gradually changed people’s way of life
C. people are drawn to their attractive package
D. they popularize birth control measures
4. What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
A. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
B. The increase in birth rate will be controlled.
C. Consumption goes with reproduction.
D. A country ‘s production is limited by its population growth.
5. According to the passage, soap operas show that they have ____in the middle class.
A. one or two babies. B. many babies C. only a boy D. only a girl
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E＝AB F＝AC G＝ADOn Monica ＆ Hitesh's wedding day, Monica's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook(银行存折)with ＄1000 deposit amount．Mother：“Monica, take this passbook． 1 When something happy and memorable happens in your new life, put some money in．Write down what it's about next to the line．When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had．” 2 This was what they did after a certain time：
－7 Feb：＄100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage
－1 Mar：＄300, salary raise for Monica
－20 Mar：＄200, vacation trip to Bali
－15 Apr：＄2000, Monica got pregnant
－1 Jun：＄1000, Hitesh got promoted… and so on…
3 They didn't talk much．They regretted that they had married the nastiest person in the world……
One day Monica talked to her Mother：“Mom, we can't stand it anymore．We agree to divorce．I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy! ” Mother：“Sure, girl, that's no big deal．Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it．But before that, do one thing first．Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day? Take out all money and spend it first． 4 ”
Monica thought it was true．So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account．While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record．She looked, and looked, and looked． 5 Her eyes were then filled with tears．She left and went home, putting the passbook back to the safe．
A．However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for unimportant things．
B．Keep it as a record of your marriage life．
C．They had saved much money when they retired．
D．Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind．
E．Monica and her husband both thought it was a great idea．
F．Remember the saving passbook her mother gave her on the wedding day．
G．You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage．
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