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[单项选择] Russian president Vladimir Putin has inadvertently (不注意地) spotlighted one of today’’s momentous mysteries: collapsing birthrates in industrialized countries. Putin proposed that Russia pay women to have children to remedy a "critical" population outlook. Actually, he might have said "desperate." In 2000, Russia’’s population totaled almost 147 million.
Russia’’s case, though extreme, isn’’t isolated. There’’s no more population "explosion." In wealthier countries, motherhood is going out of style and plunging birthrates portend population loss. One way or another, the side effects will be massive for economics, politics and people’’s well being. Indeed, they may already have started. Is it a coincidence that Germany and Italy, two countries on the edge of population decline, are so troubled
First, some facts. On average, women must have two children for a society to replace itself. The actual number of children per woman is called the "total fertility rate," or TFR. Here
A. of, relating to, or characteristic of critics or criticism
B. forming or having the nature of a turning point; crucial or decisive
C. being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
D. characterized by careful, exact evaluation and judgment
[单项选择]What plan did President Vladimir Putin announce
A. A plan to promote people’s living.
B. A plan to diversify Russia’s economy and develop its high technology sector.
C. A plan to cut tax.
D. A plan to raise the oil prices
[单项选择]What did Putin order the government to do
A. To draft legislation for the creation of special zones where high tech companies would enjoy tax breaks and other incentives.
B. To draft legislation for the creation of special zones where heavy industries would enjoy tax breaks and other incentives.
C. To put more money in high-tech sector.
D. To be better prepared for the next presidential election
[填空题]Russian men live 14 years shorter than Russian women and 16 years shorter than Western Europe men.
[单项选择]Compared with his （）, Putin adopted a more active, flexible and pragmatic foreign policy.
A. ancestor
B. predecessor
C. forerunner
D. pioneer
[填空题]
- A. Pacific war
- B. Gloomy world
- C. Putin’s commemorating speech
- D. China’s determination
- E. Schroeder’s plea for forgiveness
- F. World’s worst disaster
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[单项选择]What did Rice discuss with the Russian leaders
A. Human fights issues.
B. North Korean issues.
C. American and Russian military issues.
[单项选择]A proposed Russian ban on European Union meat exports could jeopardize Russia’s aspirations to join the World Trade Organization next year, the EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, warned Friday. He warned that several of the 25 EU member states were growing weary of Russia’s trade tactics and could move to block its WTO bid.
He emphasized that the European Union supported Russia’s WTO accession in principle and that he did not want to link the Russian meat ban to Russia’s WTO prospects, though EU states could do so. In order to join the organization, Russia must reach agreement with each of the 149 WTO members.
"Issues like this will affect the attitude of member states toward signing off on accession," Mandelson said. "This is not the only trade irritant between us and Russia — there are at least half a dozen— and this latest ban is bound to affect the attitude of member states," toward Russia’s aim of joining the WTO. "We can’t have so many of these trade irritants
A. EU has not signed partnership agreement with Russia.
B. EU is disappointed with at Russia’s trade strategy.
C. EU wants Russia to cut down on tariffs on its meat imports.
D. EU may connect the trade conflict with Russia’s entry into WTO.
