Ⅰ Dictation Ⅱ Read the text The Human Development Reportand complete the close test. In the year 2000,147 world leaders to work together to reduce poverty by 2015 or . From this agreement the Human Development Report. One of the most important of this report is the Human development Index. This the achievements of 175 countries. The Index __________ a country’s achievement _________ three ways: life expectancy, education and income. The Index has some __________. Norway is at the ________ of the list, _________ the US is ________ number 7. The bottom ten countries are all African countries, _______ Sierra Leone at the _________ of the list. The report ________ eight Development Goals and gives __________ of successful development. ________, the __________ are still great. In developing countries, about 115 million children are not being ________. More than 1 billion people in developing countries do not drink _______ water. The report ________ that we are making some _________ but we need to make greater _________. ________, the countries that give the most money are the Netherlands,Norway and Sweden. Ⅲ Reading almost anywhere, anytime, such as sending birthday cards, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the Happy Birthday song. Others are only found for certain ages and in certain countries. |