首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)contains some good news, but also a very
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)contains some good news, but also a very
admin
2018-01-27
31
问题
The latest Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Programme(UNDP)contains some good news, but also a very serious warning about the threat posed by climate change.
The report, published annually since 1990, seeks to assess "human development" around the world, and calculates a "Human Development Index"(HDI)for 169 countries. The HDI is based on average income, life expectancy and level of education in a country. Not surprisingly, rich countries tend to have higher HDIs than poor countries, but there are interesting variations in human development among countries with similar levels of economic development, because some have better health and education systems than others.
According to the 2010 report, the country with the highest level of human development is Norway , followed by Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Ireland. Most of the lowest HDIs belong to countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Almost all countries around the world have higher HDIs now than in 1990, despite the fact that since the 2008 financial crisis, the total number of people living in extreme poverty has increased. The report concludes that most people are healthier, live longer, are better educated and have access to more goods and services. Even in countries with severe economic problems, people’s level of health and education has generally improved. Although sub-Saharan African countries are at the bottom of the pile in terms of human development, some of them have made significant progress since 1990. The report is critical, however, of the fact that economic inequality has increased significantly in the last twenty years, both within and between countries.
The greatest threat to improving HDIs in the future, according to the report, is climate change. Economic growth increases average incomes in a country through increasing production and consumption. However, if this leads to greater emissions of greenhouse gases, as has always been the case in the past, global warming will probably accelerate, and cause severe environmental problems in some parts of the world that will threaten the livelihoods of huge numbers of people. The progress of the last twenty years, therefore, might not be sustainable.
The only solution, according to the report, is to break the link between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions—which, needless to say, is easier said than done.
Questions 56—60
Complete the following form with no more than three words according to the passage.
选项
答案
sub-Saharan African
解析
(由第三段第二句可知,HDI指数低的国家大部分分布于撒哈拉以南的非洲。因此填sub-Saharan African,表示“撒哈拉以南非洲的”。)
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/MXNK777K
本试题收录于:
C类竞赛(非英语专业本科)题库大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)分类
0
C类竞赛(非英语专业本科)
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)
相关试题推荐
"Home,sweethome"isaphrasethatexpressesanessentialattitudeintheUnitedStates.Whethertherealityoflifeinthefam
TheEnglishlanguagecontainsa(n)______ofwordswhicharecomparatively______usedinordinaryconversation.
"Home,sweethome"isaphrasethatexpressesanessentialattitudeintheUnitedStates.Whethertherealityoflifeinthefam
"Home,sweethome"isaphrasethatexpressesanessentialattitudeintheUnitedStates.Whethertherealityoflifeinthefam
Childrenareinventinganewlexiconforelectroniccommunicationwitharangeofjargonandsymbolsthatadultsfindhardtou
Childrenareinventinganewlexiconforelectroniccommunicationwitharangeofjargonandsymbolsthatadultsfindhardtou
Thetermcultureshockwasintroducedforthefirsttimein1958todescribethe【D1】______producedwhenapersonmovestoaco
随机试题
明清小品是我国抒情小品文的鼎盛时期,那时的小品文特别注重【】
A.石菖蒲B.龙骨C.远志D.合欢皮E.酸枣仁
审查施工图预算的重点是()。
单位把账套建立起来以后,每个新的财务年度开始时,不再需要重建账套,只需要引入核算账套即可。()
对该企业职工的工资状况进行调查分析时,全部职工是()。以下公式正确的是()。
中华人民共和国公民申请个人住房贷款时,可提供的合法有效身份证件有()。
根据《旅行社条例》,导游人员有下列()情形的,由旅游行政管理部门责令改正,处1万元以上5万元以下的罚款。
某老师未经学生允许私自将学生的作文编人自己编著的优秀作文集,对该老师的做法叙述正确的是()
设求A100.
Whatshouldyouthinkaboutintryingtofindyourcareer?Youareprobablybetteratsomeschoolsubjectsthanothers.Thesema
最新回复
(
0
)