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
"Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth—but more by accident than by desi
"Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth—but more by accident than by desi
admin
2012-09-13
83
问题
"Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth—but more by accident than by design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had a better result without really trying," says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children 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 and installment plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globe, Brazil’s most popular television network, 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 message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values—not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working," says Martine, "They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package."
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the Ix)or to become consumers. "This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible with unlimited reproduction," says Martine.
According to the passage, many Third World countries ______.
选项
A、haven’t attached much importance to birth control
B、would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate
C、haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population
D、neglected the role of TV plays in family planning
答案
C
解析
从文章第一段中"While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates…”和第二段中的“…this figure may have fallen still further since l990,an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.”,可见包括印度在内的第三世界国家在降低人口增长方面付出了努力,但效果
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/eohK777K
0
专业英语四级
相关试题推荐
Whichdayisoriginallythefirstdayofaweek?
Intheworldofentertainment,TVtalkshowshaveundoubtedlyfloodedeveryinchofspaceondaytimetelevision.Andanyonewho
Healwaysdidwellatschool______havingtodopart-timejobseverynowandthen.
Thislaw______thenumberofaccidentscausedbychildrenrunningacrosstheroadwhentheygetoffthebus.
Thediscoveryofplanetsarounddistantstarshasbecomelikespace-shuttlelaunches—newsworthybutjustbarely.Withsome50
Inthisexperiment,theywerewakenedseveraltimesduringthenight,andaskedtoreportwhatthey______.
Moreandmoreoftheworld’ssupplyofseafoodiscomingfromfarms.Although80%oftheworld’sseafoodcomesfrommarineha
Moreandmoreoftheworld’ssupplyofseafoodiscomingfromfarms.Although80%oftheworld’sseafoodcomesfrommarineha
Moreandmoreoftheworld’ssupplyofseafoodiscomingfromfarms.Although80%oftheworld’sseafoodcomesfrommarineha
Moreandmoreoftheworld’ssupplyofseafoodiscomingfromfarms.Although80%oftheworld’sseafoodcomesfrommarineha
随机试题
A.6-巯基嘌呤B.氨甲蝶呤C.氮杂丝氨酸D.别嘌呤醇E.阿糖胞苷
患者,女性,40岁。寒战、高热,体温达39~40℃,肝区持续钝痛,伴右肩牵涉痛。实验室及影像学检查诊断为细菌性肝脓肿。为防止高渗性缺水,每日至少摄入液体
A.补中缓急B.健脾化湿C.养血敛阴D.养肝明目E.益气养血枸杞子除了有补肾益精的功效外,还能
脑复苏中施行低温疗法作用是
《中华人民共和国公民出境入境管理法》规定,以下的()人员不批准出境。
明朝初年,太祖朱元璋认为:“夫元氏之有天下,固有世祖之雄武,而其亡也,由委任权臣,上下蒙蔽故也。今礼所言不得隔越中书奏事,此正元之大弊,人君不能躬揽庶政,故大臣得以专权自恣。”基于这一认识,明太祖朱元璋()。
古代格言“兼听则明,偏信则暗”出自()。
一个治学严谨的大学,开办一个专业非常______,不仅要考虑专业的成熟程度,还要看本校有无学科优势,有无财政能力支持这一学科的长期发展。
一个学生过分害怕兔子,我们可以依次让他选看兔子的照片,与他谈论兔子,让他远远观看关在笼中的兔子,让他靠近笼中的兔子,最后让他摸兔子、抱起兔子,消除对兔子的惧怕反应。这样一种改变行为的方法属于()。
•Readthetextbelowaboutcustomercare.•Inmostofthelines(41-52)thereisoneextraword.Itiseithergrammaticallyinc
最新回复
(
0
)