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Unit 3 Social Problems
I Reading Activities
Section A Bank Cloze
1--5 G L A H D 6--10 N F O J K
Section B Skimming and Scanning
1--5 E I L C J 6--10 N B K O G
Section C Reading In-depth
Passage 1
1--5 D D A B C
Passage 2
6--10 B A A D D
V Translation
China is the largest developing country in the world and its population accounts for about 22
percent of the world’s total. For a long period of its history, China has been plagued by poverty for
various reasons. In the mid-1980s, the economy of an overwhelming majority in Chinese rural
areas grew dramatically by virtue of their own advantages, but a small number of areas still lagged
behind because of the constraints of their economic, social, historical and natural conditions. The
Chinese government, while working on all-round economic and social development, has
embarked on reforms and has nationwide implemented a large-scale program for poverty relief in
a planned and organized way. With the main objective of helping poverty-stricken people
tackle/solve the food and clothing problems, this program has gone a long way toward alleviating
poverty.