and Tajikistan.

　　This year's human development report centered on the issue of democracy（民主）.Researchers found that a majority of people live in countries claiming to be democratic.However,civil rights and political freedoms were limited in 106 nations.Also,the number of voters (投票人) taking part in elections(选举) is decreasing(下降).In addition(除此之外),cheating,wrongdoing and unfair(不公平的) politics have weakened the democratic process(民主进程).In some countries,elected governments have not carried out democratic reforms.This has led to public opposition(反对) to the government and a return to military rule(军事统治).

　　UN officials say that democratic changes are slow in some countries.However,the report shows that international development goals set at the start of the 21st can be met.

For this to happen,they say developing countries need to move quicker toward economic,social and political reforms.And they say rich countries must become more open to trade while increasing aid (帮助)and other resources.

下面有几句与文章有关的句子，请选用文章中的相关词汇填空。

1.China has been _______ among the countries which has made much _______ in birth control this year.

2.Don't take what he said seriously; his idea is not _______ _______ facts,only fantastic.

3.This year's Earth Summit _______ _______ the fight against diseases.

4.I'm sure corrupt（贪）officials are to be punished for their _______.

5.Many years of research work in a dim(昏暗的) laboratory has _______ his eyesight.参考答案：

1.listed,progress 2.based on 3.centred on 4.cheating/wrongdoing　5.weakened

思路解析：本题考查的是对短文出现的一些词语的使用能力。第1小题表示"今年，中国被列入在控制出生率方面有所改善的国家当中"，make progress是个固定搭配。根据第2小题的前半句"别把他的话当真"可看出他的话不是建立在facts基础上的，be based on表示"在......基础上"。第3小题表示Earth Summit"地球高峰会"的主要议题是对疾病的抗争，centre on表示"围绕......；以......为中心"。第4小题表示贪官是肯定要为他们所做的错事而受到惩罚的，cheating表示"欺骗行为"，wrongdoing表示"做错的事"。第5小题中的前半句表示"多年在昏暗的实验室里工作"，肯定会损害视力，weaken表示"使......变弱"。

绿色通道：做这种题除了要有对文章出现的词语的准确的猜测能力，还要在短文或句子中体会词语的用法，除此之外，对题目中所出现的句子的语境也要把握准确。在平时的阅读训练中，同学们要注意训练猜测词汇的能力及正确使用词汇的能力。

　　志鸿巧学法园地

　　五步巧读法（SQ3R法）

　　①浏览（Survey）：大体看一遍要读的材料；

　　②提问（Question）：针对所读材料提出问题；

　　③阅读（Read）：针对提出来的问题寻找答案；

　　④复述（Repeat）：对领会的内容进行检查；

　　⑤复习（Review）：对所学内容作进一步的巩固。