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一、阅读（常规阅读理解）本（题共2。题，每题1.0

分,共20分。）

Somuchdataindicatetheworldsprogresstowardsmeeting（heMillennium

DevelopmentGoals（MDGs）,asetoftargetsadoptedbyworldleadersattheUNtenyears

ago.Butthegoalsettingexercisehasfurtherpitfalls.Toooften,（hegoalsarereducedto

workingou（howmuchmoneyisneededtomeetaparticulartarget.Yet（hecountries（hat

havemademostprogressincuttingpovertyhavelargelydonesonotbyspendingpublic

money,butbyencouragingfastereconomicgrowth.AsShan（aDevarajan,theWorld

BankschiefeconomistforAfrica,pointsout,growthdoesnotjustmakemoremoney

availableforsocialspending.Italsoincreasesthedemandforsuchthingsasschooling,

andthushelpsmeetotherdevelopmentgoals.Yetthegoals,asdrawnup,madeno

mentionofeconomicgrowth.Ofcoursegrowthbyitselfdoesnotsolvealltheproblems

ofthepoor.Itisalsoclearthatwhilemoneyhelps,howitisspentandwhatitisspenton

arcenormouslyimportant.Forinstance,campaignersoftenaskformoretobespenton

primaryeducation.Butthroughoutthedevelopingworldteachersonthepublicpayroll

areoftenabsentfromschool.Teachcrabsenteeisniratesarearound20%inruralKenya,

27%inUgandaand14%inEcuador.Inanycase,moneythatisallocatedforsuch

servicesrarelyreachesitsintendedrecipients.Astudyfoundthat70%ofthemoney

allocatedfordrugsandsuppliesby（heUgandangovernmentin2000waslost;inGhana,

80%wassiphonedoff.Moneyneedstobespent,therefore,notmerelyonbuildingmore

schoolsorhiringmoreteachers,butongettingthemtodowhattheyarepaidfor,and

preventing