2016山东省高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练9.docVIP

阅读理解训练（9） 阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Feeling blue about the world? “Cheer up,” says science writer Matt Ridley.” The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.” Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he’s carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he’s set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book, The Rational Optimist. He views mankind as a grand enterprise that, on the whole