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英语报刊阅读练习题（六） I. Translate the following words into Chinese. 1. APEC 2. National Geographic 3. Daily Telegraph 4. UNESCO 5. Time 6. Washington Post 7. Reuters 8. Associated Press 9. the Democratic Party 10. Reader’s Digest II. A. Rewrite the following headlines if necessary 1. Cold and Rainy Day Expected 2. Forecast of Mexican Quake Accurate, but Ignored. B. Point Out the Figures of Speech used in the following headlines. 1. Young Wheelers , Big Dealers 2. Rich Man , Poor Fan 3. The Old Man and the Economic Sea III. Define the following terms briefly. 1. Dateline 2. Lead 3. Wire Services IV. Read the following news and then choose the right answer to each question. News Item 1 A 20- year action play for cutting the rate of world population growth is expected to win wide approval today in Cairo. Delegates at the UN- sponsored conference on population completed final talks on the plan Monday. The document is non-binding, but it will serve as a guideline for countries and donor states that fund health care and family planning programs. The world population of 5.7 billion currently is growing at more than 90 million a year. 1. who sponsored the conference on population? A. Cairo B. The United Nations C. The World Bank D. the World Health Organization 2. The current rate of annual increase in the world population is about _____. A. 9 million B. 5.7 million C. 90 million - 1 - D. 20 million 3. Which of the following concerning the document is NOT true? A. The document will cover the next two decades. B. The docum