考研英语阅读真题同源报刊文章30篇（14）
考研英语阅读理解有一部分是截取自报刊文章，因此考生在复习备考的过程中要注意提高报刊文章的阅读能力，把握时事阅读。下面新东方在线小编分享历年真题同源的30篇报刊文章，附有注释和解析，希望考生认真阅读，提高对此类文章的阅读能力和增加相关词汇量。考研英语阅读真题同源报刊文章30篇（14）
Seychelles: A president in paradise
BEST known as a destination for honeymooners in search of perfect white
beaches and swaying palms, the Seychelles islands rarely make any sort of
headlines. Few tourists would even have noticed the presidential election on
July 30th, in which James Michel, leader of the Seychelles Peoples Progressive
Front, was returned with 54% of the ballot. For Mr. Michel, it was the first
time he had faced the islands 62,000odd voters, having been promoted from
vicepresident two years ago by his predecessor, Albert René, who had ruled the
islands for 27 years since taking power in a coup in 1977.
To the casual eye, Seychelles seems both fortunate and wellgoverned. The
115 islands, most of them uninhabited, cover a mere 445 square kilometers (175
square miles) of the Indian Ocean, north of Madagascar, and enjoy several
advantages over most of the rest of Africa. The weather is never extreme. There
is no malaria. The islanders have free education and health care. Their
multiracial society is pretty harmonious. With GDP at around $8,000 a head,
there is almost no discernible poverty.
But this standard of living has come at a cost: the IMF says its public
debt is too high and may be unsustainable. Mr. Michels main opposition, the
Seychelles National Party, which scored 46% in the elections, claims that
Seychelles, per person, is the worlds most indebted country; with some $590m of
external debt for just 82,000 people, it is certainly one of them. A black
market in foreign currency already exists as speculation persists that the
government, unable to meet its obligations, may be forced to devalue. Basic
consumer goods sometimes run out. If, as the IMF predicts, GDP falls by over 1%
this year, Mr. Michel may find his next five years in power more testing than he
had hoped.
The country needs more ways of making money. In the cold war, it was easy.
The Seychelles played each side off against the other, remaining a member of the
Commonwealth as well as the NonAligned Movement and taking military aid from
the Soviet Union while leasing a satellite tracking station to the Americans.
Since those streams of revenue dried up, the main Seychellois streams of revenue
have been from tourism-leasing land to foreign hoteliers-and from tuna: the
government earns about $200m a year from selling tunafishing licenses to Spain,
France and South Korea.
But conflict in the Middle East has brought Seychelles an unexpected bonus:
Western warships stop off in the islands, which offer rest and recreation. The
soldiers and sailors scubadive, sail and drink Seybrew, the local beer-and pay
for it all in hard currency.
sway
v.摇摆，摇动
ballot
n.选举票，投票，票数;vi.投票
[真题例句] Shortlistsforjobinterviews,electionballot(n.)papers,listsofconferencespeakersandattendees:alltendtobedrawnupalphabetically,andtheirrecipientsloseinterestsastheyploughthroughthem.
[例句精译]求职面试、选举投票、会议发言或参加会议等诸多名单，也是按字母表顺序排序，当人们费劲地往下查看时，兴趣也随之索然。
predecessor
n.前辈，前任，(被取代的)原有事物
[真题例句]ThustheAmericanpresidentandvicepresidenthavesurnamesstartingwithBandCrespectively;and26ofGeorgeBushspredecessors(includinghisfather)hadsurnamesinthefirsthalfofthealphabetagainstjust16inthesecondhalf.
[例句精译]如此这般，美国总统和副总统的姓氏分别是以B和C开头，而且乔治布什的前任有26位(包括他父亲在内)的姓氏均在字母表的前半部，而姓氏在字母表后半部的却仅有16位。
sustain
v.①支撑，撑住;②维持，持续;③遭受
[真题例句]Mozart,hetheorized,mayhavesustained(③)itinafall,andthatwouldhelpexplainthesevereheadachesthecomposerwassaidtohavesufferedmorethanayearbeforehisdeath.
[例句精译]他推断，这可能是由莫扎特摔跤所致;同时，这也为莫扎特去世前困扰他一年多的严重头痛病提供了解释。
lease
n.租借，租约，租赁物，租期，延续的一段时间;vt.出租，租出，租得
stream
n.①小河，溪流;②川流不息的事物;v.流出，涌
Little Tips：
旅游业和渔业为塞舌尔两大经济支柱，工农业基础薄弱，粮食和日用品主要依赖进口。20世纪70年代中期勒内执政后，实行部分国有化。80年代中期，政府调整经济发展政策，提出诸业并举的多元化经济战略，重点发展旅游、渔业、保税区加工业和农业等，推进私有化进程，改善投资环境，吸引外资，经济明显好转。至90年代初期，经济年均增长率为4%，被世界银行列为中等收入的发展中国家。1995年以来，西方国家对塞减援、停援，塞财政拮据，外汇短缺，国际收支出现危机。近年政府先后推出经济改革计划和10年经济发展目标，重点振兴旅游业，紧缩财政、货币，推进国企私有化和贸易自由化，放宽"环保"标准，增售捕鱼许可证，财政亏空状况略有缓解，但经济形势依然严峻。
恍如置身天堂的总统--非洲岛国塞舌尔一瞥
说起塞舌尔群岛，许多人只知道它是度蜜月者找寻美丽的白色沙滩和摇曳的棕榈树的目的地之一。除此之外，几乎很少有媒体对其进行报道，就连游客们也很少有人注意到7月30日该国举行的总统选举。这次选举中，塞舌尔人民进步阵线领导人詹姆斯米歇尔获得了54%的选票。对于米歇尔而言，这是在他两年前被前任总统阿尔伯特雷纳从副总统提拔为总统后，首次面对该岛6.2万余名选民。雷纳自1977年在一场政变中上台以后已经统治该岛国27年。
乍一看，塞舌尔似乎很幸运，治理得也比较好。它位于印度洋上、马达加斯加以北，全国共有岛屿115个(其中大多数无人定居)，总面积仅为445平方公里(175平方英里)。相比非洲其他国家，它拥有不少优势。不冷不热的天气，没有疟疾，岛民们享受免费教育和医疗，他们的多种族社会十分和谐。由于人均GDP大约有8000美元，因此几乎没有明显的贫困现象。
不过，达到这种生活水准是要付出代价的--国际货币基金组织说，该国国债过高，可能难以为继。米歇尔的主要反对党、在本次选举中获得46%选票的塞舌尔民族党断言，塞舌尔是世界上人均负债最多的国家。由于投机买卖屡禁不止，外币交易黑市已然形成，因此无法尽职尽责的政府或许将被迫对货币进行贬值。基础性消费商品有时候也消耗一空。根据国际货币基金组织预测，如果今年GDP下降超过1%，米歇尔就会感到在随后的五年执政岁月中，他要接受比他所期望的更多的考验。
这个国家需要更多赚钱途径。这在冷战时期是很容易的。塞舌尔当时仍然是英联邦以及不结盟运动的一员，它一边接受苏联提供的军事援助，一边又把一个卫星跟踪站租给了美国人，可谓两头得利。自从那些收入来源枯竭之后，塞舌尔人收入主要源自旅游业--出租土地给外国宾馆经营者--和金枪鱼(政府依靠向西班牙、法国和韩国出售金枪鱼捕鱼许可证，每年可挣得2亿美元)。
不过，中东冲突已经给塞舌尔带来了一份意外收获--该岛为经停的西方战船提供休闲和娱乐场所。士兵和水手们在那里潜水，玩帆船，喝当地人酿造的啤酒--全都用硬通货(美金)买单。
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