[填空题]The conditions they’re living in are (bad) ______ than we thought.

[填空题]The rudimentary living conditions in many Katrina-struck areas make it more likely that people will get __________________.

[填空题]When the living conditions become crowded, rats can’t eat and ______ well.

[填空题]The improvement of the living conditions is one social force that makes children heavier.

[填空题]Due to the extremely hard living conditions, no animal is found in the Badlands.

[单项选择]In ten years, the living conditions of the poor have been improving—but not necessarily because of the UN’s goals.
Even at 70, Jiyem, an Indonesian grandmother, gets up in the small hours to cook and collect firewood for her impoverished household. Her three-year-old grandson is malnourished. Nobody in her family has ever finished primary school. Her ramshackle house lacks electricity; the toilet is a hole in the ground; the family drinks dirty water. Asked about her notion of well-being by researchers from Oxford University, Jiyem said, "I cannot picture what well-being means. "
The sort of deprivation Jiyem describes remains widespread. The United Nations reckons that in 2008 over a quarter of children in the developing world were underweight, a sixth of people lacked access to safe drinking water, and just under half used insanitary toilets or none at all. ^① But while these figures are disquieting, a smaller fraction of people were affected than
A. fed up with
B. satisfied with
C. burdened with
D. disappointed at

[填空题]Mrs. Smith says it is not bad living in the country. ( )

[单项选择]