Man cannot go on increasing his number at the present rate. In the ___1__ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. Some experts believe that there will be a widespread food__2__. Other experts think this is too pessimistic, and that man can prevent things from___3__ worse than they are now. But remember that two thirds of the people in the world are under-nourished or starving now.
One thing that man can do is to limit the __4__ of babies born. The need for this is obvious, but it is not __5__ to achieve. People have to be prevailed to limit their families. In the countries of the population ___6__ , many people like big families. The parents think that this makes a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who look ___7__ them in old age.
Several governments have adopted birth control policies in recent years. Among them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some ___8___ the results have not been successful. Japan has been an __9_. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People were encouraged to limit their families. The birth ___10__ fell from 34.3 per thousand year to about 17. 0 per year at present.
1. A. second B. recent C. next D. late
2. A. need B. want C. absence D. shortage
3. A. being B. getting C. doing D. remaining
4. A. quantity B. whole C. amount D. number
5. A. easy B. critical C. difficult D. tough
6. A. bursting B. explosion C. raising D. extension
7. A. upon B. over C. into D. after
8. A. prospects B. examples C. events D. cases
9. A. evidence B. answer C. exception D. incident
10. A. rate B. speed C. frequency D. ratio
1.C 句意:下一个三十年内人类将面临一场灾难。next表示下一个。
2.D shortage (食物)短缺,absent缺席,不在,没有。
3.B 要表达的意思是变得更糟,因此用get worse 的现在分词形式。D项的意思是保持,无法与比较级搭配。
4.D 要限制的是新生儿的数量,排除B全体。C项amount修饰不可数名词的数量,number修饰可数名词的量。
5.A文章的意思是要达到"控制新生儿的数量这个目标不容易,因此选A。其他项都恰与文意相反。
6.B 人口爆炸, population explosion.
7.D look after sb....,等于take care of sb....照料,照看。本处指父母希望有较多的子女,以保证晚年能够得到照料。
8. D case此处不作案件解,而是情况的意思, in some cases 即在某些情下prospect前景,展望。
9.C 由于上一句话讲到在一些情况下,政策并没有成功,而从上下文可以判断出日本的案例是成功的,所以此处要表达的是”日本是一个例外”,选C。exception vt.证据,如果选此项则变成了”日本是不成功的证据之一”,与文意相反;incident小事件,文中没有这个意思。
10.A . birth rate出生率,是固定搭配。
本文选自新东方在线论坛。
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