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Every second more than four babies are born and fewer than two people die. Therefore,the world population keeps increasing.

The average baby will probably be born in the Asia-Pacific region. In this area,the population growth rate is higher than anywhere else in the world.

It is just 13 years since the worlds population reached 6 billion. Official estimates (估計) say,the number will top 8 billion in 2025 and 10 billicpn by tlie end of the century.

With more and more people in the world,ther^^ift be less land and water for each person. The majo) ^

problem will be feeding the new arrivals. Finding housing and medical care for everyone will also be difficult.

For now,China still has the biggest population in the world,with 1. 34 billion people. In the past 10 years it added 73. 9 million,more than the population of France or Thailand.

However,its growth has solved and it is said that the population will stop increasing in 2027. By 2050,according to some experts,China's population will be smaller than it is today. This is thanks to the family planning policy that started about thirty years ago.

11. In which area,the population growth rate is the highest?

   A. In the East Asia.

   B. In the West Asia.

   C. In the Central Asia.

   D. In the Asia-Pacific region.

12. How many problems are mentioned in Paragraph 4 ? 

A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Seven.

13. The underlined part “the new arrivals” refers to.

   A. the new places. B. the new visitors.

   C. something new. D. the newborn babies.

14. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. France now has fewer than 73. 9 million people.

   B. Thailand now has more than 73. 9 million people.

   C. In 2090 the worlds population will be 11 million.

   D. In 2027 China's population will be smaller than it is today.

15. What does the writer think of the family planning policy?

   A. It's useful. B. It's unfair.

   C. It doesn’t. D. It should be stopped.

Answer 1

11〜15. DBDBA

11〜15. DBDBA

12. B細節(jié)理解題。本段共提及了 land,water,feeding the new arrivals,housing,medical care等五方面的問題。故選   B.

14. B細節(jié)理解題。由第五段第二句“In the past 10 years it added   73. 9 million,more than the population of France or Thailand. ”可知答案為   B.