Question

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閱讀下面的短文，從文后方框中選擇恰當的句子填入文中空白處。

When you read this sentence, the population of the earth has grown by 10 people.1_________

Most of these new people are born in developing countries.2_________

In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. This is because women in these countries have, on average(平均), only one or two children. 3_________

In the developing countries, more than one billion people already live below the poverty line (貧困線).

4_________ Children get little or no time at school and suffer from many kinds of diseases.

The UN has said that the world’s population will reach 12.5 billion people by the year 2100. If the number makes your head spinning(眩暈), you’re not alone. Many experts are worrying that so fast population growth could have very bad results. 10_________

A. These countries are found in much of Africa, South America and parts of Asia. B. These people don’t have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing. C. That may not sound much, but it’s about 14,000 people per hour. D. But in the developing countries, many women have five or more children. E. It could hurt the environment and increase the number of poor people.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 C

 A

 D

 B

 E

【解析】

 考查理解能力.根據上文,當你讀這句話的時候，世界人口已經增長了10人，可知選C，這聽起來也許不太多，但是每小時就大約14,000人。最符合邏輯關系。

 考查分析能力。根據上文，這些新生人口大多在發展中國家。可知下文選A，這些國家大多在非洲，南美洲和亞洲一部分。

 考查分析能力。上文介紹了美歐的人口增長慢的原因，結合下文介紹發展中國家的生存狀況。下文選D、但是在發展中國家許多婦女生育5個甚至更多孩子。最符合邏輯關系。

 考查分析能力。根據前文介紹超過一億人生活在貧困線以下，下文，許多孩子不能上學并受疾病困擾。可知選B——這些人沒有足夠的食物，生活在破舊的房子里。

 考查分析能力。根據前文許多專家擔心快速發展的人口會導致非常嚴重的結果。可知下文選E——這樣會傷害環境并增加貧困人口。

考點：考查句子之間的邏輯分析能力。

點評：此類試題，在答題前面先把選項理解一遍，然后略讀短文。先把自己最有把握的句子補充完整，由易到難。