--- _____ the population of China? --- About ...

--- _____ the population of China?    --- About 1.3 billion.

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With the country’s population reaching 1.6 billion in the mid of this century, most of China’s rivers, including the Yellow River, ________.

A. is drying up B. will be drying up    C. dry up       D. have dried up

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The world’s population continues to grow. There are about five billion of us on earth now. It could reach six billion in 10 years’ time, and eleven billion in another 75 years. Experts have long been concerned about such growth. Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, schools and health care for all these people?

A major new study shows that situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world’s birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. This is happening in both developing and industrial nations. Scientists said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married. More women are going to school or working at jobs away from their home instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population growth.

China is one of the nations that have made great progress in reducing its population growth by about one half since 1970. China now urges each family to have no more than one child. And it hopes to reach zero population growth before long, that is, the number of birth equaling the number of death.

Several nations in Europe already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage of workers in the future.

1. In the sentence “Experts have long been concerned about such growth”, the phrase “concerned about” is similar in meaning to_____.

A. worried about      B. related to       C. busy working on     D. made a study of

2. “Family planning programs” means______.

A. economic policy in a country         B. economic policy in a family

C. TV programs for a family            D. birth control in a country

3. The world’s birth rate has dropped because_____.

A. people marry at a much later time

B. women would rather go to study or work than have children

C. some countries are carrying out the family planning programs

D. all the above

4. We hope that soon the number of birth and the number of death in China will_____.

A. be greatly different          B. be equal to each other

C. drop in great deal            D. become much larger

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_____ is the population of China? It is about 1,300,000,000.

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About 1.5 billion people speak English around the world. But for more than 1.1 billion of them, English is their second language－often with a noticeable accent (口音).

“Someone’s accent really reveals a lot about who they are and their identity. It will tell people what their native language is and probably where they come from.” says Marc Pell, a communication professor at McGill University in Montreal. And according to Pell, one reaction to it can be a bias (偏见) against that person.

Previous research that has been done elsewhere showed that people who have an accent tend to be trusted less, simply because they have an accent. But accents aren’t the only thing we listen for when we have to decide if we trust another person. Tone of voice also plays a role. Pell and his team wanted to know if people would trust a confident tone, even if it came from someone with an accent.

The researchers had Canadian English speakers listen to different versions of people saying neutral (无明显特性的) statements like “she has access to the building” while they were getting a brain scan in an MRI (磁共振成像) machine. Subjects heard someone say it with a confident tone with a Canadian English accent, an Australian accent or a French accent. Participants also heard the sentence with the three accents spoken in a doubtful or neutral tone.

The MRI scans showed that the participants had to use more brain power to decide if they could trust the statements said with the non-native accents. When the study participants heard the Australian or French accents, blood flow increased to the part of the brain that we use to process sound. They seemed to have to analyze that perhaps more carefully, or for a longer period of time to make this decision about whether they truly believed the speaker, especially when the speaker sounded doubtful. When asked, the participants reported not trusting either Australian or French accents－except when the statements were said confidently. It seems that confidence speaks for itself.

1.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A.A person’s identity. B.A person’s accent.

C.A person’s hometown. D.A person’s native language.

2.What did Pell’s team want to know?

A.Why some people trust others less.

B.Which parts of the brain deal with sound.

C.What can cause a bias against non-natives.

D.Whether a non-native’s confident tone can gain trust.

3.For the study participants, which of the following might demand the most brain power?

A.A Canadian speaking English in a friendly way.

B.A French person speaking English neutrally.

C.An American speaking English confidently.

D.An Australian speaking English doubtfully.

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Bolivia has a population of three and a half million. About one tenth of the total population are white; one-fourth are mixed Indians and white; and more than half are full-blooded Indians. The government and the industries are under the control of the white people.

The Indians today live in much the same way as their ancestors. Most of them are farmers. Many work in the mines, for mining is the most important industry on Bolivia’s. Of all the mining products, tin is the most important, which makes up three-fourths of all Bolivia’s exports. The eastern slopes of the Andes, since there are very few roads there, are fertile but not highly developed. The two primary means of transportation are river boats and porters. East of the hill region is the great plains where tropical plants are grown. A serious problem for Bolivia is the transport of food from the warm regions, where it is grown, to the mountainous regions, where most of the people live.

Bolivia gained its independence from Spain about a hundred years ago. It has been slow in developing, but its rich resources promise a better future in it.

1.The majority of the Bolivian population are __________.

A. full-blooded Indians　　 B. mixed Indian and white

C. white citizens　　 D. all whites and mixed-blooded people

2.The Indian’s way of life today is ___________.

A. quite different from that of their ancestors　　 B. quite interesting

C. almost the same as their ancestors’　　 D. very exciting

3.The eastern slopes of the Andes is not highly developed because ________.

A. there are thick forests there　　 B. there are very few roads there

C. there are many fine mines there　　 D. they are not fertile enough

4.Bolivia has been slow in developing , but it has hope for a better future because of its ____.

A. mining products　　 B. rich resources

C. independence from Spain　　 D. two primary means of transportation

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The population of China is _______ than that of America.

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________the population of China is the largest in the world.

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________the population of China is the largest in the world.

A. It is well known that                         B. As is well known

C. Which is well known                       D. That is well known

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He’s from Shanghai, ________ population is the largest of all cities in China.

A. whose　　　　 B. its　　　　　 C. which　　　　 D. that

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