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     Do you think that the population may be the greatest one of the world today? 2000 years ago, the world's

population was very small. For several thousand years, it grew quite slowly. But during the last three or four

hundred years, it has grown very quickly. Today it is growing faster than ever before. 

     In one minute, nearly 200 babies will be born in the world. Just think how many more there will be in one

year!

     A U.N report says that the population of the more developed countries was 1,214 million in 1990 and it will

be 1,274 million by the end of the twentieth century, while the population of the less developed countries was

4,107 million in 1990 and it will be over 5,000 million by 2002. It is said that by the year 2010, the world's

population may be 7 billion. This means much more food must be produced. We must have smaller families with

fewer, but healthier children. If we don't do like this, there will not be enough space for anybody else to stand

in on the earth.

1. 2000 year ago, the world's population was very ________. [ ]

A. much

B. many

C. small

D. large

2. During the last three or four hundred years, the population has grown very _____. [ ]

A. slowly

B. quickly

C. few

D. little

3. How many babies will be born in the world in one minute? [ ]

A. 4,107

B. 200

C. 1,214

D. 1,274

4. According to the U.N. report, the population of the more developed countries was ______ million in 1990. [ ]

A. 1,274

B. 1,214

C. 2000

D. 4,107

5. People say that by the year 2010, the world's population will be ______ billon [ ]

A. 5

B. 1,274

C. 7

D. 1,214

答案

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Part 1


·Read thefollowingpassage, eight sentences have been removed from the article.
·Choose from the sentences A-H the one whichfits each gap.
·For each gap (1-8) mark one letter (A-H) on the Answer Sheet.
·Do not mark any letter twice.
The single, decisive factor that made it possible for mankind to settle in permanent communities was agriculture. (1) Once people could control the production of food and be assured of a reliable annual supple of it, their lives changed completely.
Fanning was a revolutionary discovery. (2) With more food available, more people could be fed. Populations therefore increased. The growing number of people available for more kinds of work led to the development of more complex social structures. (3)
Farming the world over has always relied upon a dependable water supply. For the earliest societies this meant rivers and streams or regular rainfall. (4) Later communities were able to develop by taking advantage of the rainy seasons.
All of the ancient civilizations probably developed in much the same way, in spite of regional and climatic differences. (5) Heavier pottery replaced animal-skin gourds as containers for food and liquids. Cloth could be woven from wool and flax. Permanent structures made of wood, brick, and stone could be erected.
The science of mathematics was an early outgrowth of agriculture. People studied the movements of the moon, the sun, and planets to calculate seasons. (6) With a calendar it was possible to calculate the arrival of each growing season. Measurement of land areas was necessary if property was to be a factor in farming and housekeeping. (7) All of the major ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus Valley, and China emerged in the 4th millennium BC. Historians still debate over which one emerged first. It may well have been the Middle East, in an area called the Fertile Crescent. This region stretches from the Nile River in Egypt northward along the coast of former Palestine, then eastward into Asia to include Mesopotamia. (8) This kind of larming depended on the reproduction of seed, normally from grain crops.
A. It not only made settlements possible and ultimately the building of cities but it also made available a reliable food supply.
B. Later came measures of value as commodity and money exchange became common.
C. In this area people settled along the riverbanks and practiced field agriculture.
D. After farming was developed in the Middle East in about 6500 BC, people living in tribes or family units did not have to be on the move continually searching for food or herding their animals.
E. As villages grew, the accumulation of more numerous and substantial goods became possible.
F. With a food surplus, a community could support a variety of workers who were not farmers.
G. The first great civilizations grow up along rivers.
H. In doing so they created the first calendars.