下列语句中加粗的成语使用不正确的一项是[ ]
A．沈从文有着丰富的“乡下”经验，这使边地生活和民间文化构成了他创作的最重要的源泉，尤其是沅水，在沈从文创作生涯中扮演了举足轻重的角色。
B．小说精心设计了主要情节发生的时节——端午和中秋，充分营造了具有地域色彩的民俗环境和背景，这一切生成了一个美轮美奂的湘西世界。
C．小说结尾写到作为小城标志的白塔在渡船老人死去的那个夜晚轰然坍塌，预示了一个田园牧歌神话的必然终结。
D．沈从文笔下的边城是湘西乡土地域文化的一个具体而微的地方，它能帮助我们懂得，地域特征是中国历史中的一股社会力量。
答案：B
| The first 50 years of the next millennium will be critical for the world’s population. By 2050 population growth should have leveled off, but by then we’ll have 10 billion people -- two-thirds as many again as we have today. The rate of population growth is something we can choose right now, though it’s not something that just happens, but a matter of human choice. The choice is a complicated one, with many variables, but it remains a choice. If we want to prevent a population explosion, we should take action now -- or assist the poorer countries to do so. They need better government, better institutions, better labor and capital markets, better schools. Anything that increases the value of women’s time and adds to the cost of caring for a child makes a woman less likely to have that child. Since big families are often seen as safety nets for illness and old age, improving poor people’s access to insurance, pensions and welfare institutions also has a major impact. This can be as simple as rural credit, providing a means of saving. Finally, there is education -- both for women and, perhaps even more important, for the next generation of children. These steps are there to be taken, but there appear to be some countries that are not seriously trying at the moment. If we cannot achieve that we will certainly not control population. That said, I don’t feel pessimistic that we are going to run out of resources: we are becoming more efficient at producing food faster than the rate at which population is increasing. There is, however, a risk that we will wreck the environment so effectively that the world will no longer be an attractive place to live. That really would be a dismal outcome, to reach world population equilibrium only to find we’d destroyed the natural environment in the process. |
The best way to help the poor people to reduce the number of children is to ______.
A．solve their practical problems they face in welfare
B．provide them with financial aid
C．educate them on the negative effect of having more children
D．make them understand that the earth faces a population explosion