Do you know how many people there were in the world 200 years ago? Just one billion. But only 100 years later, the population was increased by 100 percent. In 1971, about 3.5 billion people lived on the earth. Forty years later, the number doubled(翻倍). On October 31st ,2001, the 7 billionth world citizen(公民). A baby girl was born in the Philippines(菲律宾)。At this speed, it will shoot up to 8 billion by the year 2025.
Most new babies were born in developing countries. Most families have four or fiveChildren. In many developed countries. The population is increasing slowly. Most families have only one or two babies. In 1950, about 25 percent of the world′s population lived in developed countries. By 2050, the number will reduce to 10 percent.
In many developing countries, People are now short of food, water and medicine. What′s worse, farmland is becoming less and less. farmers are moving to cities to make a living. But cities couldn′t satisfy their needs at all.Finally, many people can′t find jobs, and they become poorer and poorer.
To solve these problems, many developing countries are taking measures
to control the population.
根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。
1.What was the population of the world 100 years ago?
A. 100 million B. 1000 million
C. 2000 million D. 3500 million.
2.What happened on October 31st , 2001 in the Philippines?.
A. A woman gave birth to seven babies.
B. Seven thousand babies were born this day.
C. A baby girl′s birth showed the world′s population reached 7 billion.
D. A family had their 7th child that day.
3.What does “shoot up” mean in Chinese?
A. 射箭 B. 萎缩 C. 暴涨 D. 加强
4.Which of the following is WRONG?
A. One quarter of the world′s population lived in developed countries in 1950.
B. Most women have four or five children in developed countries .
C. People in many developing countries can′t get good medical care.
D. It′s not a good choice for many farmers to move to cities for a living
In developed countries.
5. What′s the best title of the passage?
A. The World′s Population Problem.
B. How to Control the Population.
C. changes of Our Living Conditions.
D. Nice Places for People to Live in.
完型填空。从每小题A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择能填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
How many plastic bags do you use every day? ________ there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have ________plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people ________ more about the overuse of plastic bags in our lives．
In front of a supermarket in Hang Zhou，five volunteers(自愿者) wore white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd．The performance________ people to use more cloth bags ________ plastic ones．
Some of the plastic bags were from customers in two food markets and ________ were from shopping malls．
On that day，when leaving the food markets，volunteers asked customers to hand
over unnecessary plastic shopping bags．There were_________unnecessary plastic bags in two hours．
“If we do________ about it，the earth will be eaten up by white pollution．And human beings will become plastic men.” said one of the performers．
“How can you breathe in ________ plastic bags?”A 40一year—old woman asked one performer．“How can the earth breathe ________ there are too many plastic bags?”the performer answered．
Starting from June in 2008，supermarkets．shopping malls or food markets can’t provide plastic bags for free all over the country．
1.A．Are B．Were C．Is D．Was
2.A．few B．much C．fewer D．1ess
3.A．think B．thinks C．to think D．thinking
4.A．called back B．called C．called on D．cheered on
5.A．instead B．take the place of C．instead of D．take place
6.A. other B．the other C. another D．the others
7.A．hundred B．hundreds of C．hundred of D．hundreds
8.A. nothing B. anything C. something D．everything
9.A．so much B．too much C．such many D．so many
10.A．until B．because C．if D．unless
口语应用
补全对话 从方框中所给的选项中选择正确的句子补全以下对话。(其中E答案在答题卡中涂A、B; 其中F答案在答题卡中涂A、C ；其中G答案在答题卡中涂A、D)
A：Hi，Kate! How was your summer holiday?
B：Oh，it was great. 1.
A：Where did you go?
B：1 went to Yinchuan with my parents．
A： 2. .
B：It’s one of the most beautiful cities in the northwest of China．I like it very much．
A：How long did you stay there?
B：We stayed there for five days． 3.
A：Which is your favorite place?
B：I think Sand Lake is the best． 4. When 1 was there，I lost myself in the beautiful scenery．
A：What interesting things did you do there?
B：Lots of things，such as swimming，boating，fishing and riding camels． 5.
A：Oh，really? I am eager(渴望)to visit there．
A. It’s really a beautiful place to visit.
B. Oh, that’s all right.
C. We’ve been to many wonderful place.
D. How do you like the city?
E. How did you go there?
F. But I think sand sliding (滑沙)is the most exciting one.
G. We enjoyed ourselves very much.
--- I seem to be lost．Could you tell me_______?
--- Sure．You can take the No．3 bus to get there．
A．where is the nearest hospital
B．how far is my trip to the Olympic Village
C．how I can get to the National Museum
The boy didn’t sleep well last night because of the _______ from the factory.
A．voice B．noise C．music
No one is allowed in the hospital. You can often see“No Smoking”signs in it.
A．to smoke B．smoke C．smoking
