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【題目】India has a population of 1.27 billion. Its population is the second largest in the world. China has the largest population of over 1.36 billion. One out of six people on this planet live in India. Although, the crown (王冠) of the world’s most populous (人口稠密的) country is on China’s head for ten years. India will take the position by 2030. With the population growth rate (率) at 1.58%, India will have more than 1.53 billion people by the end of 2030.

Now more than 50% of India’s population is below the age of 25 and over 65% below the age of 35. About 72.2% of the population lives in some 638,000 villages.

Some of the reasons for India’s quickly growing population are poverty, illiteracy (無知), decrease in death rates and immigration (移民) from Bangladesh and Nepal. India started taking measures to stop the growth rate quite early. India had the “National Family Planning Program” in 1952. It became the first country in the world to have a population policy. However, it failed to reach the final goal (目標(biāo)).

【1】The population of India is now.

A. 1.58 billion B. 1.53 billion

C. 1.36 billion D. 1.27 billion

【2】The underlined word “position’ means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 麻煩 B. 現(xiàn)象 C. 位置 D. 考驗(yàn)

【3】Over 65% of India’s population is below the age of .

A. 25 B. 35 C. 45 D. 55

【4】 is not the reason for India’s quickly growing population.

A. Poverty B. span>Illiteracy

C. Increase in death rates D. Immigration

【5】Which of the following is TRUE?

A. India’s population growth rate is 1.58%.

B. One out of seven people on the earth live in India.

C. About 72.2% of India’s population lives in the city.

D. In 1953, Indian started the “National Family Planning Program”.

Answer 1

【答案】

【小題1】D

【小題2】C

【小題3】B

【小題4】D

【小題5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了印度的人口增長的很快，其原因是貧窮、無知、死亡率的減少及移民的情況等造成的，現(xiàn)在印度已經(jīng)采取了措施來阻止人口的增長。

【小題1】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)India has a population of 1.27 billion.可知，印度有12.7億人，故選D。

【小題2】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)the crown (王冠) of the world’s most populous (人口稠密的) country is on China’s head for ten years可知，前面提到目前中國的人口據(jù)世界第一位，等到2030年印度的人口在世界上的地位，故選C。

【小題3】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)over 65% below the age of 35可知65%的人在35歲以下，故選B。

【小題4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Some of the reasons for India’s quickly growing population are poverty, illiteracy (無知), decrease in death rates and immigration (移民) from Bangladesh and Nepal.可知，印度人口增長的原因是貧窮、無知、死亡率的減少及移民，原文中沒有提到死亡率的增長，故選D。

【小題5】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)With the population growth rate (率) at 1.58%可知，人口增長率是1.58%，故選A。