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A United Nations report says the number of people in the world is expected to reach 6500 million this July. By the middle of the century, the population could reach more than 9000 million. That would be an increase of 40﹪.
These numbers are fresh estimates for a report on world population change from 1950 to 2050. Hania Zlotnik is director of the U.N. Population Division. She says the world has added nearly 500 million people in the last six years.
But, in her words, "the good news is that new estimates show that it will take a little longer" to add the next 500 million. Mizz Zlotnik says this will probably happen by 2013.
The U.N. report says most population growth by 2050 will take place in less developed countries. Their population is expected to increase from 5000 million today to almost 8000 million. The population of more developed nations is expected to stay about the same, at just over 1000 million.
The report says nine countries will be responsible for about half the world population increase by 2050. These include Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and India. The others are Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda and the United States.
Twelve countries are expected to have populations at least three times the size now. These include Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and East Timor. The others are Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger and Uganda.
The report says birth rates remain low in forty-four developed countries.
Today, worldwide, there is an average of two-point-six children per woman. This number is expected to fall to just over two children per woman in  2050. But U.N. population experts note that they cannot be sure which way birth rates will go in the future.
The U.N. report also notes that AIDS has increased death rates and slowed population growth in sixty countries. The area most affected by the disease is Southern Africa.
There, how long people live has fallen from an average of sixty-two years in 1995 to forty-eight now. Researchers believe life expectancy will fall to forty-three years by 2015, then begin a slow recovery.
67. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The population growth will slow down in the next few years.
B. Most population growth will take place in developed countries.
C. There is an average of 2.6 children per woman in developed countries.
D. The area most affected by AIDS is Uganda.
68. Which one is the best title of this passage?
A. AIDS slowed population growth.
B. Most population growth will take place in less developed countries.
C. Population growth and death rate.
D. UN world population report.
69．The author believes that the population growth results from_______
A. The birth rate in developed countries is too high.
B. The birth rate in developing countries is too high.
C. AIDS hit only a few countries.
D. A decrease in death rate.
70. Which of the following best describe the author’s attitude towards the rapid population growth?
A. sympathetic     B. happy       C. optimistic     D. critical

What parents say and do in daily life usually have a(n) _________ influence on their child.

1. A.
   practical
2. B.
   avoidable
3. C.
   beneficial
4. D.
   permanent

第二节完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn’t understand why his next-desk-pal(同伴)could rank lst whenever he wanted to , while he himself   21   to .
At home, he asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more   22  than others? I feel I study as hard as him, but why do I  23  fall behind?” Staring at him, she went   24  , not knowing how to explain.
She felt an impulse (冲动)to say , “you are too   25  .You are not really as hard-working as others…”but she stopped   26   she knew her son was suffering from the pains of   27   grades and rankings. She thought it   28  to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a(n)   29   answer.
Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school.   30   studying harder and harder, he was still unable to   31   his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she   32   to give out an answer.
Now, the son no longer   33   his rankings, because, with the lst ranking, he was   34   by Harvard University .
Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to   35   the students and parents in high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n)  36   experience in his childhood:…When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said ,“Do you see the seabirds fiying for food over there? When the   37   comes near, little birds can escape quickly   38   ‘clumsy’ seagulls (笨拙的海鸥)would take more time to complete the   39  . However, have you noticed birds that   40   fly across the endless ocean are none other than ‘clumsy’seagulls?”
21.A.refused                        B.decided                     C.failed                        D.afforded
22.A.troublesome                 B.stupid                       C.naughty                     D.careless
23.A.always                        B.never                        C.hardly                       D.even
24.A.wrong                         B.worried                     C.crazy                        D.wordless
25.A.young                         B.lazy                  C.clever               D.old
26.A.although             B.before              C.beacuse              D.unless
27.A.worrying                        B.surprising            C.doubting                   D.unsatisfying
28.A.cruel                B.unnecessary          C.important             D.impossible
29.A.natural             B.harmonious          C.perfect              D.ordinary
30.A.Besides              B.Despite             C.Beyond               D.Without
31.A.get through         B.come across          C.compare with         D.keep up with
32.A.managed            B.hesitated            C.determined        D.remembered
33.A.cares about         B.doubts about         C.wonders about     D.worries about
34.A.invited                       B.accepted                    C.welcomed                  D.dismissed
35.A.visit                               B.contact                 C.address              D.meet
36.A.private                        B.valuable                    C.interesting                 D.unexpected
37.A.wave                           B.food                         C.wind                         D.time
38.A.and                         B.since                         C.until                         D.while
39.A.game                          B.fun                           C.match                       D.process
40.A.suddenly                  B.immediately             C.finally                       D.gradually

Last year was the first year when I taught the fifth grade. Recently, I’ve been 1 by a “graduated ”student for the first time. I was really surprised when he walked into my home.
He hasn’t physically changed much since  2 my class last year and if I had had to guess who would come to visit me first. I wouldn’t have thought of him. Carlos was a student who had a hard time sitting   3  in the beginning of last year. He would often   4 to go to the bathroom, and he’d talk or look like he was falling asleep because of little sleep. He often needed   5  in doing anything that other students could do well on their own.
I found out that the reason for his behavior in my classroom was that he had been  6 nightmares(噩梦)about his border-crossing experience. He was  7 that the immigration office would take him or his parents to prison or back to their   8 . And here he was in my class trying to learn a(n)  9 language, which he had never touched before.
When he was in my class, one thing that stood out was that he had a(n)  10 time speaking English. But when he walked in my room yesterday, all of that was missing. In walked a calm, 11  boy who spoke and understood English far better than when he left me in June. He even  12 to speak to my class in the sixth grade in English. He told me he remembered doing sign language and the video I made to help him  13 his English.
His visit  14 a lot to me not only because he has made great progress, but also because it reminded me what it means to be a teacher ----- to have a lasting influence on  15 .