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　　Asians accounted for only about 1.5 percent of the American population in the last census (人口普查). But Asians make up nearly 4.5 times as large a portion (一份) of the total number of American scientists who 1 doctoral degrees. And they are more than 10 times 2 many on the lists of engineers, and 6.2 times as 3 among computer scientists. At the University of California, Berkeley, Asians 4 about one-fifth of the undergraduate students－nearly four times 5 proportion in the California population.

　　Academic prowess (学术才能) does not, however, 6 translate to economic (经济) and political power. Successful Asian-Americans rank (排行) 7 in family-income lists. But much of the Asian American group still works long hours at 8 pay.

　　Joseph Alsop and China Hand, 9 to study the Asian student phenomenon in the 1960s. He did research 10 the walls of Chinatowns in large part to the role model 11 by young Nobel Prize winners of 12 in 1957, Chen Ning Yang and Tsung Dao Lee. Both were born in China. More recent 13 are such computer experts as An Wang, superstar architect, Ieoh Ming Pei, and a growing list of VIPs.

　　So far, Asian-American student achievements, 14 remarkable, are usually in the 15 “hard” subjects－the sciences, maths, computers, and practical economics. Fewer of the high achievers 16 literature, history, or other “soft” subjects.

　　One Manhattan teacher explained, “After 17 a base with such 18 work and memorization, the Asian students often prove imaginative in doing creative maths or scientific work. But 19 is their willingness to work long hours at memorization in the beginning that often makes them 20 their fellow students.”

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【2011·河北邯郸市二模】E

      India’s population has grown by 181 million people over the past ten years to 1.21 billion, according to the 2011 census(人口普查) result announced on March 31.

      More people now live in India than in the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh counted together.

      Although its speed of population growth is slowing, India is on course to overtake China as the most populous country around 2030, figures show.

      The census also shows a continuing preference for boys - India's sex ratio is at its worst since it was founded.

      Figures for the past 10 years show fewer girls than boys are being born or living. They show 914 girls were born for every 1,000 boys under the age of six, compared with 927 for every 1,000 in 2001 census.

      Government officials said they would review all their measures towards it, which they admitted were failing.

      The population of India now is made of 623.7 million males and 586.5 million females.

      Mr. Chandramauli, Census Commissioner, told a news reporter in the capital, Delhi that the increase in the population over the past ten years is in agreement with official estimates(估计).

      The figure shows India’s large population growing fast—181 million is about equal to the entire population of Brazil—but the speed of growth has slowed.

      The 2011 census shows a population increase of 17.6% from 2011, compared with one of 21.5 in the last ten years.

      Uttar Pradesh remains India’s most populous state—199 million people now live there.

      In the field of education there was good news, with the census showing the literacy rate(识字率) going up to 74% from about 65% in the last count.

      India started the 2011 census in April last year. Some 2.7 million officials visited households in about 7,000 towns and 600,000 villages, sorting out the population according to sex, religion（宗教）, education and job.

The exercise, carried out every 10 years, faces big problems, not least India’s large area and differences of cultures. Census officials also have to face high levels of illiteracy and millions of homeless people.

57．This passage mainly tells us that            .

       A．India’s population has grown to 181 million people overt the past ten years

       B．India’s population has grown to 1.21 billion over the past ten years

       C．the speed of population growth of India is slowing

       D．the increase in the population over the past ten years matches with official estimates.

58．According to the passage, we can see that              .

       A．about 0.9 billion people can read now

       B．about 0.78 billion people can read now

       C．2 million people now live in Delhi

       D．more than 65 percent of the population in India are males

59．The word “it” in the sixth paragraph refer to           .

       A．the 2011 census                                          B．the literacy rate

       C．a continuing preference for boys                  D．the speed of population growth

60．We can learn from the passage that         .

       A．Uttar Pradesh will be India’s most populous state

       B．the 2011 census result is a surprise to the government

       C．the next census will be carried out in 2031

       D．the population of Brazil is 181 million or so

 国庆七天长假，国内各旅游景点爆满，游客扎堆，交通瘫痪，垃圾成堆，景区不堪重负。中国是人口大国，该如何缓解景区压力，请给出你的建议。

参考词汇：National Holiday 国庆节； spot现场，景点；  ease 缓解。

After the weeklong National Holiday, tourists left the spot in a mess. Since China has a large population, how to ease the pressure of the spot, my suggestions are as follows：

　　The president: Let me answer the knowledge economy question first. And let me answer by telling you what I have tried to do in the United States. I have tried to produce a situation in America in which the doors of universities and colleges are open to every young person who has sufficient academic achievement (足够的文化程度) to get in, that there are no financial burden (经济负担) of any kind. And we have not completely achieved it, but have made a great deal of progress.

　　Now, why would I do that? Because I believe that the more advanced an economy becomes, the more important it is to have a higher and higher percentage (百分比) of people with a university education. Let me tell you how important it is in the United States. We count our peopleevery 10 years we do a census and we count the number of the American people and we get all kinds of information on them. In the 1990 Census, younger Americans who had a college degree were very likely to get good jobs and have their incomes grow. Younger Americans who had two years of more of university education were likely to get good jobs and have their incomes grow. Younger Americans who didn't go to university at all were likely to get jobs where their incomes went down and were much more likely to be unemployed.

　　And the more advanced China's economy becomes, the more that will be true of China, the more you will need very large numbers of people getting university education and technical education. So I think it is very, very important.

1．The answer was probably given by ________.

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A．the US President visiting China

B．the Chinese President visiting the United States

C．the US President at an international conference

D．the US President visiting Japan

2．The President mainly talked about ________.

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A．the university education in the United States

B．the university education in China

C．the difference in university education between the United States and China

D．the importance of university education in the development of

3．According to the Resident, when economy develops ________.

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A．more people will get university education

B．more people with university education are needed

C．more people will get good jobs

D．more people will have their pay raised

4．The underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably means ________ in Chinese.

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5．In which of the following year will a census be done (or was done) in the United States?

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