Question

A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6,500,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. ①The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but is the rate (速度) of the growth. It is about 1.63% every year after the number of dead people has been taken away.

To give you some ideas of the birth rate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second, four babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! ②You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is ③growing faster and faster. So it goes on, hour after hour. In one day, people have to find food for over 350,000 mouths more.

This great growth of population will make a big problem by the year 2010—there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the earth! So this is one of the biggest problems that you are going to meet in your life.

根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

1.What’s one of the important world problems today according to the passage?

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2.将文中①处画线的句子翻译成汉语。

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3.将画线句子②改为意思相同的句子。

You speak slowly you can’t keep up with the birth rate.

4.写出与划线部分③意思相同的单词。

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5.From the passage, how many new babies are there to be born in a minute?

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Answer 1

1.The growth of population on the earth

2.重要的问题并不在于世界上现在有多少人口，而是在于人口增长的速度。

3.so , that

4.increasing

5.Two hundred and forty.

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了人口增长太快成为了世界上最重要的一个问题，我们都会面临这个情况。

1..细节题。根据A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth.可知人口增长太快成为了世界上最重要的一个问题。

2..翻译题。根据前后文，可得知此句的意思为：重要的问题并不在于世界上现在有多少人口，而是在于人口增长的速度。

3..同义句转换题。原句意思为：你说得足够迅速目的就是为了跟上人口出生率。再换句话说，就是你讲的如此慢，根本就跟不上人口出生率。

4.同义词题。原句意思是人口增长的越来越快。Increasing就是增长的意思。

5.Every second, four babies are born in the world.。可得知每秒钟有四个婴儿出生，那么一分钟就240个婴儿出生。

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