Question

    The world's population had reached 7 billion (十亿) according to the United Nations (联合国) by 2011. It comes just 12 years since the total reached 6 billion—with official estimates saying the population will top 8 billion in 2025 and 10 billion before the end of the century.

And it is most likely that the 10-billionth baby will be born in the Asia-Pacific region where the population growth rate is higher than anywhere else in the world.

    Of the 2. 3 billion people,the United Nations believes it will be added by 2050,more than 1 billion will live in sub-Saharan A士rica. i he Indian sub-continent (次大陆) will add some 630 million people.

   With more people to feed,more houses & medical care to provide,experts say the world's re-sources (资源) will face more strain than before.

() 1. According to the picture,the population of the world reached 6 billion in .

   A. 1987   B. 1999   C. 2011   D. 2013

() 2. We know that more than 1 billion will live in by 2050.

   A. sub-Saharan Africa   B. Indian subcontinent

   C. the United States   D. Indonesia

() 3. According to the picture, will have the largest population in 2050.

   A. China   B. India   C. Nigeria   D. Pakistan

() 4. The underlined word “strain” in the last paragraph (段落) means “ ”.

A.破坏 B.关闭 C.压力 ^"5^染

() 5. The population of the world grows according to the picture.

   A. slower and slower   B. faster and faster  

    C. smaller and smaller   D. less and less

Answer 1

1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B

[解析]本文主要讲述的是世界人口的增长。

1. B根据文章第一段第二句可知。

2. A 根据文章第三段…more than 1 billion will live in sub-Saharan Africa.可知。

3. B根据图表可知。

4. C strain指张力，压力。

5. B根据图表可知人口变得越来越多。