The government in China plans to end its one-child policy and let families have two children instead.

The plan was announced on Thursday after high –level political meetings in Beijing. A Chinese Communist Party statement gave a number of reasons for the change in policy. The statement said the change is meant to balance population development, stop a falling birth rate(出生率) and strengthen the country’s labor force(劳动力).

China, with the largest population in the world, started the one –child policy in 1980. But the government allowed only a small number of couples to have two children. For example, some families in the countryside could have two children, if the first-born child is a girl.

In 2013, the Chinese government gave other couples a chance to have two children if one of them was an only child.

Jiang Quanbao, a teacher and population expert, explained how Chinese families react to the newest policy. “Too many young people in the cities are no longer interested in having a second child,” he said. “People in the countryside are more interested. But some of them are already allowed to have two children. ”

At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people. A total of 800 million of them have jobs. But the labor market population will drop in 35 years. That is to say, the country will be in great need of labor by the year 2050. With the two-child policy, an increase in births can solve this problem.

Boys and girls, what do you think of the two-child policy? Do you want to have a new-born brother or a sister?

1.Why does the government plan to end the one-child policy?

A. Because we need a larger population.

B. Because millions of people have jobs.

C. Because most families want to have a second child.

D. Because a falling birth rate must be stopped.

2.How do most young people in the cities react to the two-child policy?

A. They support the policy.

B. They don't think it is good.

C. They're very interested.

D. They're not interested any more.

3.When will our country be seriously short of labor if the one-child policy continues?

A. In 2015. B. In 2035. C. In 2050. D. In 2070

4.The Two-Children Policy mainly ______.

A. helps solve the problems of aging population and labor shortages.

B. doesn’t allow one couple to have two children.

C. has a bad influence on one’s mental health.

D. encourages one couple to have more than two children.

5.More couples ______ the Two-Children Policy according to the passage.

A. disagree with B. agree with

C. don’t know D. hate

英语与生活。阅读短文,完成76-80题。

There are a lot of Chinese cultures about fish. In Chinese, “fish” sounds like “surplus”(余),Chinese people always like to have a surplus at the end of the year. They think if they save something at the end of the year, then they can make more in the next year. That’s why Chinese people like to eat fish for the New Year. Do you know what kind of fish Chinese people like to eat for the New Year?

?Crucian carp

The first kind of fish is crucian carp. It sounds like the Chinese word“吉”. The Chinese word mean “good luck”. Chinese people think that eating crucian carp can bring good luck for the next year.

?Chinese mud carp

The second kind of fish is Chinese mud cap. It sounds like the Chinese word“礼”. It means gifts or presents. So, Chinese people choose to eat Chinese mud carp during the Chinese New Year. It means “good future”.

?Catfish

The third kind of fish is catfish. It sounds like two Chinese words “年余”.So eating catfish is a wish for a surplus in the New Year.

1.Why do Chinese people like to eat fish for the New Year?

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2.How many kinds of fish are mentioned in the passage?

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3.What does it mean to eat Chinese mud carp?

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4.What kind of fish can bring good luck?

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5.What’s the main idea about the passage?

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