1. To protect the environment in our hometown， we should discourage       (cut) down trees.

4. New York isn't the      (首都）of America.

3. Hong Kong is a good shopping place with       (极多的）department stores.

2. This shop can supply us with___________  (极好的)service.

1. They buy fruit and vegetables at the         (市场）.

A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6. 5 billion. That is a great number and we know it quite well. The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now,but the rate of the growth. It is about 1.63 percent every year after the number of dead people has been taken away.

Look at the second hand of your watch. Every second four babies are born into the world. Another baby！Another baby！Another baby！You can't speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate.

The population is growing faster and faster. So it goes on,day after day. 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 2020 ― there will be as many as 7 ， 000 ， 000 ， 000 people on the earth. So this is one of the biggest problems you are facing in your life.

阅读短文，选择最佳选项。

(   ) 1. The population of the world today is       billion.

A. over 6. 5    B. less than 6. 5 C. no more than 6   D. about 5. 5

(   ) 2. What does the underlined word "rate" mean in Chinese?  

A.频率         B.速度

C价值         D.概率

(   ) 3. From the passage we know there are about      new babies to be born in a minute.

A.200       B. 160   C.180        D.240 

(   ) 4. The rate of the growth of population every year is about      

A. 1. 2 percent  B. 1. 68 percent

C. 1. 63 percent D. 2. 2 percent 

(   ) 5. What's the best title for the passage?

A.  The Number of Dead People

B.  The Growth of Population

C.  The Food Shortage

D.  The Heavy Traffic

从方框中选择适当的句子补全对话。其中有两项是多余的。

A：The world's population is so large. Shops are full of people on Sundays.

B： 1     The earth will be full of people and there will be standing room only.

A：That will be a serious problem.

B_: 2    

A：Look up into the sky. What can you see?

B; 3    

A;Oh，yes，the moon is the satellite(卫星) of the earth. Maybe man will fly to the moon and live on the moon one day.

B_: 4    

A;I mean man can fly to the moon.

B：I think so. But there is no air,no water and no life on the moon. 5    

A：Yes，man can't live there before solving these problems. 

A.  How can we live there?

B.   There will be more people next century.

C.   I can see the moon and the stars, of course.

D.  How should we solve the problem?

E.   I beg your pardon?

F.   What's the problem?

G.  What about you?

1._______  2._______  3._________

4._______  5._________

5. 我们的政府已采取许多措施发展绿色 产业。

Our government_________  _____ _________ to develop the green industry.

               your help，I passed the English exam.