选择下列各句，填入短文中的空白处，使短文意思完整。A. The United S

题目内容：

选择下列各句，填入短文中的空白处，使短文意思完整。

A. The United States is the only industrial country whose population is increasing

B. And a fifth go without modern health services

C. Asia has more than doubled its population since 1960

D. Most of the growth is taking place in Africa

E. Now some 6 billion mouths must be fed and bodies clothed and housed

Every year there are about 95 million more people on the earth. (66) ___and parts of South and west Asia that can hardly afford more people. However, population increases have slowed or even stopped in Europe, North America and Japan.

By 1960, about 70 percent of the world’s people lived in developing countries. Today it is 80 percent, and 95 percent of the world’s population growth is taking place in these countries.(67)____, as have Latin America and the Caribbean area. North America’s population has grown by a half, while Europe’s has risen by only 20 percent and is now stable. (68) ______-- not because of birth, but of the coming of people from the rest of the world.

In 8,000 BC, only 5 million people were alive. (69)_____.To meet those needs humans are using lots of things on the earth in a wrong way -- for example, cutting down too many trees and catching too many fish. These wrong doings are dangerous for human life and health around the world.

At the beginning of the 21st century, nearly 60 percent of 4.8 billion people in developing countries have no basic sanitation. Almost a third don’t have enough clean water. A quarter don’t have enough housing. (70)_______.

最佳答案：

小题1:D

小题2:C

小题3:A

小题4:E

小题5:B

答案解析：

小题1:从前面的句子：Every year there are about 95 million more people on the earth.每年地球上有9千5百万的人口，说明D项正确。

小题2:从后面的句子：as have Latin America and the Caribbean area.可知说亚洲自从1960年以来人口翻倍。选C

小题3:从后面的句子：not because of birth, but of the coming of people from the rest of the world.可知美国是唯一的人口增长的工业化国家。选 A

小题4:从前面的句子：In 8,000 BC, only 5 million people were alive.可知后面是现在有60亿的人口要吃东西，要穿衣服。选E

小题5:从前面的句子：Almost a third don’t have enough clean water. A quarter don’t have enough housing.可知5分之一的人没有医疗护理。选B

考点核心：

根据最新人教版版和牛津版的初中英语教材的词汇量，一个水平较高的初中毕业生的词汇量应在2400左右。初中的单词和词组词汇量要求数量会不断增长。