Question

任务型阅读

阅读下面的短文，从文后方框中选择恰当的句子填入文中空白处。

When you read this sentence, the population of the earth has grown by 10 people.1_________

Most of these new people are born in developing countries.2_________

In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. This is because women in these countries have, on average(平均), only one or two children. 3_________

In the developing countries, more than one billion people already live below the poverty line (贫困线).

4_________ Children get little or no time at school and suffer from many kinds of diseases.

The UN has said that the world’s population will reach 12.5 billion people by the year 2100. If the number makes your head spinning(眩晕), you’re not alone. Many experts are worrying that so fast population growth could have very bad results. 10_________

A. These countries are found in much of Africa, South America and parts of Asia. B. These people don’t have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing. C. That may not sound much, but it’s about 14,000 people per hour. D. But in the developing countries, many women have five or more children. E. It could hurt the environment and increase the number of poor people.

Answer

 C

 A

 D

 B

 E

【解析】

 考查理解能力.根据上文,当你读这句话的时候，世界人口已经增长了10人，可知选C，这听起来也许不太多，但是每小时就大约14,000人。最符合逻辑关系。

 考查分析能力。根据上文，这些新生人口大多在发展中国家。可知下文选A，这些国家大多在非洲，南美洲和亚洲一部分。

 考查分析能力。上文介绍了美欧的人口增长慢的原因，结合下文介绍发展中国家的生存状况。下文选D、但是在发展中国家许多妇女生育5个甚至更多孩子。最符合逻辑关系。

 考查分析能力。根据前文介绍超过一亿人生活在贫困线以下，下文，许多孩子不能上学并受疾病困扰。可知选B——这些人没有足够的食物，生活在破旧的房子里。

 考查分析能力。根据前文许多专家担心快速发展的人口会导致非常严重的结果。可知下文选E——这样会伤害环境并增加贫困人口。

考点：考查句子之间的逻辑分析能力。