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A

Althoughsomepeopledon’tliketalkingaboutthedangerofpopulationgrowth,theworld’spopulationcontinuestogrow.MostofthegrowthishappeninginAfricaandpartsofSouthandWestAsiathatareleastabletoaffordmorepeople.However,populationincreaseshave

slowedorevenstoppedinEurope,NorthAmericaandJapan.

Todayabout80percentoftheworld’speopleliveindevelopingcountries,Asiahasmorethandoubleditspopulationsince1960,butEurope’shasrisenbyonly20percent.TheUnited

StatesistheonlyWesterncountrywhosepopulationisexpectedtoincrease----largelynotbecauseofbirths,butofimmigration.

Nowsomesixbillionmouthsmustbefedandbodiesclothedandhoused.Misuseoftheearth’sresourcestomeetthoseneeds,forexample,poorfarmingpracticesandover-fishingisapossibledangertohumanlifeandhealtharoundtheworld.Peopleacrosstheworldaretryingtofindwaystosolvetheproblemsbroughtbyincreasingpopulation.

(Newwords:immigration(移民)misuse(滥用)resources(资源) )

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

()1.Wecanknowfromthepassagethat________________.

A.Theworld’spopulationgrowthhasalreadystopped

B.Theworld’spopulationisstillincreasingyearbyyear

C.Theworld’spopulationgrowthwillstopverysoon

D.Theworld’spopulationwillbedoubledinafewyears

()2.WhydidthewritersaythattheUnitedStatesistheonlyWesterncountrywhosepopulationisexpectedtoincrease?

A.Becausetherearequitealotofbirthseachyear.

B.Becausetheoldpeoplelivelongernowthanbefore.

C.Becausemanypeoplefromothercountriesmovetolivethere.

D.BecausetheUnitedStatesisrichanditcanaffordmorepeople.

()3.Theworld“mouths”inthelastparagraphmeans_____________.

A.menB.babiesC.populationD.people

()4.Throughthepassagethewritertellsusthat_____________.

A.Thebirthrate(率)ishigherintheindevelopingcountries

B.Thebirthrateislowerintheindevelopingcountries

C.ThebirthrateishigherinAfricaandpartofNorthandEastAsia

D.ThebirthrateislowerinAfricaandpartofSouthandWestAsia

()5.“Sixbillion”inthetextcanbewrittenas“______________”.

A.6,000,000,000B.600,000,000

C.60,000,000,000D.600,000,000,000

B

Haveyoueverbeenill?Whenyouareill，youmustbeunhappybecauseyourbodybecomeshot，andtherearepainsalloveryourbody.Youdon’twanttowork，youstayinbed，feelingverysad.

Whatmakesusill?Itisgerms(细菌).Germsareeverywhere.Theyareverysmallandyoucan’tfindthemwithyoureyes，butyoucanseethemwithamicroscope.Theyareverysmallandtherecouldbehundredsofthemonaverysmallthing.

Germsarealwaysfoundindirtywater.Whenwelookatdirtywaterunderthemicroscope，weshallseetheminit.Soyourfatherandmotherwillnotletyoudrinkdirtywater.

Germsaren’tfoundonlyinwater.Theyarefoundinairanddust.Ifyoucutyourfinger，ifsomeofthedustfromthefloorgoesintothecut(割开处)，someofthegermswouldgointoyourfinger.Yourfingerwouldbecomebigandred，andyouwillhavemuchpaininit.Sometimesthegermswouldgointoallofyourbody，andyouwouldhavepaineverywhere.