Question

Many of the world's pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities．Supply for the needs of the people leads to further by industry．If the rapid increase of world population continues at the present rate, there may be much greater to human beings．

Some scientists speak of the increase in numbers of people as "population pollution''．

About 2,000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million．It a billion in 1850．By 1930 the population was two billion．It is now six billon．It is to double by the year 2020．If the population continues to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the a hundred years from now．

Man has been the earth's resources more and more over the past years．Some of them are almost gone．Now many people believe that man's greatest problem is how to control the of the population．The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to the human population if the present rate of increase continues．

There is already over-crowding in many cities and starvation in some countries．Many people believe that human survival in the future on the answer to the question．

1.A．progress B．pollution C．education D．production

2.A．dangerB．harmC．benefitD．hardship

3.A．gotB．tookC．broughtD．reached

4.A．suggested B．hopedC．expectedD．said

5.A．worldB．country C．star D．end

6.A．discovering[ B．usingC．diggingD．destroying

7.A．seriously B．dangerously C．rapidlyD．steadily

8.A．existence B．startC．growthD．birth

9.A．increase B．starveC．construct D．support

10.A．depends B．a(chǎn)greesC．savesD．passes

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.A

【解析】

試題分析：世界人口問題往往是由大量人口涌入城市造成的。城市人口的增長給城市的交通，設(shè)施等帶來了巨大的壓力。人口的迅速增長和對地球資源的不合理利用也使得自然資源瀕臨枯竭，人類未來的生存取決于人們?nèi)绾稳ソ鉀Q這些問題。

1.B名詞辨析。A．進(jìn)步；B．污染；C．教育；D．產(chǎn)品。根據(jù)前句內(nèi)容Many of the world's pollution problems have been caused by…….可知人口大量涌入城市造成了污染問題，而再根據(jù)空前的further推斷此處講這些人們的需求造成進(jìn)一步的污染，故答案選B。

2.B名詞辨析。A．危險；B．傷害；C．益處；D．苦難。從情理可知污染會給人帶來危害，故答案選B.

3.D。動詞辨析。A．得到；B．帶走；C．帶來；D．到達(dá)。前句內(nèi)容提到在2000年以前人口是250million，從1850年人口增長到十億應(yīng)該用動詞“達(dá)到”，故答案選D。

4.C。動詞辨析。A．建議；B．希望；C．期望；D．說。從上文的數(shù)字可以看出世界人口是一直在增長，所以下文是推斷2020的人口數(shù)，故答案選C。

5.A。名詞辨析。A．世界；B．國家；C．星；D．結(jié)尾。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知文章講述的是世界人口問題，所以答案選A。

6.B。動詞辨析。A．發(fā)現(xiàn)；B．使用；C．挖；D．毀滅。從下文內(nèi)容Some of them are almost gone可以推斷此處指人們對資源的使用，故答案選B。

7.C。副詞辨析。A．嚴(yán)肅地；B．危險地；C．迅速地；D．牢固地。根據(jù)前后句內(nèi)容可知資源的枯竭是由于人們對資源的過度使用造成的，故答案選C。

8.C。名詞辨析。A．存在；B．開始；C．生長；D．出生。上文提到人口的急劇增長帶來了很多問題，由此判斷如果想要解決資源問題，就要控制人口的增長， 故答案選C。

9.D。動詞辨析。A．增加；B餓死；C．建造；D．支持。根據(jù)上文內(nèi)容可知世界資源匱乏，所以不能供給更多人口去利用， 故答案選D。

10.A。動詞辨析。A．依靠；B．同意；C．節(jié)約；D．通過。從情理判斷環(huán)境污染問題會直接影響著人類的未來，換句話說，對環(huán)境污染的解決情況就決定著人類未來的生存，故答案選A。

考點：考查社會生活類短文閱讀。