Question

A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth. The population of the world today is more than 6,500,000,000. That is a great number and we know it quite well. ①The important thing is not how large the population of the world is now, but is the rate (速度) of the growth. It is about 1.63% every year after the number of dead people has been taken away.

To give you some ideas of the birth rate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second, four babies are born in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! ②You can not speak quickly enough to keep up with the birth rate. The population is ③growing faster and faster. So it goes on, hour after hour. 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 2010—there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the earth! So this is one of the biggest problems that you are going to meet in your life.

根據短文內容，完成下列各題。

1.What’s one of the important world problems today according to the passage?

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2.將文中①處畫線的句子翻譯成漢語。

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3.將畫線句子②改為意思相同的句子。

You speak slowly you can’t keep up with the birth rate.

4.寫出與劃線部分③意思相同的單詞。

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5.From the passage, how many new babies are there to be born in a minute?

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Answer 1

1.The growth of population on the earth

2.重要的問題并不在于世界上現在有多少人口，而是在于人口增長的速度。

3.so , that

4.increasing

5.Two hundred and forty.

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了人口增長太快成為了世界上最重要的一個問題，我們都會面臨這個情況。

1..細節題。根據A very important world problem is the growth of population on the earth.可知人口增長太快成為了世界上最重要的一個問題。

2..翻譯題。根據前后文，可得知此句的意思為：重要的問題并不在于世界上現在有多少人口，而是在于人口增長的速度。

3..同義句轉換題。原句意思為：你說得足夠迅速目的就是為了跟上人口出生率。再換句話說，就是你講的如此慢，根本就跟不上人口出生率。

4.同義詞題。原句意思是人口增長的越來越快。Increasing就是增長的意思。

5.Every second, four babies are born in the world.�？傻弥�每秒鐘有四個嬰兒出生，那么一分鐘就240個嬰兒出生。

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