[单项选择]The population growth rate in the US is ______.


A. higher than that in India
B. lower than that in Mexico
C. higher than that in Indonesia
D. lower than that in South America

[单项选择]The population growth rate in the US is______.


A. higher than that in India
B. lower than that in Mexico
C. higher than that in Indonesia
D. lower than that in South America

[单项选择]Unless the population growth stabilizes, environmentalists predict a worldwide starvation by the next decade.
A. famine
B. shortage
C. rebellion
D. infection

[单项选择]National poverty was （） by rapid population growth.
A. strengthened
B. reinforced
C. aggravated
D. reduced

[单项选择]The main reason for the population growth isn't so much a rise in birth rates ______ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.


A. and
B. but
C. or
D. as

[单项选择]The chief reason for the population growth isn't so much a rise in birth rates ______ a fall in death rates as a result of improvements in medical care.
A. and
B. as
C. but
D. or

[单项选择]Reducing population growth improve both ______ of people and the environment.


A. health
B. the health
C. healths
D. the healthy

[单项选择]What can we learn about the growth rate of population


A. The total growth rate of world population will increase.
B. The growth rate of population in richer countries will increase.
C. The growth rate of population in poor countries will increase.
D. The total growth rate in American countries will increase.

[单项选择]A stock's dividend growth rate is a function of each of the following EXCEPT:（）
A. profit margin.
B. total asset turnover.
C. P/E ratio.

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Text 4
The growth of cell phone users in the US has tapered off from the breakneck pace of 50% annually in the late 1990s to what analysts project will be a 15% to 20% rise in 2002, and no more than that in 2003. To some extent, numerous surveys have found, slower growth in demand reflects consumer disillusionment with just about every aspect of cell-phone service--its reliability, quality, and notorious customer service.
The cooling off in demand threatens to cascade through the industry: The big six US cell-phone carriers--Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless, AT＆T Wireless, Sprint PCS, Voice Stream, and Nextel Communications--are engaged in a fierce price war that imperils their timetables for becoming profitable, not to mention their efforts to whittle down their mountains of debt. As the carriers have begun to cut costs wireless equipment makers--companies such as Lucent, Nokia, and Ericsson have been left with a market that’s bound to be smaller
A. the price war will reverse the present situation.
B. the wireless equipment makers will try to improve the original networks.
C. the handset makers will produce new phones with high technology.
D. the Europeans are enthusiastic about the new advanced cell-phones.