Passage Three
According to the best historical and archaeological evidence, it is estimated that it took about 800 thousand to 1 million years for the earth's population to reach the 250 total which existed at the end of the first century 'after Christ. For some time after that, disease, famine, and war kept the population increase down to a fraction of 1 percent a year so that more than 15 centuries passed before the population reached 500 million. But in the next 250 years, up to 1850, the population of the world shot up to the 1 billion mark, and today it has reached 3 billion. It is predicted by United Nations investigators that in the next 35 years the population of the world will double. When experts are asked what the most effective measure which overpopulation poses, they reply that at least three measur A. A.100B. C to D. 100 B. B.D. 100 to A. D. 1600 C. C.D. 1600 to A.D. 1850 D. D.D. 1850 to the present [单项选择]What is a ghetto according to the passage
A. It is a community in New York. B. It is an industrial center in Chicago. C. It is a place where poor blacks live. D. It is a nickname for Chinatown. [单项选择]
[单项选择]According to the passage, school education stresses more on______.
A) thinking with the right side of the brain C) combining both sides of the brain B) using the left side of the brain D) developing imaginary thinking A. According to the passage, school education stresses more on______. B. thinking with the right side of the brain C. using the left side of the brain D. combining both sides of the brain E. developing imaginary thinking [单项选择]According to the passage, air turbulence generally does which of the following
Ⅰ. Creates small droplets of equal size to form in cloud cores. Ⅱ. Causes different concentrations of rain droplets to form in different places. Ⅲ. Speeds up the rate by which large droplets appear. A. Ⅰ only B. Ⅱ only C. Ⅰ and Ⅱ only D. Ⅱ and Ⅲ only E. Ⅰ,Ⅱ, and Ⅲ [单项选择]According to the passage, skepticism becomes problematic when it does which of the following
A. It becomes overly demanding by criticizing the possible justifications for a prediction about the future. B. It requires too much by suggesting that thinkers not rely on an infinite regress of justification. C. It suggests, despite certain epistemological arguments that we abandon the dream of conclusive justification. D. It argues that the truth is to be had through a lucky guess, rather than through reason and deduction. E. It suggests that we adopt a universal suspension of belief, rather than being selective in our incredulity. [填空题]The least romantic nation according to the passage is ______.
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