[填空题]The population growth mostly happens in cities of developing countries and more than 60 percent population live in cities.

[填空题]The population growth mostly happens in cities of developing countries and more than 60 percent population live in cities.

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Malthusian fears that population growth will outstrip food supplies have been widely discounted as food production has kept well ahead of growing human numbers in the last half century. While population doubled, food supply tripled, and life expectancy increased from 46 in the 1950s to around 65 today. But more recently, some experts have once again been sounding the alarm about a possible food crisis.
The reason lies in the combined impact of many factors including climate change, forest denudation, land degradation, water shortage, declining oil supplies, species extinction, destruction of coastal ecosystems and the growing demands for a meat-rich diet from newly developed parts of the world.
At the root of all these problems has been the ruthless exploitation of the earth’s resources, fuelled by growing affluence in some parts of the world and desperate poverty in others. Between 1980 and 2000, global population rose from 4.4 billion to 6.1 billion, while
A. Mildly supportive
B. Somewhat indifferent
C. A little alarmed
D. Seemingly objective

[单项选择]Where is population growth happening（　）.
A. In all countries in the world.
B. In only a few countries.
C. In most countries.
D. Mainly in developed countries.

[填空题]The highest rate of world population growth occurred in 1970.

[填空题]Population growth is the sole factor that has widened the gap between developing and developed countries.

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The percentage of the population growth in the 49 least developed countries is expected to be ______ in 50 years.

[多项选择]As a measure to curb excessive population growth, the one-child policy has been implemented in China for more than three decades. While applauding the benefits some people begin to express worries about the development of an only child. Is being an only child of a family good or not Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view.
In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your essay.
Marks will be awarded for content, organizations, grammar and appropriateness.
Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[填空题]40 percent of population growth in America comes from immigration which is a heavy burden on the society.

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The road to controlling population growth in the 20th century was paved with good intentions and unpleasant policies that did not work, a new book argues an historian who grew up as the youngest of eight children might well be expected to approach the question of whether the world is overpopulated from an unusual angle. Matthew Connelly, a professor at Columbia University, dedicates his study of those who thought the planet had too many people and tried to do something about it to his parents, "for having so many children".
Yet, he assures the reader, it Was not his personal experience of large families that drew him to the subject. Mr. Connelly’s mentor, Paul Kennedy of Yale University, believed it was necessary to look beyond great-power rivalries to understand the post-cold-war era. In 1994 the pair wrote an article for Atlantic Mouthly arguing that population growth in poor countries, increasing awareness of global economic inequality and the
A. To estimate the population trend with statistics
B. To control the size of a family as a whole
C. To grant more education and rights to women
D. To decrease women’s ability to reproduce