—_____ the population of the U.S.A. in 2005?

—It _____ about 296 million.

A.What is; is                                                             B.What was; was

C.How many is; was                                              D.How many was; is

 

Is the world too crowded? Well, that’s a hard question to answer. It’s all a matter of perspective(視角).In Montana, you might drive for a mile in any direction and not see another human being. In Macao, 60,000 people live in every square mile!
What is true is that the world’s population doesn’t stay the same. It has been increasing at a very fast rate(比例).That’s in part because in each generation(代) these are more people who then have children than in the last generation.
Five hundred years ago, the population of the world was about 460 million. In 1900,the world’s population was under 2 billion(十億).Right now it is doubling every 40 years. That means, if this rate of growth continues, when you are a parent, there will be twice as many people on earth as there are now. Wow! Now that’s a whole lot of people! Soon the world’s population will probably reach 7 billion. Some people worry about that! But there is a lot of disagreement about just how many people on earth equals(相當(dāng)于) too many people. But everyone agrees that the more people there are, the more resources(資源) the world needs to feed, house and take care of all of them, and the more need there is to think carefully about how we live and use the earth’s resources.
【小題1】From the first paragraph we can know that ­________.

A．Montana is too crowded

B．Macao is too crowded

C．the world is too crowded

D．the world is not too crowded

【小題2】The population is increasing fast partly because ________.

A．people live longer than before

B．there are less wars than before

C．medicine is developing faster than before

D．more couples now would like to have children than before

【小題3】What was the world’s population 100 years ago?

A．450 million.	B．a(chǎn)bout 2 billion.
C．40 billion.	D．7 billion.

【小題4】The writer thinks that with the population increasing, we should ________.

A．find more resources

B．use more resources

C．think about our ways of living

D．move to other places

【小題5】From the passage we can learn that the writer ________.

A．thinks the world already has too many people

B．thinks the world can feed no more than 7 billion people

C．is not sure when the world’s population will reach 7 billion

D．is not sure what the largest population that the world can feed is

Everyone knows that there’s not enough land in Hong Kong.If you go there by air, you will land at Kai Tak Airport. It was built out into the sea. It is in the part of Hong Kong called Kowloon. Kowloon is one of the two big islands in Hong Kong.
The other island is Hong Kong itself. You can get there by ship or through a tunnel(隧道) under the sea.
The population of Hong Kong is more than six million. Chinese and English are spoken by many people there. Clothes, computers, radios, televisions are made in Hong Kong. It is a shopping center. You can buy all kinds of things there.
Hong Kong is also a beautiful city. It’s a good place for traveling. People from all over the world visit Hong Kong every year. You can watch dog-racing and motor-racing there. When you are hot and tired, you may rest in the small cool gardens. There are also a lot of tall buildings with comfortable rooms to live in. If you enjoy eating out, you can easily find a good place for delicious food.Foods of different flavors(風(fēng)味) are served in Hong Kong.
【小題1】Where was Kai Tak Airport built?

A．It was built out into the sea.	B．It was built out into the lake.
C．It was built out into the river	D．It was built out into the pool.

【小題2】What’s the population of Hong Kong?

A．Nearly 6 million.	B．Less than 6 million.
C．Over 6 million.	D．Only 6 million.

【小題3】How many products(產(chǎn)品) of Hong Kong are mentioned in this passage?

A．7.

B．6.

C．5.

D．4.

【小題4】Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Kai Tak Airport is in Kowloon.

B．There's a lot of land in Hong Kong.

C．Many people in Hong Kong speak Chinese and English

D．Hong Kong is a beautiful city for traveling

【小題5】 According to the passage, we know that ________.  

A．Hong Kong is a big city with a large population

B．there are almost no factories in Hong Kong

C．few people visit Hong Kong ever year

D．visitors can enjoy the comfortable living rooms and delicious foods in Hong Kong

Last year，the population of that city        7,120,000.

A．was                  B．were                 C．has

 

In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were not many people on earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive.
Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.
What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.

The importance of protecting the environment
Problems	◆ More fish being caught. ◆ More 【小題1】    being cut down. ◆ More waste products being put into rivers. ◆ More【小題2】    being born.
Causes	◆ The world is becoming too 【小題3】    . ◆ Modern methods make the situation worse .
Result	We human beings will not survive on the earth.
Solutions	◆ Eat more vegetables and less meat so that more food will be available  for everyone. ◆ Use modern methods of 【小題4】    control so that the population will not grow too fast. ◆ Educate people so that the 【小題5】   will be better and cleaner.