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A very important world problem -- in fact, ! am inclined to say(倾向认为) it is the most important of all the 'great world problems which face us at the present time -- is the rapidly increasing pressure of'population on land and on land resources(土地资源)
7 g! b$ }2 }% _2 x7 k3 w ___ (1).___ By 2000 A.D., unless something desperate happens(除非采取紧急行动), there will be as many as 7,000,000,000 people on the surface of the earth! So this is a problem which you are going to see in your lifetime.9 f( c% n! i: c) W7 N3 [* `
Why is this enormous increase in population taking place? __(2)__ You have heard- @$ g: ?" ]$ L& W; G7 f: q
of Birth Control? __(3)__ Death Control recognizes(承认)the work of the doctors and thenurses and the hospitals and the health services in keeping alive people who, a few years ago,would have died of some of the incredibly serious killing diseases, as they used to do6. Squalidconditions(肮脏的环境), which we can remedy by an improved standard of living, caused a lot of disease anddirt. Medical examinations at school catch diseases early8 and ensure healthier school children.外语学习网5 K. F. j; Z2 x5 }6 n9 o- B4 c
Scientists are at work stamping out malaria(消灭疟疾) and other more deadly diseases. If you are seriously ill there is an ambulance to take you to a modem hospital. __(4)__ We used to thinkseventy was a good age; now eighty, ninety, it may be, are coming to be recognized as a normalage for human beings.__(5)__.- Z8 ?6 V& L, h# G1 `# b5 i
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A People are living longer because of this Death Control, and fewer children are dying, so thepopulation of the world is shooting up~~.
' q. p5 u5 }+ q* X; b B Death Control is something rather different.9 Y1 |7 A: u' R/ @7 h
C It is really due to4 the spread of the knowledge and the practice of what is coming to becalled Death Control., o& E# b/ i" M3 e8 N4 k
D This enormous increase of population will create immense problems.. O* j2 O) M7 c' H) ]
E The standard of living may be improved through death control.0 X5 F- I: R8 r& J) s3 x
F Medical care helps to keep people alive longer.$ k; D3 Q: V0 O6 b- ^) `- Z
练习答案1D 2C 3B 4F 5A |