《2025年练习部分高中英语选择性必修第一册沪教版》

2 Choose the correct answers.
(1) Some people say that overpopulation isn't a problem because _____.
A. the global population is getting smaller
B. it's a taboo subject
C. the population is growing less quickly than in the past
D. people aren't worried about it
(2) The global population is a problem because _____.
A. it's more than seven billion
B. it's less than double what it was in 1970
C. the growth rate is getting higher
D. it's still increasing by a huge amount every year
(3) Endless growth is impossible because _____.
A. the Earth cannot support it
B. it's not something you can rely on
C. we can't accept limits
D. only economists believe in it
(4) The population is growing most quickly in _____.
A. Britain
B. America
C. developing countries
D. developed countries
(5) The author thinks that people in developed countries _____.
A. need to have smaller families so that they can consume more
B. consume too much and need to have fewer children
C. must have two children in order to receive government support
D. will be the largest part of the world's population in 2100

答案：
(1) C
解析：由第二段“Some people were saying that we needn't worry because the rate of population growth has actually been going down since 1970.”可知选C。
(2) D
解析：由第三段“even though the percentage growth rate is lower, we're now adding eighty million people per year”可知选D。
(3) A
解析：由第四段“We behave as if we had two or three Earths to live on... endless growth is a fantasy”可知选A。
(4) C
解析：由第五段“it's OK to talk about overpopulation as long as it's in the developing world”可知选C。
(5) B
解析：由第六段“people in developed countries do need to have fewer children. That's because... overconsumption”可知选B。

3 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.
■ extreme weather events ■ the lion's share ■ doubled ■ rate ■ overconsumption ■ resources ■ taboo
(1) Africa is the world's poorest continent, yet it is very rich in natural _____.
(2) You shouldn't ask people in Britain how much they earn—it's a bit of a(n) _____.
(3) The _____ at which cities have grown in China is incredible: 26% of the population lived in cities in 1990, and it's now more than _____.
(4) These days, _____ are becoming so common. There always seem to be severe floods somewhere in the world.
(5) We're all guilty of _____ in the modern world—we buy so many things that we don't need.
(6) We all helped, but Jason did _____ of the work, so you should thank him.

答案：
(1) resources
(2) taboo
(3) rate; doubled
(4) extreme weather events
(5) overconsumption
(6) the lion's share
解析：
(1) “natural resources”（自然资源）符合句意“非洲自然资源丰富”。
(2) “taboo”（禁忌）符合“不该问收入”的语境。
(3) “the rate at which...”（……的速度），“doubled”（翻倍）对应“26%... now more than 60%”。
(4) “extreme weather events”（极端天气事件）对应“severe floods”。
(5) “overconsumption”（过度消费）符合“买不需要的东西”。
(6) “the lion's share”（最大份额）符合“Jason做了大部分工作”。