《2025年仁爱英语同步练习与测试九年级全一册仁爱版》

Ⅴ. 阅读理解。
On October 31, 2011, the seven billionth world citizen (公民), a baby girl, was born in a hospital in Philippines (菲律宾).
Maybe you don't know that the world's population didn't hit 1 billion until the 19th century. But only a hundred years later, it reached over 2 billion. In 1971, there were about 3.5 billion people on the earth. 40 years later, the number doubled (翻倍). What's worse, it keeps growing at a surprising speed. If this continues, the world's population will shoot up to 8 billion by the year 2025.
Most of the newly-born people are in developing countries. These countries are mostly in Africa, South America and parts of Asia. In developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. This is because most women in these countries have only one or two children. In the developing countries, many women have five or more children. In 1950, around one quarter of the world's population lived in the developed countries. By 2050, these countries will be home to only around one tenth of the world's people.
With more and more people coming into this world, in the developing countries people are now being short of food, water and medicine. What's more, farming land is becoming less, so country people are moving to towns and cities in the hope of finding a better life. But the cities can't provide enough housing (住宿), so the newcomers have to live in crowded rooms. Finally, more people lose their jobs, which makes people poorer, especially in poor countries.
To solve these problems, many countries are taking measures to control the population.
( )1. How many children are there in most families of Europe?
A. One or two. B. Two or three.
C. Three or four. D. Four or five.
( )2. What happened on October 31, 2011 in Philippines according to the passage?
A. A woman gave birth to 7 babies that day.
B. A woman gave birth to her 7th baby that day.
C. There were 7 billion people in the Philippines that day.
D. The population of the world reached 7 billion.
( )3. The underlined phrase "shoot up" means ______ in Chinese.
A. 射击 B. 暴涨
C. 萎缩 D. 反弹
( )4. Which of the following is WRONG?
A. In 1950, about 25% of the world's population lived in the developed countries.
B. In 1971, there were about 3,500 million people on the earth.
C. The world's population was less than 1 billion before the 19th century.
D. By 2050, about 10% of the world's population will live in the developing countries.
( )5. Which is not mentioned according to the passage?
A. People in the developing countries are now being short of food.
B. Many countries are now taking measures to control the population.
C. Country people are moving to towns and cities in the hope of finding a better life.
D. The population is growing very slowly in some developing countries.

答案： 1. A 由第三段及This is because most women in these countries have only one or two children.可以推断答案。2. D the 7 billionth world citizen第70亿世界公民，说明世界人口达到70亿人。3. B 指世界人口2025年将暴涨至80亿人。4. D By 2050, about 10% of the world's population will live in the developing countries.该句中的developing应改为developed。只有10%的人生活在发达国家，人口分布的不均衡性加剧。5. D 文中是说一些发达国家人口增长缓慢，而并非发展中国家。