With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China【C1】________a family plan

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问题     With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China【C1】________a family planning program in 1971, India has been【C2】________the gap. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly as much as the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India’s population will【C3】________China’s around the year 2028 at about 1.7 billion. Should that happen, it won’t be the【C4】________of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India.【C5】________India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala’s population is virtually stable. The reason is no mystery; nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, compared with about 40% in the entire nation.
    The difference【C6】________the emphasis put on health programs, including birth control, by the state authorities, which in 1957 became India’s first elected Communist government. And an educational tradition and matrilineal(母系的) customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get equally good schooling. While one in three Indian women is【C7】________, 90% of those in Kerala can read and write.
    Higher literacy rates【C8】________Family planning. " Unlike our Parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have fewer of them," says Laila Cherian, 33, who lives in the Village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself to three children—one below the national【C9】________of four. That kind of restraint will keep Kerala from putting added【C10】________on world food supplies.
【C5】

选项 A、As
B、When
C、While
D、Since

答案C

解析 本题考查形容词近义词的辨析,根据上下文,此处意为印度大约每年总体人口的增长数量为两千万人,而Keraia地区的人口增长率十分稳定。通过连词可知,此处的前后逻辑关系为对比关系,stable意为“稳定的”。故选C。
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