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  3. With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China 【B1】______ a family plan

With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China 【B1】______ 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 【B1】______ a family planning program in 1971, India has been closing the 【B2】______. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly 【B3】______ the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India’ s population will 【B4】______ China’s around the year 2028 【B5】______ about 1.7 billion.
    Should that happen, it won’t be the【B6】______of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India. 【B7】______ India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala’s population is virtually 【B8】______. The reason is no mystery: nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control,【B9】______about 40% in the entire nation.
    The difference【B10】______the emphasis put on health programs【B11】______birth control by the state authorities, 【B12】______in 1957 became India’s first elected Communist【B13】______. And an educational tradition and matrilineal customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get【B14】______good schooling. While one in three Indian women is【B15】______, 90% of those in Kerala can read and write. Higher literacy rates【B16】______family planning. "Unlike our parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have【B17】______of them," says Laila Cherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself【B18】______three children—one below the national【B19】______of four. That kind of restraint will keep Kerala from putting added【B20】______on world food supplies.
【B8】
选项 A、reliable
B、stable
C、countable
D、flexible
答案B
解析 考查形容词辨析。由上下文的逻辑关系可知，Kerala州的人口与全国人口增长形成对比，后文中又说到“nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control”(此州近2／3的妇女实行了计划生育)，因此可知空格所在句意思是“Kerala州的人口保持在稳定的水平”，故选B．stable，意为“稳定的，稳固的”。其他选项reliable“可靠的，可信赖的”，不能修饰population(人口)，而应修饰people或person；countable“可计算的，可计数的”，语义与逻辑均不符原文；flexible“柔软的，灵活的”．不可用于修饰人口。
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