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With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China【1】a family planning prog

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问题      With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China【1】a family planning program in 1971, India has been closing the gap. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly【2】the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India’s population will pass China’s around the year 2028 at about 1.7 billion.
     Should that happen, it won’t be the【3】of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India.【4】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【5】the emphasis put on health programs, including birth control, by the state authorities,【6】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【7】,90% of those in Kerala can read and write.
     Higher literacy rates【8】family planning. "Unlike our parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have fewer of them," says Laial Cherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself【9】three children--one below the national【10】of four. That kind of restraint will keep Kerala from putting added pressure on world food supplies.
选项 A、as many as
B、as well as
C、as soon as
D、as much as
答案D
解析 本题测试短语。as many as意为“和……一样多”，修饰可数名词；as well as意为“和……一样好”，修饰动词；as soon as意为“一……就……”，引导时间状语从句；as much as意为“与……差不多”，修饰不可数名词。所填之词修饰的是rate(比率)，是不可数名词，所以应该选用as much as。  
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