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

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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 closing the【C2】______. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly 【C3】______the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India’ s population will【C4】______China’ s around the year 2028【C5】______about 1.7 billion.
    Should that happen, it won’t be the【C6】______of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India.【C7】______ India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala’s population is virtually【C8】______. The reason is no mystery: nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, 【C9】______about 40% in the entire nation.
    The difference【C10】______the emphasis put on health programs【C11】______birth control by the state authorities, 【C12】______in 1957 became India’s first elected Communist【C13】______ . And an educational tradition and matrilineal customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get 【C14】______good schooling. While one in three Indian women is【C15】______, 90% of those in Kerala can read and write. Higher literacy rates【C16】______family planning. "Unlike our parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have【C17】______of them," says Laila Cherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself 【C18】______ three children—one below the national【C19】______of four. That kind of restraint will keep Kerala from putting added【C20】______on world food supplies.
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选项 A、discovered
B、circulated
C、launched
D、transmitted

答案C

解析 考查动词辨析。空格处所填词与program相搭配的只有launch“发动,开始”,launch a family planning program意为“实行计划生育”。discover意为“发现,发觉(某样东西)”;circulate意为“流通,循环”,语义与搭配均与原句不符;transmit意为“传播,传输”,一般与heat,light,information等搭配。故选C.launched。
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