首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
The world’s population continues to grow. There now are about 4 billion of us on earth. That could reach 6 billion by the end of
The world’s population continues to grow. There now are about 4 billion of us on earth. That could reach 6 billion by the end of
admin
2015-01-09
36
问题
The world’s population continues to grow. There now are about 4 billion of us on earth. That could reach 6 billion by the end of the century and 11 billion in another 75 years. Experts long have been concerned about such growth. Where will we find the food, water, jobs, houses, schools and health care for all these people?
A major new study shows that the situation may be changing. A large and rapid drop in the world’s birth rate has taken place during the past 10 years. Families generally are smaller now than they were a few years ago. It is happening in both developing and industrial nations.
Researchers said they found a number of reasons for this. More men and women are waiting longer to get married and are using birth control devices and methods to prevent or delay pregnancy. More women are going to school or working at jobs away form their homes instead of having children. And more governments, especially in developing nations, now support family planning programs to reduce population growth. China is one of the nations that has made great progress in reducing its population growth.
China has already cut its rate of population growth by about one half since 1970. China now urges each family to have no more than one child. And it hopes to reach zero population growth, the number of births equaling the number of deaths, by the year 2000.
Several nations in Europe already have fewer births than deaths. Experts said that these nations could face a serious shortage of workers in the future. And the persons who are working could face much higher taxes to help support the growing number of retired people.
Some time in the future, the people who are working in Europe would have to pay much higher taxes because_____.
选项
A、more and more children will be born
B、fewer and fewer children will be born
C、they will be making a lot of money
D、the number of retired people will become ever larger
答案
D
解析
本题问将来在欧洲工作的人们会交纳更多的税的原因。从第五段最后一句可知D为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ypQO777K
0
考博英语
相关试题推荐
Negotiationisnotlimitedtothecorporateboardroomortohigh-stakesbusinesssettings.Bybecomingfamiliarwithsimplenego
Asmanyas100speciesoffish,some______tothesewaters,mayhavebeenaffectedbythepollution.
Theideaofbuilding"NewTowns"toabsorbgrowthisfrequentlyconsideredacure-allforurbanproblems.Itiserroneouslyassu
Ithappenedinaflash,although______everythingseemedtooccurinslowmotion,asthoughIwerewatchingfromanotherplanet.
Theprincipleofthesocialcharacteroftheschoolasthebasicfactorinthemoraleducationgivenmaybealsoappliedtothe
Moststudiesfocusonremarkablyprecisesliversofhumanemotions.OnestudyatAlleghenyUniversityinPennsylvaniafoundthat
AnOhioStateUniversitystudyhaslinkedbehaviorinyoungchildren【1】thetypeofjobtheirmotherhas.Motherswithcomplexoc
AlltherecentnewsonAIDSisbad.ThedeathofRockHudson【1】publicconcernaboutthe【2】almosttothepointofpanic.Nowgene
Alittlemorethanacenturyago,MichaelFaraday,anotedBritishphysicist,managedtogainaudiencewithagroupofhighgove
WhatismissingfromTVnews____wouldfillabook.
随机试题
全面深化改革的总目标是()。
若当x→0时,2x2与为等价无穷小,则a=______.
女,25岁,月经周期为30天,其末次月经是2002年4月18日,其排卵日期大约在5月
有关急性脓胸的治疗方法,下列哪项是错误的
职业病的三级预防中,一级预防是指
A.初起有多个粟粒状脓头B.初起疮形如粟,突起根浅C.初起疮形如粟粒状脓头,坚硬根深D.初起光软无头,红肿疼痛,范围约6~9cmE.初起皮肤片状红斑,边界清楚,压之褪色,抬手即复
招标人在原定投标文件有效期内可根据需要向投标人提出延长投标文件有效期的要求,关于投标人的以下说法中错误的是()。
按规定上缴财政拨款结转资金、向其他单位调出财政拨款结转资金,按照实际上缴资金数额、实际调减的额度数额或调出的资金数额,在预算会计中应借记()。
NowadaysthereareanincreasingnumberofadvertisementsartTVandsomeofthemareunfortunatelymisleading.Somepeoplehold
______isnotaU.S.newsandcablenetwork.
最新回复
(
0
)