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A: Have you (1)r_________ today’s newspaper?

B: No, I haven’t. (2)W_________ there any important news?

A: There’s a (3)r_________ about the population of our country. It says we have got another 16,000,000 people this year.

B: Oh, the population is growing faster and (4)f______.

A: If the population goes on (5)g_________, it will be the (6)b_________ problem in our country.

B: Of course. The population of the babies born in one year in China is (7)a_________ as large as the population of Australia.

A: I’m afraid there will be only (8)s_________ room for us some day.

B: But if every family has only (9)o_________ baby, things will turn (10)b_________.

 

In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were not many people on earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.
Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive.
Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.
We know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.
What can we do to solve these problems?
If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept.
The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.

The importance of protecting the environment
Problems	◆ More fish being caught. ◆ More 【小题1】    being cut down. ◆ More waste products being put into rivers. ◆ More【小题2】    being born.
Causes	◆ The world is becoming too 【小题3】    . ◆ Modern methods make the situation worse .
Result	We human beings will not survive on the earth.
Solutions	◆ Eat more vegetables and less meat so that more food will be available  for everyone. ◆ Use modern methods of 【小题4】    control so that the population will not grow too fast. ◆ Educate people so that the 【小题5】   will be better and cleaner.

      

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China started to make its sixth population census (人口普查) from November 1, 2010. Census workers would go to every home to check who lived there. They would ask family members questions about   1  names, ages, jobs and so on.

China holds a census every about 10 years. The   2  one was in 1953. At that time, there were only about 600 million people in China. But in 2000, the number was 1.29 billion (十亿).

 3  does our country make a population census?

First, the census will help draw a big picture of the country. China has the largest population  4 the world, and it is still growing. The government could use the information from the census to help   5  to live better lives. For example, if the population census shows that there are a lot of kids in your area , the government will know that they have to   6  more schools there.

Second , from the population census, scientists can learn more about population growth. In some years the population grows larger than in others. Even in the same year, population growth is not the same in   7  places. Scientists can use the information to look for reasons behind the growth.

Third, the census will help to find the number of foreigners who are  8  in China. It can also find out how many Chinese have moved to other countries.

1. _______________   2. _______________   3. _______________  

4. _______________   5. _______________   6. _______________  

7. _______________   8. _______________