People begin to worry about the support capacity(能力) of the earth. There may be only standing room for each person in the future.
Lima’s population was 5.7 million in 1985 but it grew to 9.1 million in 2000. Tianjin’s was 7.9 million in 1985. In 2000, it boosted to 9.7 million. Such cities as London, Osaka, Moscow, Beijing, and Teheran are having a similar population growth. Shanghai, New York and St Paulo see a faster population explosion(爆炸). Tokyo had 18.8 million in 1985. In 2000 it changed into 20.2 million. Mexico city had 17.3 million people in 1985. But in 2000, its population reached 25.8 million.
What does the population growth mean? It means greater pressure for the earth. If the government doesn’t take any action to control the population, we would have only standing room by the end of the 21st century.
【小题1】The underlined word “boosted” in the second paragraph means ________.
【小题2】The city which had the largest population in 2000 is ________?
【小题3】If the population goes on growing fast, ________.
| A．There will be greater pressure for the earth |
| B．We will have more standing room in the future |
| C．The support capacity of the earth is stronger than before |
【小题4】From the passage, we know ________.
| A．It is easy for us to control the population |
| B．We should take some action to control the population |
| C．We needn’t worry about the population problems |
【小题5】We can read this passage in ________.
| A．a history book | B．a science book | C．a TV guide |
