高考英语 Unit4 Earthquakes阅读表达全方位训练2必修1.docVIP

2014届高考英语一轮复习全方位配套训练人教版必修一Unit 4 Earthquakes阅读表达2 阅读下面短文并回答问题(请注意题后的词数要求)。 Passage 1 [1] People are making more and more demands on the world’s natural resources.If babies born in 1991 live for eighty years，the human population of the world may be anything from twice to three times the present total by 2070.In other words，they will have to share what is left of the earth’s resources with 15 billion other people.But hopefully there will be an important decrease in the growth of population.What if this does not happen? The answer is that by the time before the babies born in 1991 reach the age of 40 they could be sharing resources with as many as 10 billion other people. [2]Limiting the pollution of water and atmosphere，controlling the output of the chemicals that may be causing the global warming and climate change，and eating less meat may go to help，but can anyone seriously imagine that these are going to solve the problems of the “baby class” of 1991? [3]There is no getting away from the fact that people the present state of the world，and only people can solve the problems.The decisions have to be taken by people as members of national and local governments；as leaders and decision makers in industry；as scientists and technologists；as professional engineers and designers；as religious leaders and individual citizens. 1.What can be the title of the passage? （no more than 10 words） 2.How many other people could the babies born in 1991 be sharing resources with when they reach the age of 40？（no more than 6 words） 3.Where is the short passage probably taken from？（no more than 5 words） 4.Please fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence.（no more than 3 words）