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福建省高校专升本统一招生考试1 Part Ⅱ. Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the first three passages is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice. Answer the questions on the fourth passage. Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. People are making more and more demands on the world抯 natural resources. If babies born in 1991 live for 80 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抯 resources with between 10 and 15 billion other people. But hopefully there will be a significant 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. Limiting the pollution of water and the atmosphere, controlling the output of the chemicals that may be causing global warming the climate change, and eating less meat may go some way to help, but can anyone seriously imagine that these are going to solve the problems of the 揵aby class攐f ?91? There is no getting away from the fact that people are responsible for 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 as individual citizens. 31. Which of the following can be the title for this passage? A. Making More Demands on the Natural Resources. B. Limiting the Pollution of Air and Water. C. Reducing the World Population. D. Saving the Babies of ?1? 32. What is meant by 搕he problems of the 慴aby class?of ?1? A. A large number of babies will be bo