2010年上海市松江区中考英语第二次模拟试题及答案.docVIP

松江区2009学年度第二学期初三模拟考 英语试卷 （满分150分，完卷时间100分钟） 2010.04 Part 3 Reading and Writing（第三部分 读写） TRUE OR FALSE In the time it takes you to read this sentence, the population of the earth will have grown by 10 people. That may not sound much, but it is 9000 people an hour, 1.5 million a week, and 79 million a year. That is the same as adding most of the population of Germany to the world every year! Most of these new people are born in developing countries. These countries are found in Africa, South America and parts of Asia. In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. This is because women in these countries have, on average, only one or two children. In 1950 the population of developed countries is around one quarter of the world’s population. In developing countries, more than one billion people already live below the poverty line. These people don’t have enough food to eat and they live in poor housing, and children get little or no time at school. The UN has said that the world’s population will level off (稳定在) at 12.5 billion people by the year 2100. Other groups think the world’s population will continue to grow, reaching 14 billion people before it becomes stable(稳定的),or even falls. 71. The population of the earth is growing at the speed of 9,000 people per hour. 72. Most of the new people are born in Africa, South America and parts of Asia. 73. In Europe, most women seem to have their children of one or two. 74. In 1950, the population of the developed countries is about 25% of the world’s people. 75. In developing countries, many children are too busy to go to school. 76. More than one billion people in developing countries don’t have enough to eat. 77. In the passage we learn that the world’s population will go down very soon. Body language is used by people for sending messages to one another. It is very 85 because it can help you make yourself easily understood. When you are talking wi