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　　Look at your watch for just one minute. During that time in 1981, 239 babies were born in the world. Perhaps you think that isn’t much. In the next hour, over 14,000 more babies will be born on the earth. Just think how many more babies there will be born in one year. If this goes hour after hour, what will happen in a hundred years?

　　The population problem may be the greatest one of the world today. Two thousand years ago, there were only 250 million people on the earth. Four hundred years ago, the number was over 500 million. The population may be 8,000 million by the year 2000.

　　In China, the population problem is quite great, too. The Party’s leaders are paying much attention to it, but lots of people don’t think so. They like to do what they want. Some love more children. Some wish to have both son and daughter. Other would like to have not only daughters but also sons. Haven’t they ever thought the population problem? If nothing is done to stop this, things will get worse and worse. The figure of the world’s population will certainly be a terrible one. There will be only standing room on the earth some day.

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1．The article tells us something about the population problem.

2．250 million babies were born in one minute in the world in 1981.

3．Over 14,000 babies are born every hour in China.

4．All the Chinese people are paying much attention to the population problem.

5．In the sentence“There will be only standing room oil the earth some day. ”the word“room”means a small place in a house.

　　During just one minute, 174 babies are born in world. That means people 1 find food for over 250, 000 mouths 2 in one day. The population problem 3 the greatest one of the world today.

　　The world's population is growing faster and faster. In 1990, the population 4 over five billion. An UN re port 5 that the world population will pass six billion 6 the end of the twentieth century. People say that by the year 2010, it will be seven billion. That means 7 in about 600 years, there will be standing 8 only on the earth. There 9 enough space for anybody 10 .

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　　The population problem may be the ___6___ one of the world today. People say that by the year 2010, the world's population may pass seven billion. This means we must ___7___ more food, and have smaller families with fewer ___8___ healthier children. If we don't do these, the result（结果）will be very ___9___. There will be standing room only on the earth. There won't be enough ___10___ for anybody else.