Unit 2 The United Kingdom using language课时作业

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

★A

China has announced it's abolishing its one-child policy. What difference has it

made, statistically speaking?

400 million births prevented

The one-child policy, officially in place since 1979, has prevented 400 million

births. Parents have faced fines and other punishments for having more children.

The majority of the decrease in China's fertility(生育)rate happened in the 1970s.

It dropped from 5.8 children per woman in 1970 t0 2.7 in 1978. Despite the one-child

policy the rate had only fallen t0 1.7 by 2013.

21:28 baby death rate

Since the one-child policy was introduced, baby girls have become more likely to

die than boys.

In the 1970s, according to the United Nations, 60 males per l,000 live births died

under the age of one. For girls the figure was 53. In the 1980s, after the one-child

policy became official, the rate for both was 36. By the 1990s, 26 males per l,000 live

births died before the age of one-and 33 girls. The 2000s saw 21 boys per l,000 live

births dying and 28 girls.

1.16 boys born for every girl

Sexually selective abortions have been considered as a major cause of China's

unusual sexual imbalance.

Gietel-Basten, associate professor in social policy at Oxford University, says the

births of many girls are not registered if parents have broken the rule by having two

children, adding officials often turn a blind eye. It's estimated there are now 33 million

more men than women in China.

4：2：1 families

With the ageing of China's population and the continuation of the one-child policy,