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【題目】【2016浙江衢州】The Year of the Goat was a main reason for the low newborns in 2015, a report said.

There were 16.55 million babies born in China last year, about 320,000 fewer than 2014, the Year of the Horse, it said.

China began to allow couples where one partner was an only child to have a second child in late 2013, which made 11 million couples eligible (符合條件的).

People expected the policy to result in 1 million more births compared with 2014. However, that did not happen. There is an old Chinese saying that 9 out of 10 people born in the Year of the Goat are unlucky in their lives.

It was reported that the decline (下降) was mainly because of the Year of the Goat. China will likely welcome 17.5 to 21 million newborns yearly in the next five years.

In 2015, the number of wowen aged 15 to 49, considered to be of childbearing age, fell by 5 million from 2014, In addition, the group between 20 and 29 years old, who are main childbearing people, has declined by 1.5 million, the report said.

Among babies born last year, the number of first children dropped by 850,000 from 2014, or 4.1 percent, it said.At the same time, the number of the second children increased by 450,000.

The number of Chinese wowen of childbearing age reached the highest point in 2011 and then began to decline.

【1】You can probably read this passage in a(n) _____ .

A. advertisement B. newspaper

C. guidebook D. novel

【2】According to the report, the number of newborns declined in 2015 compared with 2014 mainly because of _____ .

A. the Year of the Horse B. the Year of the Goat

C. the working conditions D. the living conditions

【3】The number of Chinese wowen of childbearing age reached the highest poilt in _____ .

A.2011 B.2012

C.2013 D.2014

【4】From 2010 to 2014, the newborn numbers in China _____.

A. declined every year B. kept the same

C. increased every year D. doubled

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文分析了中國新生兒數量變化情況。2013年底，我國部分開放了二胎生育。但是中國有句俗語：羊年出生的人十個有九個一生中會不幸運。2015年是羊年，因此生育率很低。但是今后五年，我國會迎來1千7百萬到2千1百萬的新生兒。

【1】B 推理判斷題。題意：你可能在哪兒讀到本文？A. advertisement廣告；B. newspaper報紙；C. guidebook手冊；D. novel小說。本文是我國人口生育形勢分析報道，因此可能會出現在報紙上。故選B。

【2】B 細節理解題。題意：根據本報道，2015年新生兒較2014年下降的主要原因是什么？A. the Year of the Horse馬年；B. the Year of the Goat羊年； C. the working conditions工作情況；D. the living conditions生活情況。由短文第一句：The Year of the Goat was a main reason for the low newborns in 2015.可知因為是羊年，所以2015年出生率低。故選B。

【3】A 細節理解題。題意：中國育齡婦女的人數在哪一年達到頂峰？A.2011；B.2012；C.2013； D.2014。由短文最后一句可知：我國育齡婦女的人數在2011年達到最高。故選A。

【4】C推理判斷題。題意：從2010到2014年，中國新生兒的數量怎樣變化的？A. declined every year每年下降；B. kept the same保持不變；C. increased every year每年上升；D. doubled兩倍。根據上面圖表的信息可知，從2010年到2014年，新生兒的數量是每年增長的。故選C。