The Population Situation

共享题干题                                                                    （一）
                                                        The Population Situation in India
根据材料，完成下列的问题。
        With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China____________（51）a family planning program in 1971, India has been closing the gap. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly.____________（52）the Chinese have. If cmrrent growth rates continue, India's population will____________（53）China's around the year 2028 at about 1.7 billion. Should that happen, it won't be the____________（54）of the enlightened women of Kerala， a state in southern India.While India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala's population is virtually____________（55）. The reason is no mystery : nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, ____________（56）about 40% in the entire nation.
       The difference____________（57）the emphasis put on health programs, including birth control, by the state authorities, ____________（58）in 1957 became India's first elected Communist government. And an educational tradition and matrilineal (母系的) customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get____________（59）good schooling.
     While one in three Indian women is____________（60）,90% of those in Kerala can read and write. Higher literacy rates____________（61）family planning. "Unlike our parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have____________（62）of them, " says Laial Cherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself____________（63）three children-one below the national____________（64）of four. That kind of restraint ( 抑制，克制) will keep Kerala from putting added____________（65）on world food supplies.