With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China 【B1】______ a family plan

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问题     With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China 【B1】______ a family planning program in 1971, India has been closing the 【B2】______. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly 【B3】______ the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India’ s population will 【B4】______ China’s around the year 2028 【B5】______ about 1.7 billion.
    Should that happen, it won’t be the【B6】______of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India. 【B7】______ India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala’s population is virtually 【B8】______. The reason is no mystery: nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control,【B9】______about 40% in the entire nation.
    The difference【B10】______the emphasis put on health programs【B11】______birth control by the state authorities, 【B12】______in 1957 became India’s first elected Communist【B13】______. And an educational tradition and matrilineal customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get【B14】______good schooling. While one in three Indian women is【B15】______, 90% of those in Kerala can read and write. Higher literacy rates【B16】______family planning. "Unlike our parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have【B17】______of them," says Laila Cherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself【B18】______three children—one below the national【B19】______of four. That kind of restraint will keep Kerala from putting added【B20】______on world food supplies.
【B11】

选项 A、reviving
B、including
C、practicing
D、containing

答案B

解析 考查动词辨析。注意空格前后的health program与birth control是上下义词复现,而且空格处应填词引导的短语的作用是补充说明此健康计划所包含的内容,故选介词B.including“包括,包含”。其余选项reviving“(使)复兴,(使)复活”,语义不符;practicing“实施,实践”,语义不符:containing虽有“包含,容纳”之意,但语法不符。
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