With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China【C1】________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【C1】________a family planning program in 1971, India has been【C2】________the gap. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly as much as the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India’s population will【C3】________China’s around the year 2028 at about 1.7 billion. Should that happen, it won’t be the【C4】________of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India.【C5】________India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala’s population is virtually stable. The reason is no mystery; nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, compared with about 40% in the entire nation.
    The difference【C6】________the emphasis put on health programs, including birth control, by the state authorities, which 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 equally good schooling. While one in three Indian women is【C7】________, 90% of those in Kerala can read and write.
    Higher literacy rates【C8】________Family planning. " Unlike our Parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have fewer of them," says Laila Cherian, 33, who lives in the Village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself to three children—one below the national【C9】________of four. That kind of restraint will keep Kerala from putting added【C10】________on world food supplies.
【C4】

选项 A、force
B、fight
C、false
D、fault

答案D

解析 本题考查名词近义词的辨析,此句为省略If的虚拟条件句,根据上下文,此句意为如果真的发生的话,这绝不是身处于印度南部的Kerala地区的文明化的女性的错误。故可推断出此处应为 “错误”的意思,故选D。
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