首页
登录
职称英语
The first 50 years of the next millennium will be critical for the world’s p
The first 50 years of the next millennium will be critical for the world’s p
游客
2024-01-01
18
管理
问题
The first 50 years of the next millennium will be critical for the world’s population. By 2050 population growth should have leveled off, but by then we’ll have 10 billion people -- two-thirds as many again as we have today. The rate of population growth is something we can choose right now, though it’s not something that just happens, but a matter of human choice. The choice is a complicated one, with many variables, but it remains a choice.
If we want to prevent a population explosion, we should take action now -- or assist the poorer countries to do so. They need better government, better institutions, better labor and capital markets, better schools.
Anything that increases the value of women’s time and adds to the cost of caring for a child makes a woman less likely to have that child. Since big families are often seen as safety nets for illness and old age, improving poor people’s access to insurance, pensions and welfare institutions also has a major impact. This can be as simple as rural credit, providing a means of saving. Finally, there is education -- both for women and, perhaps even more important, for the next generation of children.
These steps are there to be taken, but there appear to be some countries that are not seriously trying at the moment. If we cannot achieve that we will certainly not control population.
That said, I don’t feel pessimistic that we are going to run out of resources: we are becoming more efficient at producing food faster than the rate at which population is increasing. There is, however, a risk that we will wreck the environment so effectively that the world will no longer be an attractive place to live. That really would be a dismal outcome, to reach world population equilibrium only to find we’d destroyed the natural environment in the process. [br] The author insists that the control of population should not be at the cost of ______.
选项
A、sacrificing the poor people’s welfare
B、losing something equally precious
C、improving the environment
D、reaching the equilibrium of population
答案
B
解析
细节题型见第五段最后一句:这将不会是一个好的结果——将世界人口均衡建立在在这一过程中毁坏自然环境的基础上;因此B为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3325350.html
相关试题推荐
Thefirst50yearsofthenextmillenniumwillbecriticalfortheworld’sp
Thefirst50yearsofthenextmillenniumwillbecriticalfortheworld’sp
Thefirst50yearsofthenextmillenniumwillbecriticalfortheworld’sp
Thefirst50yearsofthenextmillenniumwillbecriticalfortheworld’sp
Thefirst50yearsofthenextmillenniumwillbecriticalfortheworld’sp
InanuncriticalAugust11,1997,WorldNewsTonightreporton"diamagnetic
InanuncriticalAugust11,1997,WorldNewsTonightreporton"diamagnetic
InanuncriticalAugust11,1997,WorldNewsTonightreporton"diamagnetic
InanuncriticalAugust11,1997,WorldNewsTonightreporton"diamagnetic
InanuncriticalAugust11,1997,WorldNewsTonightreporton"diamagnetic
随机试题
Plagiarism(抄袭)WhenIwasyoung,plagiarismwas
[originaltext]M:Goodevening,dearaudience.I’mgladtocontinuethetopicab
《因特网上的信息交流-网上交流的方式》 一、面试考题 1.题目:网上交流的方
下列化合物发生硝化反应,反应活性由高到低的顺序是( )。 A.(2)>(1)
下列各项费用中,()属于用资费用。A.向股东支付的股利 B.借款手续费 C.
在液体中潜体所受浮力的大小()。A.与潜体的密度成正比 B.与液体的密度成
结构混凝土强度合格标准,评定的常规方法是以浇注或拌合现场制取试件,以28天龄期的
根据《期货公司首席风险官管理规定(试行)》的规定,期货公司首席风险官应向(
人民法院按照审判监督程序重新审判的案件,从适用的审判程序来看,下列做法正确的
已知单自由度系统的振动固有频率wn=2rad/S,若在其上分别作用幅值相同而频
最新回复
(
0
)