阅读理解：根据短文内阅读理解：根据短文内容,选择最佳答案.Doyouthinkthatthepopulationmaybethegreatestoneoftheworldtoday?2000yearsago,theworld'spopulationwasverysmall.Forseveralthousandyears,i

　　阅读理解：根据短文内

　　阅读理解：根据短文内容,选择最佳答案. Doyouthinkthatthepopulationmaybethegreatestoneoftheworldtoday?2000yearsago,theworld's

　　populationwasverysmall.Forseveralthousandyears,itgrewquiteslowly.Butduringthelastthreeorfour

　　hundredyears,ithasgrownveryquickly.Todayitisgrowingfasterthaneverbefore.

　　Inoneminute,nearly200babieswillbebornintheworld.Justthinkhowmanymoretherewillbeinone

　　year!

　　AU.Nreportsaysthatthepopulationofthemoredevelopedcountrieswas1,214millionin1990anditwill

　　be1,274millionbytheendofthetwentiethcentury,whilethepopulationofthelessdevelopedcountrieswas

　　4,107millionin1990anditwillbeover5,000millionby2002.Itissaidthatbytheyear2010,theworld's

　　populationmaybe7billion.Thismeansmuchmorefoodmustbeproduced.Wemusthavesmallerfamilieswith

　　fewer,buthealthierchildren.Ifwedon'tdolikethis,therewillnotbeenoughspaceforanybodyelsetostand

　　inontheearth.1.2000yearago,theworld'spopulationwasvery________.[ ]A.much

　　B.many

　　C.small

　　D.large2.Duringthelastthreeorfourhundredyears,thepopulationhasgrownvery_____.[ ]A.slowly

　　B.quickly

　　C.few

　　D.little3.Howmanybabieswillbebornintheworldinoneminute?[ ]A.4,107

　　B.200

　　C.1,214

　　D.1,2744.AccordingtotheU.N.report,thepopulationofthemoredevelopedcountrieswas______millionin1990.[ ]A.1,274

　　B.1,214

　　C.2000

　　D.4,1075.Peoplesaythatbytheyear2010,theworld'spopulationwillbe______billon[ ]A.5

　　B.1,274

　　C.7

　　D.1,214