外研版初中英语八年级上册第九模块检测卷

— ________________ She's in the next room. I'll call her for you.

— China, of course.

—       . We had a special party for her ____________  birthday yesterday.

— We'd better eat up the rest as soon as possible.

    It seems that the cities in the future will have to change. Because the world's population1, there will be2people in the cities tomorrow.

    It maybe3for any family to live in a house with land around it. There4enough space for people.5to solve this problem may be the skyscraper city(摩天城).

    The highest building in the world today is in Dubai. It's about 828 metres6. The skyscraper cities in the future will be many times7.

    In a skyscraper city, about 250,000 people will live. Nearly a million people can8in four of these great buildings. Each skyscraper city will have four towns in it and each town will have ten villages. They will live, work and9their free time in them. They won't need to leave the city10they want to. They will be able to move about in the city by transport controlled11computers. Let's imagine12the life will be like then!

There are about 65 million people in the United Kingdom. This is a big population for such a small country. But large parts of the country have few people. Most of the population is crowded into the big cities and industrial(工业的) areas. About 90% of the people live in cities and towns. Only about 10% live in the countryside. Today very few people一less than 2% of the population are farmers and farm workers.

    England has the most people. More than 50 million people live in England. Of these, about 14 million people live in London and the southeast. London is now a city of about 8.7 million people. Most of Scotland's population of more than 5 million live in the middle part. The mountains in the north and the south have a very small population. More than 3 million people live in Wales. There are about 1.8 million people in Northern Ireland and one third live in and around the big industrial city of Belfast.

    China Youth says that more and more girl students have entered colleges to study in the recent few years. As we know, once the number of boys was larger than that of girls and boys did much better than girls in our country for a long time. Now, things have changed a lot.

    In recent years, the proportion of girl students is growing fast. In 1998, about 39.7% of college students were girls. In 2000, it was 41.07% and after 2010, the percentage was over 50%.

    There are several reasons for this.

    Firstly, there are few differences between boys and girls in their intelligence (智力). That's to say, girls are as clever as boys. And boys have more interests than girls, so they may not always do well in their study.

    Secondly, girls are more careful than boys. They work harder at school and they do better in all exams.

    Another reason is that with the development of society, people pay more and more attention to girls' education.

    India has a population of about 1. 32 billion. Its population is the second largest in the world. China has the largest population of about 1.37 billion. One out of six people on this planet live in India. Although, the crown(王冠) of the world's most populous(人口稠密的) country is on China's head for many years. India will take the position by 2030. With the population growth rate at 1.58%, India will have more than 1. 53 billion people by the end of 2030.

    Now more than 50% of India's population is below the age of 25 and over 65% below the age of 35. About 72.2% of the population lives in some 638, 000villages.

    Some of the reasons for India's quickly growing population are poverty, illiteracy(无知)，decrease in death rates and immigration(移民) from Bangladesh and Nepal. India started taking measures to stop the growth rate quite early. India had the “National Family Planning Programme” in 1952. It became the first country in the world to have a population policy. However, it failed to reach the final goal(目标).

   Most new people were born in developing countries. In the developed countries of Europe and North America, the population is growing very slowly. In the developing countries, many women have five or more children. In 1950, around one quarter of the world's population lived in the developed countries. By 2050, these countries will be home to only around one tenth of the world's population.

    In the developing countries, more than one billion people are still living below the poverty(贫困) line. Children get little time at school and people suffer(遭受痛苦) from many kinds of diseases.

    The UN has said that the world's population will level off(平稳下降) at 12.5 billion by the year 2100. Other groups think the world's population will continue to grow，reaching 14 billion before it becomes stable(稳定的), or even falls.

A: Excuse me，Lin Peng. Could you tell me something about the population of China?

B: Certainly.

A: What's the population of it?

B:

A: It has a large population, doesn't it?

B: Yes. It has the largest population in the world.

A:

B: Yes， it causes many problems， such as poor living conditions(条件)，not enough food and a lot of traffic.

A:

B: You're right.

A:

Dear Dick,

    How time flies! I have been back to school for two weeks. These days, I have known a lot about the population of China. China has about

1.37 billion. It reaches about one of the world's population.

About 50 percent of the people live in the countryside. It many difficulties. In less developed areas, some parents prefer boys to girls. Not all the families can their children a good education. Some children can't go to school. China tried to control the population. The large population is still serious in China though we have had a more comfortable life. How about the population of your country? Can you tell me about it?

Yours,

Maria

    Ten thousand years ago, the world's p was very small. For several t years it grew quite s But during the last three or four hundred years it g very quickly. Today, it is still growing faster than ever b In 600 years, there will be only standing r on the earth. Each person will have one half to one square metre of space to l in. This means we must grow more food, and have smaller families with fewer, but h children. If we don't do these things, the results will be bad. There will not be e space even to stand in on the e .

    Canada is a wonderful country in North America. It's the second largest country in the world after Russia. In 2012 the population of Canada was around 35 ,0000. Canada's flag(国旗) has a maple leaf(枫叶) because there are many maple trees 1n the country. Toronto is the biggest city in Canada. In Toronto you can see the CN Tower. It is 553 metres high--the tallest building in Canada.

    Canada has two official(官方的) languages- English and French. Every Canadian child studies both languages at school. The French-speaking Canadians mainly live in Quebec. The native(土著的) Canadians are the Inuit (once called “Eskimos"). Many still live in the cold places in the north. They follow more traditional ways of living.

    Canada is one of the most popular places in the world. Lots of people travel there each year. There are many interesting things to see and to do. The Niagara Falls is the most famous. The waterfalls are between the US and Canada. The Canadian part of the falls is 49 metres high- higher and more exciting than the American part. Lots of people around the world come to see the Niagara Falls every year.

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of the teachers in our school are men teachers.

the world peace.

a minute! I'm coming soon.

提示: 1）人口问题是当今世界上最大的问题之一;

2）中国是世界上人口最多的国家;

3）如果人口增长过快,将会带来许多严重问题:空间、工作、交通等方面。

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