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  3. 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

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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 best way to help the poor people to reduce the number of children is to ______.
选项 A、solve their practical problems they face in welfare
B、provide them with financial aid
C、educate them on the negative effect of having more children
D、make them understand that the earth faces a population explosion
答案 A
解析 细节题型参照87题注释，可知如能为贫困妇女们解决她们福利问题上所面临的实际困难可最大限度地解决她们想多生孩子防老的问题；因此A为答案。
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