2013同等学力申硕英语每日一练 11月24日

　　A . India as a ( 1 )_____adds almost 20 million people a year

　　B . keep Kerala ( 2 )_____putting added pressure

　　C . Kerala help girls and boys ( 3 )_____equally good schooling

　　Should that happen , it won ' t be the fault of the enlightened women of Kerala , a state in southern India . While (4)_____, 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 lies in 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 ( 5 )_______. While one in three Indian women is literate , 90 % of those in Kerala can read and Wrlte .

　　Higher literacy rates foster family planning . " Unlike our parents , we know that we can do more for our children if we have fewer of them , " says Laial Cherian , who lives in the village of Kudamaloor . She has limited herself to three childre-one below the national average of four . That kind of restraint (抑制，克制)will ( 6 )______on world food supplies .

　　答案解析：

　　1. 【答案】whole

　　【解析】 本题主要考查固定用法。“as a whole ”为固定搭配，是“总体上”的意思，符合题意。所以，答案是whole 。

　　2. 【答案】from

　　【解析】本题主要考查固定用法。“keep … from ”为固定用法，意为“阻止，抑制”, 符合题意。所以，答案是from 。

　　3 .【答案】】 get

　　【 解析】 本题主要考查固定用法。help sb . do sth .意为“帮助某人做某事”，受教育可以用动词get 。所以，答案是get 。

　　4. 【答案】 A

　　【解析】空格后一句的意思为：卡洛拉的人口实际上是稳定的。由连接词while 可知，前后两分句之间为转折关系。故A项“从整体上来说，印度每年差不多增加2 000 万人”符合题意。所以，答案是A 。

　　5. 【答案】C

　　【 解析】 空格前一句的意思为：这种差距在于卡洛拉地方当局重视健康计划，包括控制生育，该地区1957 年成为印度第一个民选的共产党政府。所以，空格所在句的意思为：卡洛拉部分地区的教育传统和母系习俗有助于男、女孩平等地接受良好的学校教育。所以，C 项符合题意。

　　6. 【答案】 B

　　【 解析】 空格所在句的意思应为：她限制自己生三个子女---- 比全国平均数四个子女少一个，这种克制会防止卡洛拉给世界的粮食供给增加挑战。所以，B 项符合题意。