问题详情

With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China 【B1】______ a family planning program in 1971, India has been closing the 【B2】______ . Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly 【B3】______ the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India"s population will 【B4】______ China"s around the year 2028 【B5】______ about 1.7 billion. Should that happen, it won"t be the 【B6】______ of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India. 【B7】______ India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala"s population is virtually 【B8】______ . The reason is no mystery: nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, 【B9】______ about 40% in the entire nation.
The difference 【B10】______ the emphasis put on health programs, 【B11】______ birth control, by the state authorities, 【B12】______ in 1957 became India"s first elected Communist 【B13】______ . And an educational tradition and matrilineal (母系的) customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get 【B14】______ good schooling. While one in three Indian women is 【B15】______ , 90%of those in Kerala can read and write.
Higher literacy rates 【B16】______ Family planning. "Unlike our Parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have 【B17】______ of them," says Laila Cherian, 33, who lives in the Village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself 【B18】______ three children--one below the national 【B19】______ of four. That kind of restraint (抑制, 克制) will keep Kerala from putting added 【B20】______ on world food supplies.
【B1】______
A．discovered
B．circulated
C．launched
D．transmitted