Babies are great and lots of fun．We all love babies and we need babies，too．Many countries don't have enough of them．That's a big problem．

Most babies grow up to become workers．As the number of workers    1     （grow），a country can produce more things．That often means people's lives become easier and more    2     （comfort）．But without enough babies，a country    3    （gradual） get old．Many countries provide services for    4     （they） people like health care．These services    5    （pay） for by young working people．But they are mostly used by old people    6     aren't working any more．Without enough young people，countries can't afford these things．

Countries are dealing    7     these problems in different ways．Many countries are encouraging people    8     （have） more babies．Raising children is expensive，so some countries give families extra money．Sometimes countries change rules    9     it is easier for mothers to study and work．Others are welcoming immigrants （移民） from other    10    （place）．How do you think this problem should be solved？

Head of this year’s London Book Fair in March, media reported a rise in interest in translated works among British readers. For translator Anna Holmwood, this signals the     1     (arrive) of a new era.

“This is a big moment for Chinese fiction abroad,” says Holmwood,     2     has translated Chinese literature for almost a decade.

Her translation work, Legends of the Condor Heroes, a fantasy novel written by Jin Yong, and Liu Cixin’s science-fiction book, The Three Body Problem, are shown in a Nielsen report     3     examples of two of the most popular Chinese fiction works in Britain in 2018.

“Languages in growing demand include Chinese and Arabic.” according to the Nielsen report. It found that, against the commonly     4     (see) “not more than 3 percent rule” of translated literature’s presence in the English-language book markets, the number for 2018 was 5.63 percent in Britain     5     the total annual sales was worth $27.1 million.

Charlotte Collins, translator and co-chair of the British Translators Association, says: “As we can see, this proportion (比率)     6     (double) in recent years. This is     7     (true) exciting news.”

The Guardian quotes (引用) Fiammetta Rocco, administrator of the Man Booker International Prize, “    8     (read) fiction is one of the     9     (good) ways of putting ourselves in other people’s shoes. The rise in sales of translated fiction     10     (show) how hungry British readers are for terrific writing from other countries.”