1 . According to the recent (最近的) report, five of the ten most populous (人口众多的) countries are in Asia, three in the Americas, and one each in Europe and Africa. With over 1.4 billion people, China has the largest population in the world. India comes in second with 1.355 billion, and the United States comes in third with around 328 million. Indonesia comes in fourth and Pakistan comes in fifth of the world’s most populous countries.

However, China is facing a serious aging population problem now. To solve the problem, China began relaxing its family planning policy (生育政策) in 2012. It said that if either one of the couples was the only child of their parents, they could have two children in 2013. And in 2016, China further relaxed the two-child policy (二胎政策) to all couples. In 2021, China allowed all couples to have three children.

However, a good family planning policy alone is not enough. The government should find ways to lower the cost of raising children and improve the elderly care services. Also, a friendly social and cultural environment should be provided for couples who want to have three children.

1. Half of the ten most populous countries are in         .

A．The Americas

B．Asia

C．Africa

2. Which countries have a population of over 1 billion?

A．China and the US.

B．Indonesia and China.

C．India and China.

3. When did China relax the two-child policy to all couples?

A．In 2012.

B．In 2013.

C．In 2016.

4. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The changes of China’s family planning policy.

B．The influence of China’s family planning policy.

C．The problem of China’s family planning policy.

5. To solve China’s population problem, the government         .

A．need more people’s help

B．need to do more work

C．should take care of elderly people