【正文】 policy. What difference has it made, statistically speaking? 400 million births prevented The onechild policy, officially in place since 1979, has prevented 400 million births. Parents have faced fines and other punishments for having more children. The majority of the decrease in China’s fertility rate happened in the 1970s. It dropped from children per woman in 1970 to in 1978. Despite the onechild policy the rate had only fallen to by 2021. 21:28baby deaths rate Since the onechild policy was introduced, baby girls have bee more likely to die than boys. In the 1970s, according to the United Nations, 60 males per 1, 000 live births died under the age of one. For girls the figure was 53. In the 1980s, after the onechild policy became official, the rate for both was 36. By the 1990s, 26 males per 1,000 live births died before the age of one and 33 girls. The 2021s saw 21 boys per 1,000 live births dying and 28 girls. boys born for every girl Sexually selective abortions have been considered as a major cause of China39。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。 淮南二中 2017 屆高三年級(jí)第二次月考 英語(yǔ)試題 命題人： 喬燕 宋婷婷 審校： 張雪芹 本試卷分第 Ⅰ 卷（選擇題）和第 Ⅱ 卷（非選擇題）兩部分 第 Ⅰ 卷 第一部分 聽(tīng)力（共兩節(jié)，滿分 30分） 做題時(shí)，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題 5 秒鐘；聽(tīng)完后，各小題將給出 5 秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。s unusual imbalance. GietelBasten, associate professor in social policy at Oxford University, says the births of many girls are not registered if parents have broken the rule by having two children, adding officials often turn a blind eye. It39。s recovery from her nature except _______. A. playing with other dogs B. barking at a cat C. not missing her former master D. waving her tail to make greetings 31. What did the author think of his theft? A. He was afraid of being punished. B. He thought he had to do it. C. He believed that the law would allow him to do so. D. He did it with pride. D The regular use of text messages and s can lower the IQ more than twice as much as smoking marijuana (大麻 ). That is the statement of researchers who have found that tapping away on a mobile phone or puter keypad or checking for electronic messages temporarily knocks up to 10 points off the user’s IQ. This rate of decline in intelligence pares unfavorably with the fourpoint drop in IQ associated with smoking marijuana, according to British researchers, who have described the phenomenon of improved stupidity as “infomania”. The research conducted by Hewlett Packard, the technology pany, has concluded that it is mainly a problem for adult workers, especially men. It is concluded that too much use of modern technology can damage a person’s mind. It can cause a constant distraction of “always on” technology when employees should be concentrating on what they are paid to do. Infomania means that they lose concentration as their minds remain fixed in an almost permanent state of readiness to react to technology instead of focusing on the task in hand. The report also added that, in a long term, the brain will be considerably shaped by what we do to it and by the experience of daily life. At a microcellular level, the plex works of nerve cells that make up parts of the brain actually change in response to certain experiences. Too much use of modern technology can be damaging not only to a person’s mind, but to their social relationship. 1100 adults were interviewed during the research. More than 62 per cent of them admitted that they were addicted to checking their s and text messages so often that they scrutinized workrelated ones even when at home or on holiday. Half said that they always responded immediately to an and will even interrupt a meeting to do so. It is concluded that infomania is increasing stress and anxiety and affecting one’s characteristics. Nine out of ten thought that colleagues who answered s or messages during a facetoface meeting were extremely rude. The effects on IQ were studied by Dr Glenn Wilson, a psychologist at University of London. “This is a very real and widespread phenomenon,” he said. “We have found that infomania will damage a worker’s performance by reducing their mental sharpness and changing their social life. Companies should encourage a more balanced and appropriate way of working.” 32. We can learn from the passage that “infomania” ______. A. has a positive influence on one’s IQ B. results in the change of part of the brain C. lies in the problem of lack of concentration D. is caused by too much use of modern technology 33. The research mentioned in the passage is most probably about ______. A. the important function of advanced technology B. the damage to one’s brain done by unhealthy habits C. the relevance between IQ and use of modern technology D. the relationship