A.whole B.get C.from
A. India as a【T7】______ adds almost 20 million people a year
B. keep Kerala【T8】______ putting added pressure
C. Kerala help girls and boys【T9】______equally good schooling
Should that happen, it won't be the fault of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India. While【T10】______, 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【T11】______ . While one in three Indian women is literate, 90% of those in Kerala can read and write. 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, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself to three children—one below the national average of four. That kind of restraint (抑制，克制) will【T12】______ on world food supplies.
单选题
【T7】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】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。