[单项选择]（　）a declining birth rate, there will be an over-supply of 35 000 primary school places by 2010, （　） leaving 35 schools idle.
A. Coupled with, equals to
B. Coupling with, equivalent to
C. Coupled with, equivalent to
D. Coupling with, equals to

[单项选择]______ a declining birth rate, there will be an over-supply of 27, 000 primary school places by 2010, ______ leaving 35 schools idle.
A. Coupled with, equals to
B. Coupling with, equivalent to
C. Coupled with, equivalent to
D. Coupling with, equals to

[多项选择]The Declining Employment Rate of University Graduates
大学生毕业就业率
(1) 近年来大学毕业生的就业率越来越低；
(2) 产生这宗现象的原因；
(3) 作为一名大学生，你认为该如何解决这种局面

[填空题]Where is the drop in birth rate happening
It is happening in （）.

[填空题]Where is the drop in birth rate happening It is happening in ______.

[简答题]
Like so many young families throughout Brazil, Ricardo Pires and Fabiana Oliveiro plan to only have one child together in order to provide a better life for their newborn son,Arthur.
Priscila da Silva once asked her grandmother why she had 12 children, and the answer was simple.. "Because I wanted to."
These days, Silva, like many women in Brazil and the rest of Latin America, has other plans. At 24, she thinks about having one child, if that.
"The situation today is different, and raising a child is difficult," said Silva, slicing tomatoes at a restaurant that she founded with four other women, only one of whom has planned a family of any size. "This is another time, and it’s not the same."
Fertility rates have dropped in many parts of the world in recent decades, but something particularly remarkable happened to the once-prolific (曾经多育的) family across Latin America. From sprawling

[单项选择]
Like so many young families throughout Brazil, Ricardo Pires and Fabiana Oliveiro plan to only have one child together in order to provide a better life for their newborn son,Arthur.
Priscila da Silva once asked her grandmother why she had 12 children, and the answer was simple.. "Because I wanted to."
These days, Silva, like many women in Brazil and the rest of Latin America, has other plans. At 24, she thinks about having one child, if that.
"The situation today is different, and raising a child is difficult," said Silva, slicing tomatoes at a restaurant that she founded with four other women, only one of whom has planned a family of any size. "This is another time, and it’s not the same."
Fertility rates have dropped in many parts of the world in recent decades, but something particularly remarkable happened to the once-prolific (曾经多育的) family across Latin America. From sprawling Mexico to
A. they want to have only one son
B. they intend to lead a better life
C. they want to raise their son better
D. they intend to follow their grandmother’s advice

[填空题]Populations have 3 agents, namely, a birth rate, a death rate, and a growth rate.

[单项选择]The birth rate in a city ________ to fall as its gross domestic product (GDP) rises steadily.
A. estimates
B. anticipates
C. assumes
D. tends

[单项选择]The quality of university life is declining under strain from the higher education, leading independent schools in Britain complained. The warning followed survey of the impressions of campus life gained by students of school. Poor interviewing of the applicants, infrequent contact with tutors, worries over student safety, and even complaint over the food were all seen as symptoms of the pressure on universities. Head teachers said that standards could well drop if the squeeze on university budgets continued. A survey was carried out because of fears that the level of green area in universities had declined. A great number of student suicides had raised concerns among head teachers.
Although most of the 6,000 students surveyed were enjoying university life, almost a third was less than satisfied with their course. About one in 10 had serious financial problems and some gave alarming accounts of conditions around their halls of residence. Incidents mentioned included a fatal stab
A. economics
B. physiotherapy
C. medicine
D. veterinary science