普通高等學校招生全國統一考試廣東卷2之一

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　　If the world were a village of 1,000 people it would include:

　　? 584 Asians

　　? 124 Africans

　　? 95 Eastern and Western Europeans

　　? 84 Latin Americans

　　? 55 former Soviets ( including Lithuanians, Latvians, Estonians, and other national groups)

　　? 52 North Americans

　　? 6 Australians and New Zealanders

　　The people of the village would speak:

　　? 165 Mandarin

　　? 86 English

　　? 83 Hindu/Urdu

　　? 64 Spanish

　　? 58 Russian

　　? 37 Arabic

　　The above list covers the mother tongues of only half the village.

　　One-third of the people in the village are children, and only 60 are over the age of 65. Just under half of the married women in the village have access to modem equipments.

　　This year 28 babies will be bom. Ten people will die, 3 of them for lack of food, 1 from can-cer. Two of the deaths will be of babies