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GRE - Reading Comprehension - Test 28

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Read the passage and choose the option that best answer each question.
 
According to the United Nations, the total fertility rate - the number of children a woman may be expected to bear during her lifetime - has fallen in every region of the world since 1950. From an average of nearly six children per woman in the 1950s, total fertility rate fell to three children in Latin America, 3.4 in India, and 3.5 in other parts of Asia by the early to mid-1990s. The only major exception to this sustained downtrend is in North America, where the recent increase in total fertility rate appears to be a transitory phenomenon associated with immigration and a large number of baby-boom women deciding to have children relatively late in their lives . As significant as declining total fertility rates worldwide is the fact that, from 1990 to

1. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. immigrates to the United States give birth to fewer children than they would have, had they remained in their native countries
B. immigrates to the United States give birth to more children than they would have, had they remained in their native countries
C. more immigrates to the United States give birth to fewer children than they would have, had they remained in their native countries
D. less immigrates to the United States give birth to more children than they would have, had they remained in their native countries
E. immigrates to the United States give birth to fewer children, on average, than native born American woman

2. It can be inferred from the passage that

A. the birth rate in South-East Asia has risen since the 1950s
B. the birth rate in Africa has declined since the 1950s
C. the birth rate in North America has declined since the 1950s
D. the birth rate in North America is higher than the death rate
E. the birth rate in North America is lower than the death rate

3. According to predictions made by Wolfgang Lutz, which of the following is likely to occur?

A. More women in future will remain childless than do so today.
B. More woman will put off having children until their thirties than do so today
C. More woman will give birth one or two babies than do today.
D. Less women will choose not to have children.
E. The number of children a couple has will be determined more and more often by the female partner.

4. According to the United Nation?s projected demographics, the low/medium forecast predicts

A. a peak in approximately 2050 while the medium forecast predicts a peak in approximately 2200
B. a peak in approximately 2050 while the medium forecast predicts a peak in approximately 2150
C. a peak in approximately 2150 while the medium forecast predicts a peak in approximately 2050
D. a peak in approximately 2150 while the medium forecast predicts a peak in approximately 2200
E. a peak in approximately 2200 while the medium forecast predicts a peak in approximately 2150