美国学术能力评估考试（SAT）
单选题The population of Boomtown doubles every 18 months. In January of 2000, its population was exactly 12, 000. At this rate, approximately when should the population reach 96, 000?A January 2003B July 2004C January 2006D July 2007E January 2012
题目
January 2003
July 2004
January 2006
July 2007
January 2012
相似问题和答案
第1题：
Population experts tell us that by the year 2025, the population in cities in developing nations will increase to five times its present size.()
第2题：
A. account
B. amount
C. count
D. number
第3题：
A. pair
B. couple
C. bunch
D. few
第4题：
When a population doubles, the country involved needs twice as much of everything, including ______.
A) hospitals and medicines
B) schools and students
C) food and manpower resources
D) all of the above
答案：A
[试题分析] 细节题。
[详细解答] 根据本文倒数第二句...including hospitals， schools，resources，food and medicines to care for its people．显然，答案应为A。B，C两项的students和manpower re sources并不包含在内，由此判断，后三项都不正确。
第5题：
According to the passage, what helps to explain why the population problem has come on "all of a sudden"?
A) The penny which doubles itself every day for one month.
B) The time span of at least two million years in human history.
C) An illustration of the exponential growth rate given by the author.
D) The large amount of money you would luckily make after the fourth week.
答案：C
[试题分析] 细节题。
[详细解答] 文章第二段第一句谈到This helps explain why the population has come on“all of a sudden”，而根据上下文，this指代前文关于硬币的例子。因此，本题答案为C。
第6题：
which of the following statements is not true about maori population?
A. Maori population makes up nearly one-seventh of New Zealand s total population.
B. Maori population is younger than the total population.
C. Non-Maori women tend to have children earlier than Maori women.
D. Maori women tend to have more children than non-Maori women.
第7题：
A year consists with twelve months.()
第8题：
A.trip
B.voyage
第9题：
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A) World population is increasing at a rate of 150 per minute.
B) Lower death rates also contribute to world population growth.
C) The population of Columbia has been doubling every year for 21 years.
D) The United States is usually doubling its population about every 87 years.
答案：C
[试题分析] 事实判断题。
[详细解答] 根据第三段第一句World population is increasing at a rate of 9,000 per hour．可判断A世界人口每分钟增加150人正确；根据该段第二句This is not only due to higher birth rates，but to lower death rates as well．可判断B论断正确；而由第四段的Some countries，such as Columbia， Thailand，Morocco，Costa Rica，and the Philippines．are doubling their populations about every twenty-one years可判断， C哥伦比亚人口持续21年每年翻一番的论断混淆了事实，论断错误；D美国人口每87年翻一番可根据第三段第二句The United States is doubling its population about every eighty-seven years一句判断为正确论断。因此，本题答案为C。
第10题：
A. Smaller initial investment
B. Doubles memory requirements
C. Higher simultaneous thread processing
D. Decreases overhead