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China has announced it's abolishing (废除) its one-child policy．What difference has it made，statistically(统计学上) speaking?
400 million births prevented
The one-child policy, officially in place since 1979，has prevented 400million births．Parents have faced fines and other punishments for having more children.
The majority of the decrease in China's fertility rate (生育率) happened in the 1970s．It dropped from 5.8 children per woman in 1970 to 2.7 in 1978．Despite the one-child policy the rate only fell to 1.7 by 2013.
21：28 — baby death rate
Since the one-child policy was introduced, baby girls have become more likely to die than boys.
In the 1970s, 60males per 1000 live births died under the age of one. For girls the figure was 53. In the 1980s, after the one-child policy became official, the rate for boys and girls was equal--- both 36. By the 1990s，26 males per 1000 live births died before the age of one--- and 33 girls. The 2000s saw 21 boys per 1000 live births died and 28 girls.
By 2050，it's predicted that 25% China's population will be 65 or older．The predicted decline in the number of people of working age has made the government to drop the one-child policy．
1．When was the baby deaths rate for both boys and girls equal？
A．In the 1970s． B．In the 1980s． C．In the 1990s． D．In the 2000s
2．What makes the one-child policy abolished according to the passage？
A．The decline of birth rate． B．The rise of baby deaths rate．
C．The change of family structure． D．The decline of working age people．
3．The passage sums up the one-child policy by___．
A．numbers B．examples C．pictures D．analysis
