READING COMPREHENSION (0

75. A. onto B. into C. in D. toV. READING COMPREHENSION (0.5 pt)Read the passage below and choose the best answer for each question.In many ways, the increasingly rapid pace (tốc độ) of climate change is a direct result of the growthof the human population. In the last 100 years, the world population has more than tippled. Obviously, thishas meant that the world has needed to produce three times as much food, energy, and other naturalresources.In addition, the average person uses more energy and natural resources than the average person onehundred years ago, meaning that the rates of consumption are actually much higher than just the increase inpopulation would imply. All of these activities: food production, energy usage, and the use of naturalresources, contribute to climate change in some way. The greater amounts of oil and other fuels burned tocreate energy release chemicals which add to global warming. In order to produce more food, farmers cutdown trees to gain more land for their fields. In addition, we cut down trees to build the houses needed for alarger population. Those trees are an essential part of controlling global warming.In addition to a growing population, the world also has a population that desires a higher standard ofliving than in the past, and a higher standard of living requires the use of even more natural resources. Forexample, China is the world’s most populous nation, with 1.3 billion people. Currently, the standard ofliving for most of those people is far below that of people in first world nations. Therefore, the averageChinese citizen uses far fewer natural resources and less energy than the average citizen of the US or Japan.If every Chinese person attains a first world lifestyle, the amount of energy and natural resources needed inthe world will double, even if the standard of living in every other nation on Earth remains the same as it istoday.