📝 Module 7 Section 2 - Exercise 7

It is impossible to anticipate with certainty the effects of population decline. But there is good reason to believe it will be bad for us. Innovation will suffer as the demand for nearly everything slackens. Instead of producing windfalls of excess supply, economies will probably contract. As Livi-Bacci observes, 'Historically, areas depopulated or in the process of losing population have almost always been characterised by backward economies.'
1. Which **TWO** claims does the writer make about future population decline? 请选择 2 个答案
A. Recovery may take at least 400 years.
B. It may be caused by disease.
C. It might mean a decrease in the number of new ideas.
D. There may be an overabundance of food as a result.
E. It could result in economies becoming smaller.