The following sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. What is the most logical order of the sentences? 1. Faced with an ageing…
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The following sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a number. What is the most logical order of the sentences?
1. Faced with an ageing population and sluggish economy, Beijing proposes to encourage more young people to marry and have children.
2. At the same time, its death rate rose to 8.04 per 1,000 people.
3. China's birth rates fell for the fourth consecutive year and sunk to a record low.
4. Despite the government rolling out a spate of incentives to boost it, the country's birth rate fell to 5.63 per 1,000 people.
1. Faced with an ageing population and sluggish economy, Beijing proposes to encourage more young people to marry and have children.
2. At the same time, its death rate rose to 8.04 per 1,000 people.
3. China's birth rates fell for the fourth consecutive year and sunk to a record low.
4. Despite the government rolling out a spate of incentives to boost it, the country's birth rate fell to 5.63 per 1,000 people.
- 3,2,4,1
- 3,4,1,2
- 3,4,2,1
- 2,3,4,1
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - 3,4,2,1
The most coherent order is . Sentence 3 introduces China's falling birth rate and sentence 4 gives the figure, followed by the contemporaneous death rate in sentence 2. Sentence 1 then presents the policy response to the demographic situation. In , the change of topic to deaths interrupts the two linked sentences on births.
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