题目

The rate of population growth reached a peak in 1999 and declined in ()years.A. consequentB. infrequentC. subsequentD. frequent

The rate of population growth reached a peak in 1999 and declined in ()years.

A. consequent

B. infrequent

C. subsequent

D. frequent

题目解答

答案

C. subsequent

解析

此题考察的是词汇选择。题目中提到人口增长率在1999年达到顶峰，然后在接下来的几年里下降。因此，我们需要选择一个表示“接下来的”意思的词汇。选项中，A. consequent（随之而来的）；B. infrequent（不频繁的）；C. subsequent（随后的，接下来的）；D. frequent（频繁的）。根据题意，C选项subsequent最符合题意。