【单选题】

With 950 million people, India ranks second toChina among the most populous countries.But sinceChina (1) a family planning program in 1971, India has been dosing the (2) . Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly (3) theChinese have. If current growth rates continue, India’s population will (4) China’s around the year 2028 (5) about 1.7 billion.

Should that happen, it won’t be the (6) of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern IndiA、 (7) India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala’s population is virtually (8) . The reason is no mystery: nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, (9) about 40% in the entire nation.
The difference (10) the emphasis put on health programs (11) birth control, by the state authorities, (12) in 1957 became India’s first electedCommunist (13) .And an educational tradition and matrilineal customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get (14) good schooling. While one in three Indian women is (15) , 90% of those in Kerala can read and write. Higher literacy rates (16) family planning. "Unlike our parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have (17) of them," says LailaCherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself (18) three children-one below the national (19) of four. That kind of restraint will keep Kerala from putting added (20) on world food supplies.
A．less
B．more
C．fewer
D．better