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The Year of the Goat was a main reason for the low newborns in 2015，a report said．
There were 16.55million babies born in China last year，about 320，000fewer than 2014，the Year of the Horse，it said．
China began to allow couples where one partner was an only child to have a second child in late 2013，which made 11million couples eligible （符合条件的）．
People expected the policy to result in 1million more births compared with 2014．However，that did not happen．There is an old Chinese saying that 9out of 10people born in the Year of the Goat are unlucky in their lives．
It was reported that the decline （下降） was mainly because of the Year of the Goat．China will likely welcome 17.5to 21million newborns yearly in the next five years．
In 2015，the number of women aged 15to 49，considered to be of childbearing age，fell by 5million from 2014，In addition，the group between 20and 29years old，who are main childbearing people，has declined by 1.5million，the report said．
Among babies born last year，the number of first children dropped by 850，000from 2014，or 4.1percent，At the same time，it said．At the same time，the number of the second children increased by 450，000．
The number of Chinese women of childbearing age reached the highest point in 2011 and then began to decline．
42．You can probably read this passage in a（n）B．
A．advertisement
B．newspaper
C．guidebook
D．novel
43．According to the report，the number of newborns declined in 2015compared with 2014mainly because ofB．
A．the Year of the Horse
B．the Year of the Goat
C．the working conditions
D．the living conditions
44．The number of Chinese wowen of childbearing age reached the highest point inA．
A.2011
B.2012
C.2013
D.2014
45．From 2010to 2014，the newborn numbers in ChinaC．
A．declined every year
B．kept the same
C．increased every year
D．doubled．
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