Population

POPULATIONMultiple choiceQuestion 1: People are not aware ______ the problem of overpopulation.A. for B. of C. at D. inQuestion 2: Scientists say that the main reason for population __________ is increase in birth rates.A. explosion B. explosive C. explode D. explodedQuestion 3: The second solution is to provide safe and ______ birth control methods.A. expensive B. inexpensive C. expensively D. inexpensivelyQuestion 4: Some scientists say that there are enough resources to _____ billion people.A. provide B. distribute C. raise D. raisingQuestion 5: If the level of VAT is _______ this year, small businesses will be affected.A. raised B. risen C. arisen D. raisingQuestion 6: The world’s population is ______ to be over billion by 2020.A. claimed B. blamed C. expected D. reachedQuestion 7: China is one of the most _______ populated areas in the world.A. wastefully B. perfectly C. densely D. completelyQuestion 8: North America was once widely _______ by Native American tribes.A. distributed B. risen C. populated D. exploded Question 9: The population has _________ from 1.2 million to 1.8 million.A. increased B. raised C. changed D. variedQuestion 10: My family have been ___________ sheep for over 60 years.A. risen B. raised C. raising D. raiseQuestion 11: How can we _______our families on such low wages.A. feed B. distributed C. support D. raiseQuestion 12: The role that women could play was socially _______.A. limit B. limited C. limitation D. limitedly Question 13: Mainly because of the recent health scares involving beef and chicken, the number of vegetarians is expected to rise ____ in the next five years.A. increasingly B. dramatically C. slowly D. limitedlyQuestion 14: Mexico City is growing quickly. In 1970, the city had about million people. Now it has over 17 million. All these people are causing ____ for the city.A. problems B. matters C. things D. newsQuestion 15: The _____ growth of the world’s population in the 20 th century was on scale without parallel in human history.A. dramatic B. drama C. dramatics D. dramaticallyQuestion 16: Most of this growth had occurred since 1950 and was known as the population _____.A. growth B. explosion C. surplus D. densityQuestion 17: Between 1950 and 1980 the world population increased from 2.5 to over billion, and bythe end of the twenty century the ____ had risen to about 6.6 billion.A. number B. figure C. finger D. quantityQuestion 18: Already there are encouraging signs that the rates of increase in many less developed countries is beginning to _________.A. slow down B. speed up C. fluctuate D. changeQuestion 19: China is the most ________ country of the world. Its ______ is approximately 1.3 billionpeople, which is almost 22% of the world population.A. populate/ population B. populous/ populatedC. populous/ population D. populously/ populationQuestion 20: The population ________ is high in the southeast: 43 percent of the land contains most ofits population.A. dense B. densely C. density D. densesReading comprehensionRead the following passage and mark the letter A, B, or on your answer sheet to indicate the comet answer to each of the questions from 55 to 64.Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too few resources and too little space, is closely associated with poverty. It can result from high population density, or from low amounts of resources, or from both. Excessively high population densities put stress on available resources. Only certain number of people can be supported on given area of land, and that number depends on how much food and other resources the land can provide. In countries where people live primarily by means of simple fanning, gardening, herding, hunting, and gathering, even large areas of land can support only small numbers of people because these labor–intensive subsistence activities produce only small amounts of food.In developed countries such as the United States, Japan, and the countries of Western Europe, overpopulation generally is not considered major cause of poverty. These countries produce large quantities of food through mechanized farming, which depends on commercial fertilizers, large–scale irrigation, and agricultural machinery. This form of production provides enough food to support the high densities of people in metropolitan areas.A country’s level of poverty can depend greatly on its mix of population density and agriculturalproductivity. Bangladesh, for example, has one of the world’s highest population densities, with 1,147 persons per sq km. large majority of the people of Bangladesh engage in low–productivity manual farming, which contributes to the country's extremely high level of poverty. Some of the smaller countries in Western Europe, such as the Netherlands and Belgium, have high population densities as well. These countries practice mechanized farming and are involved in high–tech industries, however, and therefore have high standards of living.At the other end of the spectrum, many countries in sub–Saharan Africa have population densities of less than 30 persons per sq km. Many people in these countries practice manual subsistencefarming; these countries also have infertile land, and lack the economic resources and technology to boost productivity. As consequence, these nations are very poor. The United States has both relativelylow population density and high agricultural productivity; it is one of the world's wealthiest nations.High birth rates contribute to overpopulation in many developing countries. Children are assets to many poor families because the provide labor, usually for farming. Cultural norms in traditionally rural societies commonly sanction the value of large families. Also, the governments of developing countries often provide little or no support, financial or political, for family planning; even people who wish to keep their families small have difficulty doing so. For all these reasons, developing countries lend to have high rates of population growth.Question 55: Which of the following is given definition in paragraph I?A. Overpopulation B. Population density C. Simple farming D. PovertyQuestion 56: What will suffer when there are excessively high population densities?A. Available resources B. Skilled laborC. Farming methods D. Land areaQuestion 57: The phrase "that number" in paragraph refers to the number of ____A. people B. densities C. resources D. countriesQuestion 58: In certain countries, large areas of land can only yield small amounts of food becauseA. there is lack of mechanization B. there are small numbers of laborersC there is on abundance of resources D. there is no shortage of skilled laborQuestion 59: Bangladesh is country where the level of poverty depends greatly on _____.A. its population density onlyB. both population density and agricultural productivityC population density in metropolitan areasD. its high agricultural productivityQuestion 60 The phrase “engage in” in paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.A. escape from B. look into C. give up D. participate inQuestion 61: The word “infertile” in paragraph probably means _______.A. disused B. impossible C. unproductive D. inaccessibleQuestion 62: Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?A. In certain developed countries, mechanized farming is applied.B. In sub–Saharan African countries, productivity is boosted by technology.C. There is no connection between country’s culture and overpopulation.D. All small countries in Western Europe have high population densities.Question 63: Which of the following is contributor to overpopulation in many developing countries?A. High–tech facilities B. Economic resourcesC. Sufficient financial support D. High birth rateQuestion 64: Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?A. High Birth Rate and its Consequences B. Overpopulation: Cause of PovertyC. Overpopulation: Worldwide Problem D. Poverty in Developing CountriesClose testThe world’s population is the total (1)___________ of human beings (2)___________ on Earth at given time. In 2007, the world's population had (3)___________ 6.6 billion. In line with populationprojections, this (4)___________ continues to grow at rates that were unprecedented before the 21th century, (5)___________ the rate of increase has almost halved since its peak, which was reached in 1963. Different (6)___________ have different rates of population growth, but in the 20th century, the world saw (7)___________ biggest increase in its population in human history. In 2000, the United Nations (8)___________ that the world’s population was then growing at the rate of 1.14% (9)___________ about 75 million people per year. According to data from the CIA’s 2005-2006 World Factbooks, the world human population currently increases by 203,800 every day. The 2007 CIA factbook increased this (10)___________ 211,090 people every dayQuestion A.number B.amount C.quantity D.sumQuestion A.left B.alive C.rescued D.survivedQuestion A.approached B.come C.gone D.reachedQuestion A.picture B.photograph C.graph D.figureQuestion A.if B.although C.as if D.due toQuestion 6: A.parks B.ways C.regions D.pathsQuestion 7: A.a B.an C.the D.xQuestion A.counted B.computed C.introduced D.estimatedQuestion 9: A.or B.neither C.but D.norQuestion 10 A.for B.to C.on D.with