UNIT 7 - WORLD POPULATION

I. Match a word in A with its meaning or definition in B.

A
B

1. increase (v)
a. a point or line that must not be passed

2. double (v)
b. that you can get, buy, use

3. population (n)
c. to make sth twice as much or as many

4. support (v)
d. a detailed and careful study of sth to find out more information about it

5. raise (v)
e. to make a plant or animal so that you can use it

6. limit (n)
f. to make sth larger in number or amount

7. available (a)
g. a number of people who live in a particular place

8. research (n)
h. to give or provide sb with the money he / she needs for food, clothes ...

II. Fill each gap with one suitable word in column A of exercise I. Make any changes in the form if necessary.
1. The number of people working from home will ............... steadily during the next decade.
2. The price of houses has almost.................
3. What is the................ of your country?
4. Jim has to................ two children from his previous marriage.
5. In New Zealand sheep are................for meat and wool.
6. No lorries are allowed within a three-mile...................
7. This information is easily.................to everyone at the local library.
8. Market.................has shown that many people now prefer lager beer.
III. Complete each sentence, using if, unless, or would
1. I would help him..........................he asked me.
2. What..........................you do if you saw a snake?
3. I don`t feel happy............................I swim every day.
4. ............................you like to see my stamp collection?
5. Come on!............................ we hurry, we`ll miss the plane!
6. We`ll have lunch outside in the garden,............................it`s too cold.
7. John............................win more races if he trained harder.
8............................: you feel like a chat, phone me tonight.
IV. Rewrite each comment, beginning as shown. Do not change the meaning.
1. Why don`t you leave now? That`s what I would do.
If............................................................................................................................
2. Imagine you lived on Mars. How would you feel?
How.......................................................................................................................
3. I think you should buy a bike. That`s what I would do.
If...........................................................................................................................
4. Imagine you were rich. What would you do?
What.....................................................................................................................
5. Supposing Jim came with us, what would you say?
What.....................................................................................................................
6. I didn`t realize you were tired when I asked you to go for a walk.
If...........................................................................................................................
7. I didn`t turn left at the station, and I lost my way.
If...........................................................................................................................
8. Imagine you owned a robot. What would you do?
What......................................................................................................................
V. Put the sentences into reported speech.
1. "If the weather is fine, I will go on a picnic with my friends," she said to me.
2. "What would you do if you had three days off?" I asked him.
3. "I would have come to see you if I had known you were ill, Jim," he] said.
4. "I`m sure she will help you if you ask her," he told me.
5. "If today were Sunday, we wouldn`t go to school," they said to me.
6. She said to me, "If I were you, I wouldn`t tell her about this, Tom."
7. She said to me, "There would not be enough seats if a lot of guestscame."
8. "You will be surprised if you meet him," Peter said to me.


VI. Put the words in the correct columns
already international family population
organisation limitation probably important

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VII. Read the text and answer the questions below.
Vietnam`s population, which is growing at a rate of about 2.1 per cent annually, stands at over 76 million. The country has an overall population density of 225 people per square kilometer, although in some areas that figure stands at over 1,000 while in isolated areas the numbers are significantly less.
Ten per cent of the total population is made up ethnic minority groups. The vast majority of these people live in mountainous regions. In the early 1990s, the number of households living below the poverty line in these highland areas was much higher than the national average.
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