UNIT 7 WORLD POPULATION
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
a. limit b. figure c. iron d. billion
a. great b. available c. raise d. said
a. decreased b. used c. reached d. developed
a. program b. earth c. birth d. produce
a. double b. govern c. punish d. control
Choose the one word or phrase -a, b, c, or d-that best completes sentences.
Like many other baby birds, ducklings are blind _______ birth.
a. of b. at c. on d. from
Lack _______ food had stunted his growth.
a. of b. in c. for d. on
Nigeria has a population _______ nearly 100 million.
a. about b. in c. of d. with
The rapid growth of population led to an acute _______ of housing.
a. shortfall b. shortcut c. shortcoming d. shortage
The population of the world is growing at a dangerous _______.
a. amount b. rate c. figure d. way
One third of the world`s population _______ two thirds of the world`s resources.
a. drains b. absorbs c. consumes d. supports
Better health care and agriculture have led to rapid population _______.
a. grow b. growing c. grown d. growth
Pressure on natural resources will _______ as we face a population explosion.
a. increase b. decrease c. decline d. raise
Her first novel has been _______ acclaimed as a masterpiece.
a. nation b. national c. international d. internationally
Our school has managed to collect a lot of books to _______ to the children in a village school.
a. publish b. distribute c. employ d. depart
III. Choose the one word or phrase -a, b, c, or d- that best completes the sentences.
If the technology _______ available, we would be able to expand the business.
a. would become b. were become c. had become d. Became
If the North Sea _______ in winter, you could walk from London to Oslo.
a. happened to freeze b. froze
c. should freeze d. should happen to freeze
It would have been a much more serious accident _____ fast at the time.
a. was she driving b. had she been driving
c. she had driven d. if she drove
If you _______ to my advice in the first place, you wouldn`t be in this mess now.
a. listen b. will listen c. had listened d. listened
I`ll give you a lift if it _______.
a. is raining b. rained c. will rain d. had rained
If I _______ a more reliable car, I ` to Spain rather than fly.
a. would have - would drive b. had - had driven
c. had - would drive d. would have had - would drive
I _______ you sooner had someone told me you were in the hospital.
a. would have visited b. had visited c. visited d. visit
They couldn`t decide _______ it was worth re-sitting the exam.
a. if b. whether c. if or not d. whether not
_______ how difficult the job was, I mightn`t have taken it.
a. If I know b. If I would know c. Did I know d. Had I known
____ in my seventies and rather unfit, I might consider taking up squash.
a. Were I not b. Was I not c. Weren`t I d. If I am not
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase -A, B, C or D-that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
Some scientists believe that the earth have resources enough to support its population.
A B C D
The population of the world has been increased faster and faster.
A B C D
Ninety-seven percent of the world` water is saltwater is found in the oceans of the Earth.
A B C D
Hadn`t he resigned, we would have been forced to sack