UNIT 6: POPULATION

PRACTICE TEST
I. PHONETICS
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
1. a. populous b. exception c. density d. immigrant
2. a. nationwide b. construction c. employment d. abortion
3. a. childbearing b. marriage c. fluctuate d. increasing
4. a. answer b. million c. expect d. figure
5. a. developing b. available c. population d. particular
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1. a. figure b. grow c. organize d. average
2. a. question b. discotheque c. technique d. antique
3. a. increase b. expect c. resource d. continue
4. a. government b. gold c. give d. enough
5. a. earth b. growth c. although d. third

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. There is no ______to how much fresh fruit you can eat in a day, isn’t there?
a. limit b. limitation c. limited d. limiting
2. She gave _______ birth to a healthy infant last night.
a. a b. an c. the d. no article
3. He has to work very hard to earn enough to _______ his big family.
a. reach b. come c. limit d. support
4. On _______, about 30% of the population in the area are jobless..
a. figure b. safety c. research d. average
5. _______ I visited last year, is a nice old city.
a. New York that b. New York where c. New York, which d. New York, in which
6. What’s the name of _______ us a lift?
a. the man by whom gave b. the man, who gave
c. the man, that gave d. the man that gave
7. Martin is _______ I usually agree.
a. someone whom b. someone, with whom
c. someone with whom d. someone that
8. It rained all the time, _______ was a great pity.
a. that b. which c. when d. it
9. I _______ if you could give me a hand now.
a. will wonder b. am wondering c. wondered d. was wondering
10. I am dead _______ that punishment. I disagree. I think children should not be punished that
way
a. for b. with c. off d. against
11. She uses a birth control method _______ she does not have children any more.
a. so that b. if c. whether d. although
12. China is the most _______ country in the world.
a. popular b. populous c. populate d. populated
13. They did not serve enough food because there were some _______ guests.
a. expect b. expected c. unexpected d. unexpectedly
14. It’s time we _______ out the solution to the problem of overpopulation.
a. find b. will find c. found d. have found
15. This TV program is to _______ public awareness of illiteracy, overpopulation and their
negative influences on the society.
a. rise b. raise c. decrease d. grow
16. Because his argument was so confusing, _______ people understood it.
a. many b. clever c. less d. few
17. The price of petroleum has decreased since last week.
a. gone down b. given up c. let off d. put away
18. “_______ you give me some money, I’ll help you,” the man said
a. unless b. or c. if d. otherwise
19. The lecturer limited himself _______ three aspects of the problem of population.
a. to b. on c. within d. over
20. _______ the women who have many children, the majority are poor and illiterate.
a. between b. in c. among d. from

III. PREPOSITIONS
Fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions
1. We have enough tickets available ______________ everybody.
2. The Chinese people account ______________ one-fifth of the world population.
3. Certain types of crime are ______________ the decrease now.
4. According to Tuoi Tre newspaper, the price of fuel has fallen ______________ 25,000 dong a
liter ______________ 23,000 dong a liter.
5. She is determined to give ______________ smoking.
6. A new tax has just been imposed ______________ cigarettes.
7. The government is now fully aware ______________ the population issues.
8. Tell me some factors ______________ which the population increase depends.
9. ______________ general, the population of the world is ______________ the decrease over
the next decade.
10. ______________ the end of the program, a student would offer a bunch of flowers to the
lecturer.

IV. WORD FORMATION

1. High birthrates and _______________ are sources of evils in this city. (EMPLOY)
2. The world __________ trend is on the increase. (POPULOUS)
3. How has population _________ changed in your country in the last 10 years? (DENSE)
4. Would it be _________ to discuss the contract now? (OPPORTUNITY)
5. Who takes __________ for high population growth rate? (RESPONSIBLE)
6. Ho Chi Minh City is one of the most densely ________________ cities in Vietnam.
(POPULATION)
7. To avoid pregnancy, many women choose to use _______________ pills.
(CONTRACEPTION)
8. The Samsung Galaxy S5 has many ________________ features. (DESIRE)
9. A third of the population is living at or below the _______________ line. (POOR)
10. The country suffered from a terrible ________________ of clean water. (SHORT)
11. Respect and honesty provide a solid ________________ for life-long friendship. (FOUND)
12. The Group of Eight (G8) refers to the group of eight highly ________________ nations--
France, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Japan, United States, Canada, and Russia. (INDUSTRY)
13.Young people should use their time and energy in a ________________ way.
(CONSTRUCT)
14. While many first-generation ________________ dream of coming “home”, their children say
the US is their home. (IMMIGRATE)
15. It is still hard to contemplate the ________________ of the disaster. (ENORMOUS)
16. The ________________ of birth control nationwide will help reduce birth growth rate.
(IMPLEMENT)
17. After 10 years’ working for a foreign company, he decided to set up his own business and
became ________________ . (EMPLOY)
18. Being surrounded by many ________________ people is the motivation for her to work
relentlessly to reach her goals. (INDUSTRY)
19. Both sides were ________________ of finding a solution to the problem. (DESIRE)
20. Teenagers should be prepared for ________________ situations, or else, they will be
disillusioned with the real life. (DESIRE)

V. ERROR IDENTIFICATION
1. We’ve got a light always comes on automatically in the evening.
A B C D

2. There was an accident in that four people were killed.

A B C D
3. The people who dumped their rubbish here doesn’t care about the environment.
A B C D
4. I’m quite happy with that I’ve got, thanks.
A B C D
5. They live in Pensford, that lies just south of Bristol.
A B C D

VI. GUIDED CLOZE

In some countries there is negative population growth, (1) ________ means that the population
(2) ________,especially in Central and Eastern Europe, mainly due to low birth rates, and
Southern Africa due to the high number of HIV-related (3) ________ Within the next decade,
Japan and Western Europe are also (4) ________ to encounter negative population growth due
to sub-replacement fertility rates.
Population growth which exceeds the carrying capacity of an area or environment (5) ________
in overpopulation. Conversely, (6) ________ areas may be considered “underpopulated” if the
population is not large (7) ________ to maintain an economic system. The future of world’s
population could be significantly (8) ________ by the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic. In Africa,
birth rates are already (9) ________ highest in the world, especially in sub-Sahara Africa. But if
HIV/AIDS is controlled or even
eradicated, the world’s population could increase (10) ________ faster than predicated.
1. A. which B. that C. this D. whose
2. A. increases B. grows C. raises D. decreases
3. A. die B. dead C. deaths D. deadly
4. A. appeared B. represented C. expected D. shown
5. A. leads B. results C. makes D. causes
6. A. so B. such C. so as D. such as
7. A. enough B. too C. very D. quite
8. A. infected B. affected C. indicated D. interfered
9. A. a B. an C. the D. no article
10. A. as B. more C. many D. much

VII. READING COMPREHENSION

We are already at 6.3 billion in population and that may have something to do with our inability to
eradicate hunger and poverty in the world. The world's populations continue to expand every
year, even as the political leaders give a lot of other reasons. The more populous the world is, the
more problems we have to suffer. In other words, the world needs more money to pay for the
fixes. All of the social problems of the world would be much easier to solve with a declining
population, and better to accomplish this through enlightened policies than through plagues and
wars. Although with progress in science and technology, food resources are increased, the world's
population expands to overwhelm the increased productivity. We need healthy ecosystems, but in
our pursuit of progress, we have destroyed good parts of our rural landscapes and wild life. Our
whole experience shows that we can run out of our resources in the future. We, the human
beings of the modern world, have always been able to invent ourselves out of problems. We tend
to see only the good side of science and technology. We are enjoying our comfortable material
life without any attention to the natural resources. We really do not care much about the
environment.
1. Population growth ______________.
A. has nothing to do with poverty
B. is not related to hunger
C. can be eradicated soon
D. has a relationship with starve and poverty

2. Which sentence is NOT true?

A. Political leaders are not concerned about population growth.
B. Political leaders are interested in population growth.
C. Overpopulation causes a lot of problems.
D. Overpopulation causes no problems.

3. If we can decline the world's population,_____________________.

A. we will have to suffer poverty
B. we will have to encounter hunger
C. we can solve a lot of social problems
D. we will declare wars

4. According to the writer,_____________________.

A. resources will be used up in some day
B. human beings can never run out of resources
C. the progress of science and technology causes no harm to our environment
D. thanks to progress of science and technology, we can supply enough food for everybody all
over the world

5. We_____________________________________ .
A. are very interested in our environment
B. do not appreciate our material life
C. tend to see the good side of science and technology
D. can solve the problems of overpopulation and environment soon

VIII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION: Rewrite these sentences, using relative clauses

1. This is the bus. It goes to the university.
 __________________________________________________________________.
2. Le Thi Rieng park was full of people. We were strolling around there.
 __________________________________________________________________.
3. Do you remember India? We all visited it last year.
 __________________________________________________________________.
4. There are a number of options. We are considering them.
 __________________________________________________________________.
5. We took in a dog. It had been abandoned by its previous owner.
 __________________________________________________________________.
6. I rang my teacher. Her son could help me with my problem.
 __________________________________________________________________.
7. We met in 2000. We were both students then.
 __________________________________________________________________.
8. She is giving a lecture on Shakespeare. I am quite familiar with his works.
 __________________________________________________________________.
9. Olivia often needs baby-sitter. She has twins.
 __________________________________________________________________.
10. My favorite street is Clark Avenue. It has lots of pavement cafes.
 __________________________________________________________________.