Regular English 11_Reading passages

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These passages are for students with a basic vocabulary-build. For those who are so weak or almost empty-headed, neither these passages nor any other of the same level is suitable.
I will share grade 12 passages soon, when I finish them.


A/. READING PASSAGE:

UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
The population of the world has been increasing faster and faster. In 10,000 B.C., there were probably only 10 million people. In A.D. 1, there were 300 million. It took 1,750 years for the world population to reach 650 million. In 1850, only one hundred years later, the population reached the figure of 1,300 million. In 1950, the figure was more than double to reach 2,510 million. In 2000, the world’s population was about 6.600 million, and by 2015 it is expected to be over 7 billion.
Does the Earth have enough resources to support this many people? Different scientists give different answers to this question. Some say that there are enough resources to support 8 billion people. Others say that we must limit population growth because our resources are limited. Only 10 percent of the Earth’s land can be used for farming and another 20 percent for raising animals. There is a limit to the water we can use. There are also limits to the amounts of petroleum, iron, silver, gold, and other metals.
Research has shown that the average Third World woman has more children than she wants. Among the women who do not think they have too many children, half of them do not want to have any more. However, although millions of women want to limit the size of their families, they know of no safe way to have fewer children. Safe birth- control methods for family planning are not available to them. It is time governments and international organizations did something to help them so that the world population growth can start to decrease instead of continuing to increase.

Exercise 1: Complete the following table with the information from the passage.
Year
World’s population

 ________________
about 10 million

 ________________
650 million

 ____2000________
________ billion

 ___by 2015______
more than ________ billion


Exercise 2: Complete the following table with the information from the passage.
Time (years)
Population growth

 ________________
300 million to 650 million

 ____100 years_____
650 million to 1300 million

 ________________
1300 million to 2510 million

 ________________
2510 million to 6.6 billion


Exercise 3: Circle A, B or C that indicates the best answer for each of the following questions.
1/. The word “figure” in paragraph 1, line 5 means ________.
A. number B. people D. world
2/. What are the resources that are mentioned in the passage?
A. forests and air
B. land, water and metals
C. the sea and forests
3/. The word “limited” in paragraph 2, line 1 is CLOSEST in meaning to _______.
A. very much B. very little C. not much
4/. How much land is used for keeping and feeding animals?
A. 30 percent B. 20 percent C. 10 percent
5/. The typical Third World Woman wishes that she could have _______.
A. more children B. fewer children C. many children
6/. Why do many women can not limit the size of their families?
A. Because they use birth-control methods. B. Because the governments did something.
C. Because they don’t know safe ways to have fewer children.
7/. The word “available” in line 6 of the last paragraph is CLOSEST in meaning to ________.
A. easy to have B. difficult C. useful
8/. It can be INFERRED from the passage that _______.
A. The world has enough resources to support 7 billion people.
B. The world population keeps increasing at the moment.
C. Governments shouldn’t do anything to limit the population growth.
______________________

B/. TRANSLATION:
Translate the passage into Vietnamese. You can use a dictionary to help check the words you don’t know.


































C/. VOCABULARY LIST:
Write a list of the words or