Unit7 TA lop 11

UNIT 7: WORLD POPULATION
I. Put the following words into the correct categories
Glory, chronology, criminal, clear, struggle, quiet, growth, climate, Christmas, congratulation, choir, club, ugly, clothes, graduate, agreement, equipment, create, question, greeting, chloride, craft, glamor, earthquake, background, crowded, increase, English
/ kl /_________________________________________________________________________________
/ gl /_________________________________________________________________________________
/ kr/__________________________________________________________________________________
/ gr / _________________________________________________________________________________
/ kw / ________________________________________________________________________________
II. Complete each the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the box

increase decrease reach limit support
expect raise control populate freeze


1. North America was once widely…………………..by Native American tribes
2. The world’s population is………………to be over 7 billion by 2010
3. The population has…………….from 1.2 million to 1.8 million
4. Water………………..at 0 C
5. Parents should……………………what their kids watch on TV
6. The number of new students……………………from 210 to 160 this year
7. My family has been…………………sheep for over 60 years
8. How can we……………………our families on such low wages?
9. Profits are expected………………..$ 2 billoin this year
10. The role that women aould play socially…………………
III. Fill in the blank with a suitable word to complete to the passage
China is the most populous country of the world. Its (1)…………..is approximately 1.3 billion people, which is almost 22% of the (2)……………..The population density is high in the southest: 43 percent of the land contains most of its population. A quarter of the population (3)……………..China is in the middle and lower parts of the Yangtze River, and the population density (4)…………….663 people per square kilometer. Shanghai is China’s largest city, (5)……………..population density reaches 2.118 people per square kilometer.
China’s population growth rate has (6)………………in the past years, although its population is still increasing. In the 1970s, the government started to implement birth (7)……………..programs to the people: late marriage, late childbearing, a one-child family, and a four-year period between two (8)…………….in the countryside where each couple may have more than one child. According to the report of Major Figures of population of China, the annual growth rate of Chna’s population (9)…………….from 25.83% (1070) down to 11.21% (1994) and to 8.77% (1999) in the past 20 years. This should be (10)…………………a great sucess
IV. Underline the best answers.
1. If you have left / left home before I get there, I will / would meet you at the airport
2. How will / would your father react if you leave / left schoo?
3. If you will go / go to England next month, you will / must drive on the left
4. Were / was I your doctor, I’d insist that you stop smoking.
5. You may / might be sorry if you spend / spent all your money
6. Will / Can I use your computer, If I am / were careful?
7. Will / Would people be able to fly if they have / had feathers instead of hair?
8. If anyone should / might call, would you please take a message?
9. If your mother is / were here, I ‘m sure she won’t / wouldn’t let you eat all those chocolates
10. Were they not / Weren’t they rich, they couldn’t have gone to the USA for their holiday

V. Complete each sentence using one of the following pairs of verbs. Use the past unreal conditional.

Consider – be go – invite not promote – leave know – go get – not have
Find – drive know – not take hit – not pull drive – not happen grow up – learn

1. If you…………………, …………………………you………………………the firm?
2. I……………………..to the party last night if I………………………..
3. If I……………………your father was in hospital, I………………….to visit him
4. They………………….a better hotel if they………………a few more kilometers
5. If I……………………how difficult the job was, I…………………….it
6. I’m sure we………………lost if we………………..a map
7. If you……………….more carefully, the accident………………….
8. If you…………………in Japan, you……………………….Japanese
9. I…………………taking the job if the salary…………………….higher
10. The child…………………by a car if her mother………………her out of the street.
VI. Put the verb into the correct form
1. If the earth suddenly…………………(stop) spinning we all……………..(fly) off it
2. If you…………….(smoke) in a non-smoking compartment the other passengers……………..(object)
3. …………………..(your parents / not / be) proud if they could see you now?