Generally population growth and technology impact the environment by lessening "natural" environments and creating more "man made" ones. Often non-human populations (plants and animals) are affected by these changes and either adapt or die out in areas with increased population growth or technological advances. Think of places in your community where new roads have been built, where vacant lots have becoming houses, or where any kind of change to the "natural" environment has occurred.The movie Over the Hedgeis a simplification of this issue.There have also been more positive impacts recently, in terms of green energy (solar or wind power, for example) where technology has allowed for a reduction in the use of natural resourcesin certain communities.

Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question :

Different regions have different rates of population growth , but in the 20^th century , the world saw the biggest increase in its population in human history due to medical advances and massive increase in agricultural productivity made by the Green Revolution .

However , in some countries there is a negative population growth , especially in the Central and Eastern Europe , mainly due to follow fertility rate , and Southern Africa due to the high number of HIV - related deaths . Within the next decades , Japan and some countries in Western Europe are also expected to encounter a negative population growth due to sub - replacement fertility rates .

Population growth which exceeds the carrying capacity of an area will result in overpopulation . On the contrary , such areas may be considered " under - populated " if the population is not large enough to maintain an economic system .

1. Which sentence is NOT true ?

a. Most of the countries in the world are facing the problem of overpopulation

b. Overpopulation is a state when the population growth exceeds the carrying capacity of an area

c. The Green Revolution caused the population explosion in the 20^th century

d. The 20^th century had the highest population growth rate in the history

2. When is an area considered " under - populated ? "

a. When its population is not big enough to maintain the economic system

b. When it has high number of HIV - related deaths

c. When its population is too poor

d. When it has high fertility rate

3. Which areas are expected to encounter a decrease in population growth in the next decades ?

a. Some countries in Central and Eastern Europe

b. Japan

c. Some countries in Western Europe

d. B and C

4. Negative population growth in Central and Eastern Europe is due to : ................

a. high fertility

b. low fertility rate

c. low death rate

d. high number of HIV - related deaths

5. What does " fertility rate " mean ?

a. birth rate

b. death rate

c. growth rate

d. marriage rate

China is a very important place in the modern world. The country
is massive and measures 9,600,000 square kilometres. It has a
massive population: approximately 1.3 billion, the largest in the
world. China has a fast growing economy. China is a beautiful
country filled with large population and a strong cultural
background. Though China was largely isolated from the rest of the
world after the communist revolution, it has since opened its doors
to the world once again. With the largest population of people in
the world and the largest land area the the geography of China is
as vast as it history. The history and cultural traditions of China
have been studied and written about for a long time. China has
beautifully colossal landscape and it is varied: high mountains to
rainforests, cold deserts to fertile plains and great rivers,
especially the Huang (Yellow River). There human landscapes which
are also varied: the capital Beijing, and Shanghai to tiny rural
villages. China has 668 cities in total. 13 of them have
populations of more than 2 million people. These include: Shanghai,
Guangzhou, Xi'an, Wuhan, and Chengdu. The main religions of China
are: Taoism and Buddhism. The main languages they speak are:
Mandarin and Standard Chinese. The president is Hu Jintao. Main
Crops are: Rice, wheat, potatoes, maize, tobacco, soybeans,
peanuts, tea, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oilseed, pork and
fish. There national animal is the Panda. You can take a trip to
the amazing and huge Great Wall of China.
Hope this helps you.

I : Choose the best answer among A,B,C or D.

1: She ................ a letter when the telephone rang.

A. writes B. wrot C. has written D. was writing

2: William suggested . ........................ at home for a change.

A. staying B. to stay C. stay D. stayed

3: This book is different ................ the one i had.

A. with B. to C. from D. at

II : Complete each space with an appropriate word .

were century problem children was people

Population growth is a serious (1) ....................problem..... around the world. At the beginning ò the 20th (2)............century............., there were about 1.5 billion people in the world. In 1984 the worlk population (3) ...................were.... 4.8 billion people. By the year 2000, It will be about 6.1 billion. This growth in population is not happening everywhere. For example in Europe the population is not growing at all. Families in these countries are smaller now. Only about 2.1 (4) ........billion............ are born for every woman .

<I>1.She was writing a letter when the telephone rang.

2.William suggestes staying at home for a change.

3.This book is different from the one i had

<II>1.Population growth is a serious problem around the world.At the beginning of the 20th century,there were about 1.5 billion people in the world.In 1984 the world population were 4.8 billion people.By the year 2000,it will be about 6.1 billion.This growth in population is not happening is not growing at all.Families in these countries are smaller now.Only about 2.1 children are born for every woman.

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so how do you help students improve their ability to make two-discourse about literature

love the movie called “A Walk To Remember”. This’s my favorite film because it deals with all real life problems with al important things in real life such as: relationships, love, and the most important thing is about your true friends. “A Walk To Remember” film is talking about a beautiful girl named Jamie ( most people call her – Mandy Moore) who’s the only daughter of a minister, and she has some problem with her health. During time in her high school, Jamie does not have many close friends. Through some activities she meets a handsome reckless boy called Landon. This handsome – Landon got into trouble which made him joy in a play for the shool’s drama club. Landon has a role in a same play that Jamie do. And after the play, they become close friens, and Jamie get him out all of the troubles. One day, she told Landon was for him to promise that he would not fall in love with her. He didn’t keep that promise. Finally, Jamie told Landon about her cancer and there is no effective treatment. She doesnn’t have lot od time to live. Jamie listed all accomplisments that she really wanted to do before she passed away. One of those things is to get married at the same small church that her father and mother was. Landon helped to make all of her wishes come true. However, unfortunitally her cancer got worse and she died in his regret. I would like to ntroduce this touching movie to all of you, and it make me become a sweet person like me today!

1A
2 B
3 A
4 D
5 A
6 C
7 A
8 A
9 D
10 B

7.          How was the growth of the world's population in the twentieth century?

___The dramatic growth of the world's population in the twentieth century was on a scale without parallel in human history____________________________________________

8.          When had the population explosion occurred?

_____Most of this growth had occurred since 1950 and was known as the population explosion.__________________________________________

9.          How did the world population increase between 1950 and 1980?

_______ Between 1950 and 1980 the world population increased from 2.5 to over 4 billion ________________________________________

10.      What was the world's population in 2000?

___By the end of the twenty century the figure had risen to about 6.6 billion.____________________________________________

11.      According to the recent forecasts, how will the total population be in the mid twenty first century?

___Recent forecasts suggest that the total population will level out at between 10 and 15 billion in the mid twenty first century.____________________________________________