WHILE YOU READ

Read the passage and then do the tasks that follow.

(Đọc đoạn văn và làm các bài tập theo sau.)

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 625 million. In 1850, only one hundred years later, the population reached the figure of 1,300 million. In 1950, the figure had more than doubled to reach 2,510 million. In 1985, only 35 years later, there were 4,760 million people. In 2000. the world's population was about 6.6 billion, 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 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 organisations did something to help them so that the world population growth can start to decrease instead of continuing to increase.

Task 1. The words in the box all appear in the passage. Fill each blank with a suitable word. (Change the form of the word and use the dictionary when necessary).

(Tất cả các từ trong khung đều đã có trong đoạn văn. Điền vào mỗi chỗ trong bảng một từ thích hợp. (Thay đổi dạng từ và sử dụng từ điển nếu cần thiết.)

1. ………… most journalists studied journalism in college, some older writers never attended a university.

2. Can you explain the…………… for changing salt water to fresh water?

3. The number of injuries from automobile accidents…………… every year.

4. Some countries are poor because they have very few natural……………

5. These are all……………: 1, 75, 293.

6. There is a(n)……………of 20 minutes for this short test. Students must turn in their papers at the end of the 20th minute.

7. The United Nations is a(n)…………..organisation.

8. Some children behave badly and their parents can’t…………….them.

Task 2. Answer the questions on the passage.

(Trả lời các câu hỏi sau dựa theo đoạn văn.)

1. What was the population of the world in 10.000 B.C, 1750, 1850, 1950, 1985 and 2000?

(Dân số thế giới vào các năm 1000  trước công nguyên,năm 1750, 1850, 1950, 1985 và 2000 sau công nguyên là bao nhiêu?)

2. How many people is the world expected to have by the year 2015?

(Đến năm 2015, thế giới có thể có bao nhiêu người?)

3. Can the Earth have enough resources to support its population?

(Trái Đất có đã nguồn tài nguyên để phục vụ dân số của nó không?)

4. Do most Third World women want to have a lot of children?

(Hầu hết phụ nữ ở các nước thuộc Thế giới thứ ba muốn có nhiều con phải không?)

5. Why can't women in the world limit the size of their families?

(Tại sao phụ nữ trên thế giới không thể giới hạn số lượng thành viên trong gia đình mình?)