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REW L5 Unit 6 - Growth of the Megacity
REW L5 Unit 6 - Growth of the Megacity
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Reading comprehension quiz for REW L5 student book pages 5-6.
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2050?
The year Mumbai, Shanghai & Dakha become the largest cities
When rural-urban migration is the same as the birth rate
The time the world's population stabilises
When the planet can no longer support the number of people
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e. Let's hope the planet can continue to support
them
The people of New York
The world's overall population
The stabilising of the world's population
The new megacities of Mumbai, Shanghai & Dakha
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2015?
The year other Asian megacities overtake Tokyo
The year Tokyo's expansion rate slows
Tokyo will become the world's biggest city
Tokyo predicted to still be the world's biggest city
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b. ...many of
the most populated urban areas
will be in developing countries
megacities
London and NY city
China
Tokyo
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5 f. stabilises?
iii. decreases
ii. increases
iv. reaches the end
i. stops changing
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2. What does 1973 refer to?
The time the population of NY city reached 40 million
A description of New York City at that time
The year the 'Soylent Green' movie was released
A time when fresh food was impossible to get in NY city.
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5 e. rural-to-urban migration?
iv. countryside developing into cities
iii. cities becoming bigger
ii. people moving from the country to the city
i. people moving from the city to the country
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5 b. 'well and truly with us'?
i. is a positive development
iv. is working well
ii. has definitely happened
iii. is healthy
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Sixty percent?
The number of people living in cities
The % of people living in cities in developing countries
The % of people who will live in urban centres in 2022
The % of people living in urban centres by 2030
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1 b. The author thinks the effects of megacities are....
ii. more negative
iii. equally negative and positive
i. more positive
iv. neither negative nor positive
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c.
In each case
, the speed of growth brought about significant improvements...
In Mumbai, Shanghai and Dhaka
London and New York
In every megacity
each planning and management decision
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1 a. The main topic is....
ii. current trends in megacities
i. megacities now and in the future
iv. the future of megacities
iii. the problems caused by megacities
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5. a. What's the best meaning for: 'putting a huge strain on resources'?
iv. using too many resources
i. increasing resources
ii. decreasing resources
iii. poisoning resources
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5 c. mass starvation?
iv. all people without food
iii. many people without food
i. hardly any people without food
ii. some people without food
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d. However,
its
expansion rate is slowing
Tokyo's
London and New York
The birth rate and urban-rural migration
Future megacities
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5 d. 'run the risk of developing into'?
iv. probably won't turn into
ii. avoid changing into
i. could become
iii. will definitely turn into
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40 million?
The increase in the population of NY city in 1973
The population of NY city today
The expected increase in NY city's population by 2022
The population of NY city in 2022 in 'Soylent Green'.
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4. What does 'The population of
the city
has grown to 40 million' refer to?
Cities in general
London
New York
Tokyo
