Read the following passage
and then answer the questions:
Egypt
is a country with an area of about one million square kilometers. Most of the
land is desert. The amount of rain each year is very small. Only 3% of Egypt -
the land watered by the River Nile - can be used for farming. Over 90% of the
Egyptians live and work in this small part of the country.
In
the past Egypt grew its own food. But now, it has to import more than half the
wheat it needs to feed its people. In 1989, the population of Egypt was already
around 55 million. With 2 new babies born every minute rid people living linger
lives, the population is growing fast - one and a half million new people every
year as half of all Egyptians are under 20 years of age, the population will
continue to grow.
Recently
an Egyptian newspaper, wrote a report on what life would be like in the year
3015 if the population continues to grow as fast as it is doing now In Cairo
people would have to live in tents and travelling from one side of the city to
another would take hours . With classes of 100 pupils, schools would have to be
open all day to teach everybody .
To
prevent such problems, the government wants people to have smaller families on
television it show the ideal family -father, mother and two children. The
average family now has a bigger number of children. Families will have to get
smaller if the report in that newspaper is not to come true
A. Answer
the following questions;
1-Why
do most Egyptians live and work in a very small area?
……………………………………………………………………………………………......................................................
2-What
are the two elements that make population grow at a high rate?
……………………………………………………………………………………………...............................................................................…
3-Mention
two problems that result from over - population?
……………………………………………………………………………………………...................................................................................................…
B. Choose
the correct answer from a, b, c, or d ;
4 -In the
past Egypt produced ....... the wheat it needed.
a) Some of
b) all c) none of d) a great deal of
5-
If families are. ….… classrooms will be over - crowded with pupils
a) big b)
small c) old d) new
