自考阅读 II Lecture XII_图文-课件PPT（精）.ppt

Unit 8 Text 24 More people and More Produces?Questions:?1. What reasons does the writer give for the rapid growth of the world’s population??2. How has mankind been benefited from progress in medicine and hygiene?vocabulary?1. New forms of food preservation have also been developed so that food need not be eaten as soon as it is grown.?A. keeping food safe B. setting apart?C. preparation of food to resist decay?D. preparing by cooking?2. Progress in medicine and hygiene has made it possible for people to live longer.?A. exercise schedules B. food programs?C. vitamin and diet programs?D. science of healthy living and cleanliness?3. The same type of populaceconcentration is true of other continents …?A. common people B. favorable groups?C. special types D. prevailing groups?4. This is a more feasible type of operation …?A. expensive B. difficult ?C. workable D. simple?5. Modern industry needs large numbers of specialized workers.?A. special B. particular ?C. not very skilled ?D. trained or adapted for a particular job or purposeTrue or false statement?1. There are now five times as many people in the world as there were three hundred years ago.?2. The greatest problem that this increase of population has brought about is that the earth can no longer provide enough food despite the various kinds of progress made during the last 75 ?3. Human lives are now less threatened by famines because people suffering from starvation in one area can get more food from other areas as a result of improvements in transportation.?4. In Paragraph 7, the writer suggests that Asian countries still enjoy the advantage of sufficient natural resources in spite of the rapid growth of their population.?5. The population density is not even; some areas are densely populated while the population of many other regions is very s