Egy érdekes kis cikk az emberiség létszámának növekedéséről, ami pont idén október 31-én érte el a 7 milliárdot... Az Angol Feladattárban találtok egy komplett leckét, mp3 hanganyaggal, videóval, szókincsfejlesztő és szóbeli feladatokkal, megoldásokkal a témához.
Itt pedig egy rövid nyelvtani kiegészítős feladat a cikkhez:
Complete the text with the words given below!
The United Nations says the world’s population is (1) ____ to reach seven billion on October 31. Analysts are wondering whether it is a coincidence this (2) ____ falls on Halloween. The U.N. Population Fund predicts that some time on Monday, the world will welcome its seven billionth person. They also (3) ____ that the baby will be born in India. The birth of a newborn baby is usually a (4) ____ of joy, but this one has got alarm bells ringing with environmentalists. They say the world cannot (5) ____ with so many mouths to feed. The population has exploded in the past two centuries. In the early 1800s, there were just a billion of us; in 1960 that figure had (6) ____ to three billion. Half a century later, that figure has more than doubled.
Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University's Earth Institute told CNN that “the consequences (7) ____ humanity could be grim." Other experts also paint a bleak (8) ____. CNN's Jack Cafferty warned of an "unsustainable" population of 9 billion and stated that "at some point there's not going to be enough (9) ____ for everybody." The New York Times (10) ____ that "the Earth is full [and that] we are eating into our future”. John Davis, editor of the Earth First! Journal, went even (11) ____ by saying we had no right to take so much from the Earth: "Human beings have no more value (12) ____ species than slugs," he said. Critics say humans have the ability for billions of us to live on our planet in a sustainable way.
1.
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(a)
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set
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(b)
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sit
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(c)
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sat
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(d)
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sate
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2.
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(a)
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gem stone
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(b)
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grindstone
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(c)
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milestone
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(d)
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stonewall
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3.
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(a)
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forecasting
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(b)
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forecaster
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(c)
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forecasts
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(d)
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forecast
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4.
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(a)
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sauce
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(b)
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source
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(c)
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scourge
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(d)
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resource
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5.
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(a)
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mope
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(b)
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dope
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(c)
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nope
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(d)
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cope
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6.
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(a)
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threesome
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(b)
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trio
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(c)
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triple
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(d)
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trebled
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7.
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(a)
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from
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(b)
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for
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(c)
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of
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(d)
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after
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8.
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(a)
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picture
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(b)
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drawing
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(c)
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mural
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(d)
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watercolour
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9.
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(a)
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staff
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(b)
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stiff
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(c)
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stuff
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(d)
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stifle
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10.
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(a)
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declaration
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(b)
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declares
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(c)
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declared
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(d)
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declare
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11.
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(a)
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future
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(b)
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fatherly
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(c)
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fruition
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(d)
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further
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12.
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(a)
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was
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(b)
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as
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(c)
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is
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(d)
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has
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