2013-2014学年八年级英语外研版上册Module9 population（课件+测试题）（2份）

9 Unit 3 Language in use Beijing is a huge city. It takes an hour to get there by bus. That’s almost one fifth of the world’s population. That makes over 131.4 million births a year. Language practice 1. Work in pairs. Match the countries with their populations. 1 China a) 4,437,000 2 the USA b) 22,956,000 3 Australia c) 314,791,000 4 New Zealand d) 1,370,537,000 When you see a table or a chart, look carefully at the labels and graphs to make sure that you understand what they are showing. Look at the chart below. What is it comparing? What can you conclude? 2. Read your answers to Activity 1 to the whole class. China has a population of… Now listen and check. 3. Read the chart and answer the questions. 1 Which city had the largest population in 2000? 2 Which city’s population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025? Tokyo had the largest population in 2000. Mumbai's population will increase the most from 2000 to 2025. 3 Which city will have a larger increase in its population, New York or Mexico City? 4 Which city / cities do you think will have the biggest population problem? Why? Mexico city. I think Mumbai will have the biggest population problem because its population will increase the fastest. 4 Complete the passage with a, an or the where necessary. Mina is (1) ____eighteen-year-old girl. She has got (2) ____brother and (3) _____sister. Mina is (4) ___ oldest child in (5) ____ family. She lives in (6)____very big city. She has (7) ______job in (8) _____hotel. She hopes that one day she will have (9)_____chance to go to (10) _____college. a an a the the a a a a / 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. few good much small 1 We believe the schools in Arnwick are very good, and we are working to make them even_______ . 2 Their flat is too lar