Unit 1: Exercise 1



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unit 1 - Reading

Unit 1: Exercise 7


Read the sentences from the article. Choose the correct definitions of the words and phrases in bold.

  1. This has received a great deal of media attention; books have been written, conferences organised and committees established to debate the causes of urbanisation …

  • a good arrangement for

  • a large amount of

  1. Several South Korean cities are also becoming smaller, and this trend will continue unless the birth rate increases.

  1. It means, of course, fewer youngsters to bring down the average age, and consequently, the trend gathers momentum and accelerates.

  • becomes more widely understood

  • gets faster

  1. A classic example is Detroit, once the centre of America’s thriving car industry, but now a sparsely populated urban wasteland.

  • busy and financially successful

  • declining

  1. Many cities that are now declining relied heavily on a specific industry for the employment of a large portion of the workforce.

  • payment

  • percentage

  1. Flint, another ex-industrial powerhouse, can no longer provide the jobs its residents need, and so many have left …

  1. and so many have left, driven away by unemployment and the prospect of better opportunities …

  • forced to leave

  • travelling by car



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