16.There are about 56 million people in the United Kingdom.This is a big population for such a small country.But large parts of the country have few people.Most of the population is crowded into the big cities and industrial (工業(yè)的)areas.About 90% of the people live in cities and towns.Only about 10% live in the countryside.Today very few people----less than 2% of the population are farmers and farm workers. England has the most people.About 46 million live in England.Of these,about 14 million people live in London and the southeast.London is now a city of about 7 million people.Most of Scotland's population of 5 million live in the middle part.The mountains in the north and the south have a very small population.Less than 3 million people live in Wales.There are only about one and a half million people in Northern Ireland and one third live in and around the big industrial city of Belfast.
(1)The United Kingdom
. A.is a large country B.has many people C.has a small population D.is a small country without many people (2)Most of the people live
. A.in cities and towns B.in the countryside C.in every part of the country D.near rivers (3)London is a
city. A.quite B.small C.crowded D.new (4)Most people live in the
in Scotland. A.northwest B.middle part C.southeast D.northeast (5)Northern Ireland is
. A.the name of a country B.a(chǎn) small city of the United Kingdom C.a(chǎn) country with a smaller population D.one part of the United Kingdom
49.結(jié)合本模塊所學(xué)知識,從自己的切身感受出發(fā),以"Problems caused by the increasing population " 為題,寫一篇有關(guān)人口增長引發(fā)的問題的短文. 要求:80個詞左右,短文開頭已給出,不計入總詞數(shù). Problems caused by the increasing population Nowadays, the population of the world is becoming larger and larger. With the increase of the population of the world_________________________.