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UNIT 2

C Checking details

Read the questions below and circle the correct answers according to the text.

1 Which of the following statements is true?
A Couples are having fewer children because of education costs.
B Couples are having more children because both parents are working.
C Couples are having more children because people are moving to rural areas.
D Couples are having fewer children because grandparents don’t want to take care of
children.

2 Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A Spain and Italy both have low birthrates.
B The population is in decline in South Korea.
C The birthrate among white Americans is low.
D Couples in Spain have fewer children than couples in Japan.

D Reference words

The words below are taken from the text. What do they refer to? Write the correct
words or phrases on the lines.
1 this number (line 7)
2 these countries (line 7)
(line 14)
3 these
4 This (line 29)

E Making inferences

Read the questions below and circle the correct answers according to the text. (There
may be more than one correct answer.)

1 People in cities have fewer children because . . .
A there is a lack of public transportation.
B there is more crime in the cities than in rural areas.
C houses are smaller in the city.
D it’s hard to fi nd work in the city.
2 What changes to American society might take place in the future?
A More people will speak Spanish.
B There will be many immigrants from Spain.
C White Americans will disappear.
D There will be more Hispanics than white Americans eventually.

Going beyond the text

Work with a partner or in small groups. Ask and answer the questions below.
1 Look back at the ideas you highlighted. Are they the same? What are the differences?
2 The text gives several reasons for couples having fewer children. Think of your family
and friends. Which reasons are true for them?

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