Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the best answer in each of the following questions.The Philippines (25) ______ one of the fastest growing populations in Southeast Asia. From having fifty million inhabitants in 1980, the Philippines today is home to around ninety-eight million people with 12 million living (26) ______ Manila only.Manila, the Philippine capital, is one of the most overpopulated places on earth. There are few other areas where so many people...
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, D to indicate the best answer in each of the following questions.
The Philippines (25) ______ one of the fastest growing populations in Southeast Asia. From having fifty million inhabitants in 1980, the Philippines today is home to around ninety-eight million people with 12 million living (26) ______ Manila only.
Manila, the Philippine capital, is one of the most overpopulated places on earth. There are few other areas where so many people live so closely together. On average there are 66,140 people per square kilometer, (27) ______ in some slum regions there are as many as 90,000 people living per square kilometer.
The world population is a growing and complex problem. But for the residents of Manila the result is quite simple. They are running out of space. Families live in home-made shacks (28) ______ in cemeteries, or between railroad tracks or under bridges. They live wherever that they can find some space. Even the city’s toxic garbage dumps are home to people who eat, sleep and live surrounded by rotting trash. With so many residents, the city’s resources are strained to the limit. Large parts of Manila’s 12 million residents (29) ______ clean drinking water, work, and access to healthcare and education.
25. A. has B. is C. have D. include
26. A. on B. at C. in D. of
27. A. although B. but C. if D. since
28. A. is built B. was built C. building D. built
29. A. have B. include C. consume D. lack
