Curso TOEFL TEST :: Evaluation # 3

LOS CURSOS DE INGLES GRATIS PREFERIDOS POR LOS HISPANOHABLANTES

 

SECTION 3: READING COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY
PART B: READING COMPREHENSION

TOEFL EXERCISES - LESSONS 98 TO 100

QUESTIONS # 43-45 refer to the following passage:

The population of the world has increased more in modern times than in all other ages of history combined. World population totaled about 500 million in 1650. It doubled in the period from 1650-1850. Today the population is more than three billion. Estimates based on research by the United Nations indicate that it will more than double in the next twenty-five years, reaching seven billion by the year 2000.

QUESTION # 43

By 1850, approximately what was the world population?

A.

500 million

B.

one billion

C.

three billion
D. seven billion

 

 
 

QUESTION # 44

World population doubled in the years between ...

A.

500-1650

B.

1650-1850

C.

1650-today
D. 1850-2000

 

 
 

QUESTION # 45

According to this passage, by the year 2000 the earth's population should exceed the present figure by ...

A.

500 million

B.

three billion

C.

four billion
D. seven billion

 

 
 

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