The night-walkers of Uganda

Hollywood caught in gem warfare
Level 1 
l
Elementary
a. fights anywhere in the world for money
b. represents an organisation
c. makes movies
d. takes goods illegally from one country to another
e. buys and sells things
f. works for political or social changes
g. pays someone to work for them
h. represents their country in another country
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US population passes 300 million
Level 1 
l
Elementary
1
Key words
Fill the gaps using these key words from the text.
immigrant population dramatically census myth
urban suburb environment controversial slightly
1. A 
is an area or town near a large city but away from its centre.
2. If something is 
, people disagree about it.
3. An 
area is an area that is in a large city.
4. The 
of a country is all the people who live in it.
5. If something increases 
, it increases only a very little.
6. A 
is a story that everyone believes but which is not true.
7. An 
is a person who arrives from another country to live and work in a country.
8. A 
is when government officials count all the people who live in a country.
9. The 
is the natural world, including land, water, air and plants.
10. If something changes 
, it changes a lot and people are surprised by it.
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Find the information
1. What is the population of the USA today?
2. What was the population of the USA in 1967?
3. When will the rate of increase of the population of the USA probably stop rising?
4. When will the American population reach 400 million?
5. How much of the world’s energy does the USA use?
6. How many Americans live in urban or suburban areas?