Task 2: A Vision of the Future

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Task 2: A Vision of the Future

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) What did the woman do last night?

a. She watched TV. b. She went to a movie. c. She went to New York.
(2) Who is Charlton Heston? a. The man in the dialogue. b. An actor performing in Soylent Green. c. A person in the story of Soylent Green.
(3) What is the film about? a. Life in New York in 2022. b. Life in New York in 2020. c. Life in New York in 2002.
(4) How many people does New York have in the movie? a. Eight million. b. Fourteen million. c. Forty million.
(5) Which of the following mentioned in the film is not a result of pollution? a. The soil produces nothing. b. New York has ninety degree weather all year long. c. People ride bicycles instead of driving cars.
(6) Which of the following is made out of ocean plants? a. Soylent red. b. Soylent yellow. c. Soylent green.

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
In the movie only rich people can have real food.
(2)
Most people eat crackers.
(3)
Greenhouse effect is a result of pollution.
(4)
The woman believes that the film is a true prediction of the future, though the man disagrees with her.

3. Fill in the following blanks to give a clear picture of the problems New York faces in the movie.
(1) Over population: New York has
people.
(2) Housing shortage: Most people have no
. Thousands sleep
. People who do have a place to live have to
.
(3) The soil is so polluted that
. The air is so polluted that
.
(4) Most people have no real food. They eat something called
:
,
, and
. The first
are made out of
. The
is made out of
.
(5) New York has
degrees weather all year long.
(6) Fuel shortages: There is so little
that people have to
to make it.

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Task 2: A Vision of the Future

1. Choose the best answer (a, b or c) for each of the following questions.
(1) What did the woman do last night?

a. She watched TV. b. She went to a movie. c. She went to New York.
(2) Who is Charlton Heston? a. The man in the dialogue. b. An actor performing in Soylent Green. c. A person in the story of Soylent Green.
(3) What is the film about? a. Life in New York in 2022. b. Life in New York in 2020. c. Life in New York in 2002.
(4) How many people does New York have in the movie? a. Eight million. b. Fourteen million. c. Forty million.
(5) Which of the following mentioned in the film is not a result of pollution? a. The soil produces nothing. b. New York has ninety degree weather all year long. c. People ride bicycles instead of driving cars.
(6) Which of the following is made out of ocean plants? a. Soylent red. b. Soylent yellow. c. Soylent green.

2. True or False Questions.
(1)
In the movie only rich people can have real food.
(2)
Most people eat crackers.
(3)
Greenhouse effect is a result of pollution.
(4)
The woman believes that the film is a true prediction of the future, though the man disagrees with her.

3. Fill in the following blanks to give a clear picture of the problems New York faces in the movie.
(1) Over population: New York has
people.
(2) Housing shortage: Most people have no
. Thousands sleep
. People who do have a place to live have to
.
(3) The soil is so polluted that
. The air is so polluted that
.
(4) Most people have no real food. They eat something called
:
,
, and
. The first
are made out of
. The
is made out of
.
(5) New York has
degrees weather all year long.
(6) Fuel shortages: There is so little
that people have to
to make it.