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Answers on page 130 SECTION A COMPREHENSION AND LANGUAGE Question 1 Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. 1. South Africa is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful countries in the world. We have incredible mountain ranges with spectacular views; a coastline of unsurpassed beauty, oceans filled with fish, not to mention the enormous varieties of bird and animal species. Scientists and biologists come from all over to study our animal and plant life, and we have clear skies and stars that astronomers come from all over to see. The enormous sadness is that our world is dying year by year. This can easily be seen by the number of plant and animal species that are rapidly becoming extinct. No longer are we able to see certain types of birds, and even the incredible rhinoceros is under threar of being poached out of existence. Overgrazing, erosion in agriculture and increasing pollution are the chief causes of the deterioration of our environment, but overpopulation is a cause too, 2. In 1972, governments had grown so concerned about the decay of our world, that they held an International Conference on the Environment in Scockholm, South Africa had a representative there. One decision that was taken by all nations was to hold a World Environment Day on 5 June each year. This day aims to make people aware of the world and its problems, to try and help us to take care of our environment. We must take greater care of our beautiful oceans, fertile land, pure water and clean air, and try to limit the number of people our world can sustain. A great threat to our environment in South Africa is the population explosion. If we continue to produce more people than our environment can sustain, we risk putting the environment under enormous strain. Overpopulation also leads to housing shortages, social decay and crime. If the populacion increases ar too rapid a rate, the land are not able to regenerate itself, and problems cannot be solved, or can improved services be provided. The greatest challenge facing South Africa is noc cherefore how many people South Africa can house and feed, but rather how to control rapid population growth so that everyone is afforded the opportunity to obtain good housing, education, work satisfaction, security, space, and sufficient food. We can no longer afford to ignor this challenge. The decisions we make today, and the actions we take, will mean the diference between living in a world that can sustain our health, hapiness and prosperity, and living in a 4. 5. 6. a​

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