Italy Population – B2 – Vocabulary Questions 1 / 20 What does ‘policies’ mean in the final paragraph? private contracts personal opinions official plans and rules made by authorities media reports 2 / 20 What does ‘reverse’ mean in ‘reverse the ageing trend’? slow down slightly change something to the opposite direction accept fully study carefully 3 / 20 What does ‘immediate solution’ mean? a long-term theory a solution that works quickly a possible future idea a temporary delay 4 / 20 What does ‘pension system’ refer to? money paid to people after retirement taxes for companies student loans healthcare for children 5 / 20 What does ‘ageing population’ mean? a population that is growing fast a very young population a population moving abroad a population with more older people 6 / 20 What does ‘immigration’ mean? international trade short-term tourism people coming to live in a country from abroad people leaving a country 7 / 20 What does ‘encourage’ mean in ‘encourage more births’? ignore completely force by law try to persuade or support prevent strongly 8 / 20 What does ‘national strength’ mean in the text? the country’s overall power and stability tourism numbers military weapons only sports success 9 / 20 What does ‘political issue’ mean? a cultural tradition a family problem a business plan a topic debated by the government 10 / 20 What does ‘moving abroad’ mean? working from home studying online travelling for holidays going to live in another country 11 / 20 What does ‘talented’ mean? being very wealthy having natural ability or skill being highly educated only being well connected 12 / 20 What does ‘struggling’ mean in this context? being very successful travelling frequently winning easily having serious difficulties 13 / 20 What does ‘afford’ mean in ‘afford to have children’? borrow temporarily have enough money for refuse to pay avoid completely 14 / 20 What does ‘average salary’ mean? the highest possible income government support the typical amount people earn money paid weekly 15 / 20 What does ‘shut down’ mean when talking about schools? repaired and reopened closed permanently moved to another city became private 16 / 20 What does ‘extremely low’ mean when describing the birth rate in Sardinia? very much below normal changing often difficult to measure slightly higher than average 17 / 20 What does ‘birth rate’ mean? hospital quality the age of parents the cost of raising children the number of babies born in a population 18 / 20 What does ‘phenomenon’ mean in ‘the umarell phenomenon’? a scientific experiment a private hobby a noticeable social behaviour a medical condition 19 / 20 What does ‘population’ refer to? the size of the land the economy the number of people living in a country the government system 20 / 20 What does ‘elderly’ mean in the text? children under five people who are old young adults people who are very rich Your score is