Survey on problems facing city dwellers
The world Health Organisation has recently published data concerning …27… in cities. This data should indicate the governments that they must think about ways to improve the lives of residents. According to a Richmond-Carver survey, the worst problem facing many city dwellers was …28… The survey also indicated that in some cities, poor …29… can impact dramatically on the economy.m Another issue seems to be …30… , although this is more often
mentioned by survey participants in European countries. Questions on people’s views on the need for …31… were unfortunately omitted from the survey, but countries like Singapore already seem to be making progress in this respect.
27 E: The text says ‘The World Health Organisation has produced a report [= recently published data] predicting that 9.8 billion of us [= the human population] will be living on this planet by 2050. Of that number, 72% will be living in urban areas [= cities] – a higher proportion than ever before.’
28 F: The text says ‘At the top of the list [= the worst problem] of survey respondents’ concerns is the fact that competition amongst tenants [= people who pay rent] for rental properties has driven the median price up – so much so that people need to hold down two or more jobs [ = to have two or three jobs] to meet all their expenses [= to have enough money to pay rent or buy a house].’
27 E: The text says ‘The World Health Organisation has produced a report [= recently published data] predicting that 9.8 billion of us [= the human population] will be living on this planet by 2050. Of that number, 72% will be living in urban areas [= cities] – a higher proportion than ever before.’
28 F: The text says ‘At the top of the list [= the worst problem] of survey respondents’ concerns is the fact that competition amongst tenants [= people who pay rent] for rental properties has driven the median price up – so much so that people need to hold down two or more jobs [ = to have two or three jobs] to meet all their expenses [= to have enough money to pay rent or buy a house].’
29 H: The text says ‘Another issue the survey
highlighted is the difficulty commuters [= people
who use public transport to get to work] face.
Overcrowding means that seats [= on buses and
trains] are often not available on long journeys, but more significant is that schedules are unreliable. Many studies have shown the effect that has on a country’s productivity [= impact dramatically on the economy].’
30 A: In the text, we are told that ‘respondents from increasingly crowded [= a distractor for ‘population growth’ but not the right information for this part of the summary] European cities . . . commented on how their quality of life was affected by loud machinery, other people’s music and car alarms.’
31 C: The text tells us that ‘Something the survey failed to ask about [= it omitted a section on this] was the value people placed on having access to nature . . . However, some countries are already moving forward [= making progress]. Singapore is a prime example; its rooftop gardens . . .’.
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