Task 14. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct future tenses.

1. The idea that only justice (to bring) genuine stability has a long history. 2. The report says that most countries (to refuse) to use nuclear power by 2030. 3. The National Security Commission (to publish) its decision tomorrow morning. 4. Scientists have predicted that within 50 years the Arctic ice cap (to disappear) entirely in the summer. 5. Demographers estimate that the world population (to grow) from its current total of over six billion to between 10 and 12 billion in 2050, depending on whether world fertility (to continue) to decline. 6. The heads of the states (to meet) tomorrow to discuss the results of the summit. 7. They probably (to dissolve) the committee. It does not function properly. 8. They (not to give up) nuclear weapons because they believe that it is the key to their security. 9. The meeting of the committee (to start) at 10.30 as usual. 10. In fact the problem is such that progress towards eradicating hunger is not keeping up with global population growth and it is likely that hitting the target (to take) more than 130 years rather than the 15 the UN envisaged. 11. However, we need to recognize that this generous gesture (not to address) the fundamental causes of underdevelopment inherent in the international system. 12. I believe that across the developed world existing human water security infrastructure (to require) re-engineering to protect biodiversity while retaining existing human water services.13. Tomorrow he (to deliver) a lecture about climate change and financial instability seen as top global threats. 14. The commissioner said he expected that the public (to support) this initiative. 15. By the end of the next year they (to study) the problems of developing countries for 5 years.

Task 15. Fill in the gaps with one of the words provided below:

to; will (x6); be; have (x2); going (x2); is (x2); would.

Cultural diversity, or multiculturalism, is based on the idea that cultural identities should not be discarded or ignored, but rather maintained and valued. However, many people remain opposed to the idea of multiculturalism, or cultural diversity awareness, while others often support it and yet have no clear idea of how it should be handled. By the middle of this century the migration level will (1) … grown by 20%, which poses a great challenge for the international community. (2) … the natives be able to receive the ever growing number of newcomers to their homeland? Today a lot of countries have already restricted immigration and even more countries are (3) … to close their borders for the guest workers. But it (4) … hardly help. The globalization process has already started and it (5) … not going to stop so easily. The problem of racism and discrimination (6) … endanger the welfare of the ethnic minority groups. To deal with this problem the international organizations such as the UN are developing a policy of tolerance. According to it people will (7) … taught how to live in a culturally diverse world from childhood. Such new generation of open-minded people already is growing up and they seek the ways in which they are going (8) … enrich their culture by communicating with other ethnicities. They believe that developing intercultural relations (9)… bring about changes for better. One of the active initiatives to promote intercultural communication has been the creation of Diversity organization. By the end of the next year it will (10)… opened its tenth center, most of them being located in Europe and four in Asia and Africa. The activists of this movement created it with the hope that it (11)... help young people around the world to understand the beauty of other cultures. The members of the organization claim that one of the global threats today is ethnical discrimination, which (12)... potentially lead to more violence. To stop this Diversity is (13)... to increase its activity in the countries, where there are many refugees or ethnic minorities. The next week their spokesperson Thomas Peterson (14)... giving a speech to the UN representatives in order to receive the support of world governments, which (15)... largely increase the opportunities for the organization’s development.

Task 16. Find and correct the mistakes in the sentences (there are 5 sentences containing mistakes):

1. If deforestation process will continue, it will lead to landslides.

2. The commission will have finished its report by Tuesday.

3. They going to discuss the problem of human rights at the next week’s sitting.

4. At this time tomorrow I will be flying to Brussels.

5. The next UN conference takes place in September.

6. He announced that the results of the investigation will be revealed to public.

7. I will have been working at my article about global threats for a week before you come.

8. By the next year they will publish their research.

9. She was sure they would be discussing the problem of refugees when she came.

10. They are going forming a new comission to deal with this issue.