Reading: Living to 100

2a Read the article quickly and answer the questions

1. Because of the decline in infant mortality. Fewer children died at an early age, and this was mainly because of improved healthcare and better food production.
2. They're getting smaller, people are having fewer children.

2b Complete the sentences below with information from the article. 

1. ... in 2030
2. ... since 1950s 
3. ... was 63.0
4. ... will live to 90
5. ... will live to 100
6. ... in around 2010
7. ... 11 to 12 billion

4 Find information in the article to answer these questions. 

1. Because of a decline in infant mortality due to improved healthcare and better food production.
2. Because of medical advances. 
3. Because new drugs will be available, whcih will slow down the ageing process. 
4. Because people prefer to have fewer children and smaller families 
5. Because the anti-aging drugs will start to become more widely available.