Which of the Environmental problems mentioned in exercise A worry you the most. Account for your answer (about 100 words)

Give a title to the text.

_________________________________________________________________________________________

2- Say whether the following statements are true or false:

a-The Amazon forest is bigger than Europe. ________________

b-It contains most of the world’s trees. ______________

c-Deforestation leads to climate change. _______________

d-If the Amazon forest is destroyed, the coastal towns will be under water. ____________

3- Answer the following questions according to the text:

a- How big is the Amazon forest?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b- Why is the Amazon forest so important?

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

c- What will happen if it ever disappears?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

4- Match the words with their synonyms:

1-whole a- weather

2-climate b-go up

3-rise c-result

4-consequence d- complete

5-Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to:

-including §1 _____________________ -low §2 __________________________

-drop §3 ________________________ -easy §4 _________________________

Gap-filling

Fill in the gaps in the text below with the words from the table.

acid – change – endangered – environmental – layer – ozone – polluted – rainforests – reduction – renewable

Friends of the Earth is the world’s largest international network of (1) ………………………………………. Groups represented in 68 countries. In the UK, it was the first organization to campaign to save whales, (2) …………………………………….. species and tropical (3) ………………………………………….. Friends of the Earth also fought against (4) ………………………………………… rain, (5) …………………………………… depletion and climate (6) …………………………………………………..

The organization’s present campaigns cover many more issues, such as protecting the wildlife and the countryside and cutting air pollution. They promote waste (7) ……………………………………………… and cleaning up of (8) …………………………………………. Rivers. They also campaign for the reduction of traffic levels and the improvement of public transport.

They lobby politicians and political parties to protect the ozone (9) …………………………………………… and control dangerous chemicals.

to control dangerous chemicals. Their objectives also include promoting energy efficiency and (10) …………………………………………….. energy.

2. Matching

Match the words from the two columns to create phrases or collocations.

SOLUTIONS:

1. ozone	A. waste
2. nuclear	B. layer
3. natural	C. rain
4. greenhouse	D. effect
5. global	E. dioxide
6. dumping	F. warming
7. carbon	G. resources
8. acid	H. ground

3.Find words that best complete the sentences. Each line corresponds to one letter. Some letters have already been given.

1. Car _ x _ _ _ _ _ emissions are a major source of lead pollution in the atmosphere.

2. The company is very environmentally friendly: all the products come in
_ _ _ d _ _ _ _ d _ _ _ _ packaging.

3. Using energy efficiently reduces the emission of _ _ _ _ _ h _ _ s _ gases.

4. Oxygen in the atmosphere forms a screen – the ozone layer – which filters the
_ _ _ _ a _ _ _ l _ _ rays of the sun.

5. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident released huge amounts of r _ d _ _ _ _ _ n into the environment.

6. The dinosaurs _ _ _ d out 65 million years ago.

7. _ m _ _ _ is the major cause of air pollution in big cities.

III. writing

Which of the Environmental problems mentioned in exercise A worry you the most. Account for your answer (about 100 words).

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________