Lexical Test on the Topic “Environmental Concerns”
I.
Choose the most appropriate word.
Nowadays,
It’s difficult to avoid ecological problems. We are always being told how polluted
/ pollution is having a harmful effect on our planet. Poisoned /
Poisonous gases from factories destroy the oxygen / ozone layer,
creating hothouse / greenhouse effect which result in global heating
/ warming. Acidity / Acid rain is destroying forests. As more and
more rainforest / desert is destroyed, the threat to wildly life
/ wildlife increases, with several dangerous / endangered species
already on the point of extinct / extinction. In simple words, we are
heading fast towards a planetary environment / environmental disaster.
II.
Guess the word according to its definition:
1. rain containing
acid from atmospheric pollution
2. wild
animals and plants all together
3. destruction
of all the trees in an area
4. natural
home of an animal or plant
5. having
died out
III.
a) Guess the word according to its synonyms:
1. effect,
end, result 3. kind, sort, type
2. reuse,
save, reprocess 4. beyond repair, incurable
b) Try to find as many synonyms and synonymous combinations as
possible to the following words:
1. pollute 2.
impact 3. emission
c)
Explain the meaning of the following words:
1.
rainforest 2. global warming 3. be environment-friendly
IV.
Complete the story about the oryx (large African antelope) by
putting the verb in brackets into the correct form of the passive.
The oryx used
to be common in parts of the Middle East. For many years it 1. (kill) by
hunters for its meat skin. By the early 1960s its numbers greatly 2. (reduce)
and it was almost extinct. In 1962, a few oryx 3. (take) to the U.S., where
they (breed (bred, bred) размножаться) in the zoo. By the
early 1970s the last wild oryx 5. (shoot) by hunters. Around 150 oryx 6. (take)
from the U.S. zoos and 7. (reintroduce) to protected areas in Jordan, Oman and
Israel. Later, some of them 8. (release) from these areas into the wild. For
the present, this beautiful animal survives.
V.
Express your opinion on the following:
Treat the Earth
well: it was not given to you by your parents but was taken from your children.
(African proverb)
There is
great wisdom in it, isn’t there? Develop the idea, please.
Keys
I.
Pollution, poisonous, ozone, greenhouse, warming, acid, rainforest,
wildlife, endangered, extinction, environmental.
II. 1.
acid rain
2. wildlife
3. deforestation
4. habitat
5. extinct
III. a) 1. consequence
2. recycle
3. species
4. irreparable
b) 1.
contaminate, make filthy, poison, spoil
2. effect,
consequences, influence
3. discharge,
exhalation, giving off or out
c) 1. A
rainforest is a tropical forest where there are many species of plants and
animals.
2. Global
warming is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere
generally attributed to the greenhouse effect.
3. Be
environment-friendly means to be green, to be friend of the Earth, to take care
of the ecological situation of the place you live in. For example, you should
keep your yard clean, plant trees, feed birds in winter.
IV. 1.
Had been killed, had been reduced, were taken, bred, was shot, were taken, (were)
reintroduced, were released.
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