Reading
1Look at the text. Then check () the correct options to complete
the sentences.____ /0.4 point
a.The text is an extract of a ______.
( ) news article( ) book chapter
b.The text is about ______.
( ) NASA research on climate change ( ) the reduction of the ice cover in the Arctic
c.The author of the text is ______.
( ) The National Snow and Ice Data Center( ) Jon Gertner
d.The text was published in ______.
( ) 2016( ) 2012
2Read the article. Complete the sentences with words from the text.____ / 1.2 points
a.The National Snow and Ice Data Center checks how much ______there is in the Arctic every month.
b.June 2016 marked the lowest extent of sea ice in the ______on record for this month.
c.Arctic sea ice usually shrinks until ______, then it starts to expand again with darker nights and colder temperatures.
d.The low extent of sea ice in the summer of 2016 might match or even ______the previous lowest record of 2012.
e.______surveyed the ice cover from the air in the beginning of July, 2016.
f.According to research, 2016 has been a ______year in the Arctic.
3Read the article again. Then match the columns.____ / 0.4 point
a.The location of the National Snow and Ice Data Center( ) Mid-September
b.The moment satellite observations of the ice cover in the Arctic started( ) Nathan Kurtz
c.A NASA researcher who talked to Jon Gertner( ) the 1970s
d.The moment the ice cover in the Arctic stops shrinking( ) Boulder, Colorado
Vocabulary
4Complete the collocations with the words from the box.____ / 0.6 point
a.______pesticide
b.______fuel
c.______tourism
d.______layer
e.______plant
f.______trade
5Match the collocations in Act. 4 with the definitions.____ / 1.2 points
a.______: a popular form of traveling that is often the cheapest way to go on vacation.
b.______: a chemical substance that kills pests or slow their growth.
c.______: the illegal sale of wild animals and plant resources.
d.______: equipment that produces power, especially electricity, for buildings and ships.
e.______: a mass of gas in the Earth’s stratosphere that absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
f.______: substances such as coal and oil, made from decayed material from animals and plants that lived a long time ago.
6Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.____ / 0.4 point
a.The waste / fossil fuel from houses is either recycled or taken to landfills.
b.The construction of chemical pesticides / roads and houses contributes to the destruction of the environment.
c.Air pollution / sewage can cause very serious respiratory problems.
d.The construction of sewage / wildlife systems in cities prevents serious health problems.
Grammar
7Write these sentences in the past. ____ / 0.8 point
a.There isn’t a lot of traffic in the city.
______
b.Is there wildlife trade in that country?
______
c.There is a new sewage system in the village.
______
d.There aren’t any roads in that small town.
______
8Complete the paragraph with there was or there were. ____ / 0.8 point
9Unscramble the words to write sentences. ____ / 0.4 point
a.be / clean / used to / this / small / city / and
______.
b.trash / on / Mike / the / used to / beach / collect / the
______.
c.used to / they / younger / my / live / grandparents / farm / a / on / when / were
______.
d.used to / very / area / be / a / our / serious / wildlife / problem / trade / in
______.
10Use the cues and complete the sentenceswith used to.____ / 0.8 point
a.I live in a big city now, but I ______. (live in a small town)
b.The plants in the forest are protected now, but we ______. (have problems with wildlife trade)
c.Our city is really polluted now, but it ______. (be clean)
d.The beach has very few visitors now, but it ______. (be crowded and polluted)
Listening
11Listen to an extract of a documentary. Underline the correct
words to complete it.____ / 1.2 points
The greenhouse effect and global warming
The a.air/ atmosphere is made of different b.layers / types of gases – ozone, methane and water vapor are some of them. These gases are called greenhouse gases and they are vital to life on c. Earth / space. They protect our planet from the Sun’s ultraviolet d.heat / rays and also prevent some of the heat of the e.Earth / Sun to return to space – just like a greenhouse does. This f.man-made / natural process of g.prevention / protection of the Earth from ultraviolet Sun rays and maintenance of some of the heat in the atmosphere is called “greenhouse effect”.
However, man-made activities such as the use of h.fossil fuels / power plants and deforestation also produce greenhouse gases. Too much greenhouse gas in the air i.causes / creates global warming – the gases trap the j.energy /heat of the Sun in the atmosphere, and then the temperature of the planet rises.
Even small rises in temperature can affect k.Earth / nature and the whole balance of our planet. Global warming is a very l.difficult / serious issue and all of us must fight it!
Writing
12Look at the image. Use the structure to write the opening of a
news article.____ / 1.8 points
byline
caption
lead