9th grade. Test “Nature and Environment”
V-1
1. |
To recycle |
a) to use something again |
2. |
To reuse |
b) to take in liquid, gas, or another substance from the surface or space around something |
3. |
To compost |
c) to make something smaller or less in size, amount or price |
4. |
To absorb |
d) to give someone the courage or confidence to do something |
5. |
To encourage |
e) to make plants, leaves, etc. into a mixture used to improve the quality of soil |
6. |
To persuade |
f) to put used objects and materials through the special process that they can be used again |
2. Use the words from the box to complete the sentences correctly (3 points)
Garbage, nuclear testing, pollution, surface, recycling, ecology |
ENVIRONMENT
Air, sea and land_________ is one of the biggest problems of our time. We produce a lot of _________ during our lifetime and we need to get rid of it. One solution to this problem is ___________. ________ is the science that studies the environment. Ecologists know that _________ is very dangerous for the environment.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense and voice (The Passive Voice) (3 points)
1) The building of the theatre _______ (to build) five years ago.
2) What _________ (to give) to the child yesterday?
3) How quickly ______ dinner usually______ (to serve)?
4) His speech _______ (to listen) to with great interest at the last meeting.
5) The book________ (to return) to the library last Friday.
4. Open the brackets using Conditional I (3 points)
1) Many wildlife habitats ______________ (be destroyed) if man ________________(keep) polluting the environment.
2) If we _____________ (not stop) cutting down so many trees, we __________ (endanger) our oxygen supply.
3) If the global temperature _________________ (rise), sea levels ______________ (rise) too.
4) If we _________(use) our car less, the air ________(be) cleaner.
5) If everybody ___________________(take) showers instead of baths, they _______(use) less water
9th grade. Test “Nature and Environment”
V-2
1. |
To recycle |
a) to use something again |
2. |
To reuse |
b) to take in liquid, gas, or another substance from the surface or space around something |
3. |
To compost |
c) to make something smaller or less in size, amount or price |
4. |
To absorb |
d) to give someone the courage or confidence to do something |
5. |
To encourage |
e) to make plants, leaves, etc. into a mixture used to improve the quality of soil |
6. |
To persuade |
f) to put used objects and materials through the special process that they can be used again |
2. Use given words to complete the sentences correctly (3 points)
save, Earth, play, environment, use, recycle
I think there are a lot of ways we can help _______________ the Earth. One way is to remember the three Rs. I save the plastic bags we get at the grocery store and _________ them again. I save plastic food containers. They make good toys to _____________ in sand and water. Before I buy something I ask myself the following questions “Do I really need this?”, “Can I _______________ it?” “If I have to throw it away, will it harm the _______________?” I want to be the kid who saves the ________.
3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense and voice (The Passive Voice) (3 points)
1) The building of the theatre _______ (to build) five years ago.
2) What _________ (to give) to the child yesterday?
3) How quickly ______ dinner usually______ (to serve)?
4) His speech _______ (to listen) to with great interest at the last meeting.
5) The book________ (to return) to the library last Friday.
4. Open the brackets using Conditional I (3 points)
1) Soon the Earth’s resources _____ (be exhausted) if the human population _________ (continue) to grow.
2) People __________ (run out of) drinking water one day if they __________ (not use) it more rationally.
3) If he _______________ (want) to help the planet, then he __________ (have to) change his habits.
4) Some islands _________(be) underwater, if sea levels ____________(rise).
5) People _________________(not drop) litter on the pavement, if there _______________(be) more rubbish bins in towns.