Reading comprehension test. Full blast 7. Module 6.

SB ex.1, p. 68 WATER POLLUTION

1. What happens to the surface of the sea in an oil spill?

2. What do governments do to people and businesses that pollute the water?

3. Where does waste usually come from?

4. One of the main causes of water pollution is waste which is pumped into rivers, lakes and seas.

5. This waste can harm people, animals and plants, for example, by causing diseases. 

6. Oil spills are caused by leaks in ships or when oil tankers have an accident. 

7.Water is very important for life. 

8. The waste cannot harm people, animals and plants, for example, by causing diseases. 

9. Scientists predict that water pollution won`t increase and that soon there will be any clean rivers left. 

10. Cleaning up the world's waters is extremely difficult and cheap, and can take years.

11. Cleaning up the world's waters can take two years, so the best thing is to try to prevent water pollution in the first place.