Тренувальні вправи для учнів 11 класу на тему : "Protection of our environment"

poison

something that kills people or animal if it is swallowed

polluting

making water, air, atmosphere dirty and dangerous for people and animals to live in

greenhouse effect

it is a problem of a rise in temperature in the earth’s atmosphere

environment

air, water and land, in which people, animals and plants live

safe

not hurt, not in danger, not dangerous

waste

material which was used and is no longer wanted

a dump

a place where rubbish is left

a weapon

something that is used to kill or hurt people in a fight or a war

a population

a number of people who live in a place, country, etc.

ecology

natural balance between plants, animals, people and their environment

shortage

a situation where there is not enough of something

to survive

to stay alive 

     The Women’s Club had a meeting every Friday. And every Friday they invited someone to come and talk to them about important things. After that they had tea and asked questions.

    One Friday, a gentleman came and talked to the club about different problems of ecology. He spoke about air and water pollution, acid rains and the greenhouse effect and then he mentioned the growth of population and shortage of food. “There is not enough food in the world for everybody,’ he said. “More than half thee people in the world are hungry.”

     After that he spoke about cars and buses – their positive and negative effects. He said that cars bring help quickly and this is very important for the police and fire brigades and ambulances. Cars and buses do important work – they transport goods, take people to and from work. But they are very dangerous, noisy, expensive and unhealthy. And there are often traffic jams. They do a lot of harm to the city atmosphere and ruin the beauty of the countryside because many new roads are built everywhere. Though the cars are very convenient and comfortable and they are much faster than trains and boats, people don’t have much exercise. Everybody knows that it is much healthier to walk or to ride a bicycle. But fewer people every year do that.  Most of us prefer to go by car. “And there are more and more cars produced each year!” the gentleman said. “Just imagine a car producer is making a car every minute day and night somewhere in the world. How can we solve the problem?” he waited for a few seconds before he continued, but before he began to speak

 again, one of the club members, a young woman had a ready answer. “Well, why don’t we find that man and stop him?”

B1

The Women’s club had a meeting

1. every month on Friday

2. twice a week

3. every Monday

4. two times a month

B2

One of the ecological problems was not mentioned in the gentleman’s talk

1. air and water pollution

2. shortage of natural resources

3. acid rains and the greenhouse effect

4. the growth of population

B3

All of these  aspects are positive effects of cars

1. cars bring help quickly  which is important for the police, fire brigades and ambulances

2. cars  help to keep people’s health

3. cars  transport goods

4. cars  take people to and from work

B4

According to the young gentleman, the cars are dangerous for the people in towns and cities because

1. they are expensive

2. they ruin the beauty of the countryside

3. there are often traffic jams

4. they do a lot of harm to the city atmosphere

B5

Why don’t people need to  use cars often

1. everybody knows that it is much healthier to walk or to ride a bicycle

2. trains and buses are much faster

3. trains and buses are more convenient and comfortable

4. there are less and less cars produced each year

B6

How can we solve a problem of rising in a number of cars (according to the text)

1. to make them more expensive

2. not to built new roads

3. to find a car producer and stop him

4. to stop making cars at night

B1

B2

B3

B4

B5

B6

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