Reading
1Look at the text. Then check () the correct options to complete
the sentences.____ / 0.8 point
a.The text is an extract of a ______.
( ) book chapter( ) news article
b.______is the author of the text.
( ) Jon Gertner( ) The National Snow and Ice Data Center
c.The text is about ______.
( ) the reduction of the ice cover in the Arctic( ) NASA research on climate change
d.The text was published in ______.
( ) 2012( ) 2016
2Read the article. Complete the sentences with words from the text.
____ / 1.2 points
a.______checks how much ice there is in the Arctic every month.
b.June 2016 marked ______of sea ice in the Arctic on record for this month.
c.Arctic sea ice usually shrinks until mid-September, then it starts to ______, with darker nights and colder temperatures.
d.The low extent of sea ice in the summer of 2016 might ______or even exceed the previous lowest record of 2012.
e.Nathan Kurtz surveyed the ______from the air in the beginning of July, 2016.
f.According to ______, 2016 has been a very warm year in the Arctic.
3Read the article again. Then match the columns.____ / 0.4 point
a.Boulder, Colorado( ) The moment satellite observations of the ice cover in the Arctic started
b.The 1970s( ) The moment the ice cover in the Arctic stops shrinking
c.Mid-September( ) A NASA researcher who talked to Jon Gertner
d.Nathan Kurtz( ) The location of the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Vocabulary
4Complete the collocations with the words from the box.____ /0.6 point
a.chemical ______
b.fossil ______
c.mass ______
d.ozone ______
e.power ______
f.wildlife ______
5Match the collocations in Act. 4 with the definitions.____ / 1.2 points
a.______: a chemical substance that kills pests or slow their growth.
b.______: a mass of gas in the Earth’s stratosphere that absorbs most of the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
c.______: equipment that produces power, especially electricity, for buildings and ships.
d.______: the illegal sale of wild animals and plant resources.
e.______: substances such as coal and oil, made from decayed material from animals and plants that lived a long time ago.
f.______: a popular form of traveling that is often the cheapest way to go on vacation.
6Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.____ / 0.4 point
a.Air pollution / sewage can cause very serious respiratory problems.
b.The waste / fossil fuel from houses is either recycled or taken to landfills.
c.The construction of chemical pesticides / roads and houses contributes to the destruction of the environment.
d.The construction of sewage / wildlife systems in cities prevents serious health problems.
Grammar
7Write these sentences in the past.____ / 0.4 point
a.There is a lot of pollution in the city.
______
b.Are there power plants in that country?
______
c.There isn’t a sewage system in the village.
______
d.There aren’t any big houses in the town.
______
8Complete the paragraph with there was or there were.____ / 0.8 point
9Unscramble the words to write sentences.____ / 0.4 point
a.used to / very / area / be / a / our / serious / wildlife / problem / trade / in
______.
b.trash / on / Melanie / the / used to / beach / collect / the
______.
c.be / clean / used to / this / small / city / and
______.
d.used to / they / younger / my / live / grandparents / farm / a / on / when / were
______.
10Use the cues and complete the sentences with used to.____ / 0.8 point
a.I live in a small house now, but I ______. (live in a big house)
b.The animals are protected now, but we ______. (have problems with wildlife trade)
c.Our city is really clean now, but it ______. (be polluted)
d.The beach is crowded with tourists now, but it ______. (have very few visitors)
ListeningT03
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.atmosphere / space is made of different b.covers / layers 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 / our planet. They protect our planet from the Sun’s ultraviolet d.energy / rays and also prevent some of the heat of the e.planet / Sun to return to space – just like a greenhouse does. This f.artificial / natural process of g.pollution / 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 / pollution and deforestation also produce greenhouse gases. Too much greenhouse gas in the air i.causes / develops global warming – the gases trap the j.heat / rays of the Sun in the atmosphere, and then the temperature of the planet rises.
Even small rises in temperature can affect k.animals / nature and the whole balance of our planet. Global warming is a very l.bad / 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