Read the text carefully then do the activities
On April 22, 1990, more than 200 million people from 140 nations joined in celebration of Eath day in one of the largest demonstration in history . The participants spent the day panting trees, protesting industrial pollution. Learning how to recycle waste, and calling out to world leaders to pass new laws to protect the plant’s environment.
Many years later, there is unfortunately still much to heal. The list of environment problems plaguing the planet is long and growing. Many, such as global warming and depletion of the ozone layer, were unknown just a decade ago. However, there is reason for optimism. Solutions are being developed and progress is being made.
The progress can be measured in the fight to control air pollution. Industrial plants and motor vehicles pump out several hundred million tons of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and soot into the air every year as waste products. But technological advances that were not around two decades ago have reduced the flow of these contaminants into the atmosphere. Scrubbers and other devices filter the gases emitted by factories trapping much of the waste produced catalytic converters make car engines work more efficiently and reduce the amount of smog- producing compounds released into the air.
Section I: reading comprehension
1- Are there any passive sentences in the text? if so, how many?
2- Are these statements true, false or not mentioned?
a) Very few people demonstrated in the earth day
b) Air pollution causes many illnesses
c) The environmental problems are increasing
3- Answer these questions according to the text
a) Why did people demonstrate on April 22, 1990?
b) What are the enviromental problems mentioned in the text?
c) Is the writer optimistic about the future of Earth? why?
4- What the underlined words refer to in the text
Were (§2) …, that (§3) …, these (§3) …
5- Find in the text word or phrases that are closest in meaning to:
a) to cure = (§2) ……………………….. b) quantity = …………………….
6- Find in the text words or phrases that are opposite to:
a) less # (§1) ………………………… … b) increase # (§3) ……………….
Section II: Languages practice
1) Give the past simple and paste participle of these verbs.
smell – understand – forget
2) Give the nouns and the adjectives of these verbs:
to think – to pollute – to develop
3- Rewrite sentence (B) so that it means the same as sentence (A)
1) a- The police have found the boy. The boy disappeared last week
b- The police have found the boy ………………………… ……………
2) a- Polutted water can be treated
b- ………………………… ………………………… ………………………..
3) a- We don’t fight water related disease. People die.
b- If ………………………… ………………………… ………………………
4) Mark the stress on the following words:
Responsibility – democracy – technological – philosophy
Section III: written expression
Your town is organizing a clean campaign, taking as a slogan " keep your city tidy". As a citizen, you’ll of course take part in this operation. In few words, tell us: what can be done to keep your town beautifull and clean
– what measures must be taken for such a campaign to be succesfull?
The following notes may help you:
– The city beauty is every body’s concern
– Planting tress/ flowers/ regular irrigation
– Education children a culture of environment respect
– Participation in clean and reforestation campaigns.
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