IV- Understanding the passages: أسئلة فهم النص
A- Are the following statements true (ü
) or false (X
)? If
they are false, try to correct them.
a- The ozone layer is solid wastes that pour into the rivers.
b- C02 has caused holes in the ozone layer.
c- Pif-Pafcans in Syria don't contain CFC's.
d- The pollutants that affect water come from industries only.
e- None of the poisonous gases dissolve in water.
f- Acid rain damages trees and buildings.
g-Rainforests increase global warming
because they produce carbon dioxide.
h- Forests usually grow on poor soil.
i- Oil is another name for fossil fuels.
j- Solar powered cars are better for the
environment.
k- Solar power can be used to generate
hydroelectric energy.
1- Using something again and again is recycling.
m-Used notebooks are useless; we have to
throw them away.
n-Environmental pollution is the only
serious problem facing mankind nowadays.
o-Fertilizers and pesticides mustn't be
used in growing crops.
A-Fill in the spaces in the second sentence of each pair with a word derived from the underlined one in the first sentence. All the derivatives are in the extracts you have read.
1-More efforts should be made to keep the environment clean.
............ pollution has recently become a real problem.
2- Sewage is the most dangerous pollutant of water.
Water ..... kills most species of marine
life.
3- "Ahmad! Your aftershave smells nice".
Exhaust changes the air into a ........... hazy element.
4- It is exciting to make a journey to the North Pole.
If the temperature rises, the ......... ice will release more water into the oceans.
5- The climate in the Mediterranean Region is moderate in all the seasons.
The world has been recently experiencing some remarkable ............ changes.
6- A stove radiates heat and warms our houses in winter.
The sun's ultraviolet ........ can damage our skin and cause cancer.
7- Some students are
interested in science, others in literature.
Jaber Ibn Hayyan was a great Arab ..............
who worked in chemistry.
8- An insect is a type of small animal with six legs and no backbone.
DDT is a useful .............
but it must be used carefully.
9- Globalization is a phenomenon that has begun to invade the world nowadays.
............ warming is a natural result of
the 'greenhouse'
effect.
10- The sun is the only source of heat in the ........ system.
G --Write the correct form of the verb for each sentence.
1-Jane Green ...................... (live) in the apartment next door before she got married.
2-Robert White .................... (live) in Houston since he got a job with the oil company.
3-My friend Simon ................ (speak) Japanese since he worked in Japan as an English teacher.
4- Elizabeth ............... (speak) French to the travel agent in Switzerland.
5-Patrick McCarthy ..................... (be) a teacher at this college for about three years now.
6-Michel ................. (be) a police officer since he graduated from college last year.
7-Susanna ................... (be) a lawyer before she became my business partner.
8- John ................. (know) Dr. Han since they played in the same orchestra.
9- Carolyn .................... (know) my uncle when they were students at the same college.
10- No one on The team .............. (have) an accident this year.
1 - Anna was having a (quiet quietly) sleep.
2- The bus was moving (slow slowly).
3- They were playing music (loud loudly) at the party.
4- Max was playing tennis (bad/ badly) yesterday.
5- Please be (quiet/ quietly). I'm reading,
6- It was raining (hard/ hardly) this morning.
7-1 can speak English (good/ well) now
8- The baby was smiling (nice/ nicely).
9- The bus left (late/ lately) this morning.

How green are you?
( Environmental pollution
) Write a 60 - word composition on
'Being
Green'. 1 he
points below will help you.
1 - why do we need to be green?
2- how can we be green?
a- recycling
materials, (at home, school, workplace )
b- using alternative energy.
c- preserving forests.
d- using a bike or ride sharing.
e-economizing on natural resources (water, electricity petrol, ............ etc.).
3- our children and grandchildren have the right to clean environment.
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