Тема: «Мир вокруг нас» (3 курс)
1. Choose the right variant.
1. Potentially the most dangerous threat to the envi. ronment is nuclear ... from the power station.
a) litter
b) waste
c) relics
d) fission
2. Bearing in mind that lots of natural resources are not ... more attention should be paid to recycling.
a) renewable
b) constant
c) durable
d) multiple
3. African elephants will soon become extinct if an international ... against the ivory trade is not star-ted immediately.
a) opposition
b) objection
c) campaign
d) strain
4. Animals are killed for profit to the point of ... .
a) existence
b) survival
c) extinction
d) destruction
5. The ... of trees through uncontrolled deforestation caused erosion and unstable climate.
a) failure
b) misfortune
c) preservation
d) loss
6. ... rain was caused by the poisonous gases man sent into the atmosphere.
a) Sour
b) Sharp
c)Acid
d) Vinegary
7. The balance of nature is … .
a) disturbed
b) bothered
c) relieved
d) alarmed
8. Wildlife organizations are becoming more … in their fight for animal rights.
a) military
b) pacific
c) militant
d) peaceful
9. We can only hope that growing public awareness and enlightened legislation will produce a world which is ... for us.
a) dangerous
b) safe
c) hostile
d) insecure
10. Those parts of the earth where life can exist are called the ... .
a) atmosphere
b) ecology
c) biosphere
d) universe
2. Read the text and decide who best fits each space.
The biosphere consist of the land (1)__ and waters of the earth and it stretches for a number of miles into the(2)__. Outside the biosphere, far out into the (3)__ of space, man has not yet discovered (4)__, comparable with those on earth. When astronauts leave the earth`s atmosphere on their flights into space, they must take their(5)__ artificially created biosphere with them into a region which is essentially (6)__ to all known forms of life.
In comparison with the (7)__ of the univerce,the earth's biosphere is extremely small. It is also in a
state of (8)__ balance, which coin be disturbed by naturalof order (9)__. Recent advances in science and technology are making it increasingly possible for man to influence his environment. He can change it, he can even imtroveit; but he can also disturb it and, he may even go so (10)__ as to destroy it altogether.
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1
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Top
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Exterios
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Covering
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Surface
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2
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Sky
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Air
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Heavens
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Atmosphere
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3
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Heights
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Summits
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Depths
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Tops
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Circumstances
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Conditions
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Terms
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Restrictions
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5
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Own
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Private
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Personal
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Single
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6
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Opposite
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Warlike
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Coldial
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Hostile
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7
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Difference
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Variety
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Vastness
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Many-sideness
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8
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Delicate
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Delicious
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Accurate
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Tender
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9
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Forces
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Weights
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Pressures
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Weaknesses
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10
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Close
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Far
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Near
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A good way
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3. Choose the correct variant.
1. The smoky clouds … in the west and the red sun went down behing them.
a) hanged low
b) hung low
c) hang lonely
d) hung lonely
2. It looks like we … for treating nature so carelessly.
a) are been punished
b) have being punished
c) are being punished
d) aren`t afraid of been punished
3. Hot weather and smog makes me … .
a) to feel uncomfortable
b) feel uncomfortably
c) feel uncomfortable
d) felleng uncomfortable
4. He … me not to go against the rules of nature.
a) advised
b) was adviced
c) adviced
d) was advised
5. Our planet is in grave danger … human activity.
a) becauce
b) the reason why
c) for
d) as a result of
6. I … see more organizations coming together to put an end to the threat of nuclear war.
a) will like to
b) would like to
c) like to
d) would have liked to
7. Isaac Newton, the greatest scientist of nil ages, lived in a period when the toxic of chemicals ... less understood.
a) have been
b) had been
c) were
d) were not
8. And now I'd like to give the floor to Dr. Green, … is going to talk about “Environmental Protection”.
a) that
b) who
c) which
d) whose
9. Of all the environmental problems facing our planet today the most ... is global warming, better known as the greenhouse effect.
a) pressed
b) press
c) pressing
d) pressure
10. Greenpeace exists to defend the environment wherever it … .
a) is threatened
b) threatened
c) is threatening
d) threatens
4. There is one mistake in each of the following sentences (either an underlined word or a pharase); you are to find it.
1. The Amazon valley is(A) extremely important to the ecology of the earth, because 40 per ceent(B)of(C) the world`s oxygen produce(D) there.
2. Noise is one of the most unpleasant(A)feature(B) of modern life. Governments everywhere(C)do their best(D) to reduce it.
3.Acid rain is a kind(A) of air pollution(B). It caused(B) by factories that(D) burn coal, oil or gas.
4. Greenpeace needs(A) volunteers to help(B)it`s fight(C)to save(D) our planet.
5. I believe there is(A) a lot of ecological problems in my town. I would like(B) to work in my own(C) area if possible(D).
6. Most of us(A) live in large polluted(B) cities. If we got more(C) fresh air, we will rock(D) healthier and more attractive.
7. Without(A) cars in the centre, the pavements would be free(B) for pedesrians to doing(C) their shopping safely(D).
8. We should protect endangered(A) species; we should never buy(B) products made from(C) animals on danger(D).
9.The amount(A) of rubbish(B)along the side(C) of the road was very(D) incredible.
10. Many people thinks(A) that the problem of protecting(B) the environment is the concert(C) of the government, but I believe that ordinary people(D) can do something too.
5. Read the text and answer the following questions choosing the correct variant.
Now is the Time
What we refuse to recognize is that modern man has been altering his total environment so rapidly and suddenly that the whole "great chain of life" on this planet is endangered.
All of us live on a tiny spaceship which is hurting through the universe at a speed 600 times faster than the fastest jet plane with it its own limited resources for supporting life.
What we have now is all we will ever have to keep us alive. Having already set foot on the lifeless moon, we shall presumably find that we are the only creatures in our solar system. As lonely astronauts on our own endless journey through space, what do we have as our basic equipment for survival?
Above us, a narrow band of usable atmosphere, no more than seven miles high, with no "new" air available to us. Below us, a thin crust of land, with only one-eighth of the surface fit for human life. And around us, a limited supply of "usable" water that we must eternally cleanse and re-use.
These are the elements of man's physical environment, an "ecosystem". Man has been tampering with this system. He cannot help it. Everything we do alters our environment. Now we face the shocking realization that we have gone too far, too fast and too carelessly. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their planet.
From an article by Leo Burnett in "Time Magazine"
1. According to the author ... .
a) man is the only component of the “ecosystem”
b) our environment has been greatly improved by man
c) our environment has been disturbed
d) man has not been changing his environment
2. The author seems to think that ... .
a) the resources of our planet are limited
b) the resources of the Earth are never-ending
c) man should look after his environment
d) man can live on other planets
3. Man should ... .
a) destroy the Earth's ecosystem
b) remedy the environmental ills
c) go too far, too fast and too carelessly
d) search other creatures in our solar system
4. Which statement is not true?
a) The elements of man's physical environment are in a state of delicate balance.
b) The effects of man's increasing power over his environment are shocking.
c) The total environment is disturbed greatly.
d) We can't help our "ecosystem".
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