E8 Unit 7 (MLH)
E8 Unit 7 (MLH)
E8 Unit 7 (MLH)
A. PHONETICS
I. Mark the stress in the following.
aquatic chemical atomic economic
botanical energetic traditional terrific
historical scientific medical athletic
classical dramatic practical characteristic
technical poetic national biological
II. Write the words from the box in the correct part of the table, according to the stress pattern.
historic specific musical scenic electrical artistic logical tragic natural
horrific scientific political comic physical technological heroic magic
global original systematic arrival emotional economical central
critical grammatical academic mathematical
Oo
Ooo
oOo
oOoo
oOo
oOoo
1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
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III. Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
aquatic radioactive contaminated poison pollutant
dumped sewage untreated dead effects
1. ________ or wastewater should be treated before it is discharged into the river or ocean.
2. More and more waste and________ are poured into the water, the soil and the air.
3. The________ material is stored in a special radiation-proof Container.
4. Oil spills can cause the death of________ animals such as fish.
5. ________sewage can spread disease and contaminate drinking water sources.
6. Cholera is transmitted through________ water
7. The health________ of air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and asthma.
8. Carbon dioxide is a dangerous air________.
9. Over 150,000 tonnes of waste are________ annually along the coastline.
10. Up to 100.000 fish were found________ along the river last week.
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VII. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use conditional sentences type 1.
1. If the air in a City________ (get) very polluted, it can make people’s eyes burn.
2. If we dump all sorts of Chemicals into rivers, we________ (not be) able to swim in them
in the future.
3. Many wildlife habitats will be destroyed if people________ (keep) polluting the
environment.
4. If we all use public transport more, we________ (help) reduce air pollution.
5. If we________ (not stop) over-fishing the oceans, many species________ (become)
extinct.
6. If everyone________ (recycle) paper, metal and glass, we ________ (not produce) so
much rubbish.
7. We________ (have) dirty seafood if we________ (dump) rubbish into the sea.
8. If global warming________ (continue), temperatures________ (rise) even higher.
9. If light pollution________ (keep) growing, you________ (not be) able to see even the Big
Dipper at night.
10. We________ (threaten) our own existence if we________ (not cut down) the waste
rapidly.
VIII. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use conditional sentences type 2.
1. If people________ (not be) so careless, Earth wouldn’t be in danger.
2. The amount of waste ________ (decrease) if people started to buy reusable packages.
3. Many fish wouldn’t die if factories________ (not dump) so many Chemicals into rivers
and oceans.
4. If people stopped using cars completely, there________ (be) much less pollution.
5. If people________ (buy) more recycled paper, there wouldn’t be so much waste.
6. If we________ (not bury) Chemical waste underground, we ________ (not pollute)
fresh water supplies.
7. Pollution________ (not be) such an issue if governments and common people really
________ (care).
8. What ________ (happen) if the whole world________ (be) full of pollution?
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X. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
The problem of global warming would improve if we all (1) ________ (do) something
to reduce it! For example, if we all (2) ________ (turn off) our mobile phone chargers at
night, we’d save a lot of energy. And we ________ (save) a lot of water if we all (4)
________ (turn off) the tap when cleaning our teeth. If we (5) ________ (recycle) more,
less rubbish (6) ________ (go) to landfill sites. And if we (7) ________ (cycle) more, our
parents (8) ________ (not need) to use their cars so often. Let’s make a difference!
XI. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. If we________ (not recycle) paper now, we’ll need to cut down more trees in the future.
2. If the local people________ (have) fresh water, they wouldn’t have to use polluted water.
3. What________ (happen) if radioactive material was not handled properly?
4. If we recycle more household waste, there________ (be) less damage to the environment.
5. If we________ (not understand) environmental problems, we would not be able to do
anything about them.
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XII. Use the correct form of the word given to complete each sentence.
1. It’s evidence that this ocean is clean and environmentally________. (pollute)
2. Diseases are primarily due to________ food and air. (contaminate)
3. While some Chemicals may be harmless others can cause________. (damage)
4. Life expectancy has gone down due to________ diseases caused by air pollution. (die)
5. In remote regions, the air is pure and the crops are free of ________ insecticides. (poison)
6. Some scientists warn that light________ damages people and animals. (pollute)
7. Many Chemicals have a________ effect on the environment. (damage)
8. The dumping of________ I sewage into the sea is a source of ocean pollution. (treat)
9. A________ is a substance that makes something dirty, polluted, or poisonous.
(contaminate)
10. Water pollution can lead to the________ of aquatic plants and animals. (die)
C. SPEAKING
I. Make questions for the underlined words.
1. ______________________________________________________________
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II. Complete the dialogue with the appropriate sentences (A- H).
A. Because I’m doing a class project on pollution in the city.
B. Too many billboards along the road, open storage of trash; networks of electric wires
crisscrossing each other above the street, etc.
C. Visual pollution is what you would call anything unattractive or visualizing or damaging
to the landscape.
D. It generates distraction, eye tatigues and other psychological problems.
E. Yeah, I know. Not only water pollution, but also for air, soil noise, light and visual
pollution.
F. Yes, I took it yesterday.
G. Exactly! Garbage on riverside.
H. I think so too.
D. READING
I. Complete the passage with the words from the box.
honking loss commonly source referred rural unheard even
A screaming child, TV blaring in the living room, a vacuum cleaner, loud music
coming from a teen’s bedroom: a busy home can be a (1) ________ of constant noise. Once
you step outside, there’s (2) ________ more noise pollution. On an average day, you may
hear your neighbour’s lawn mower, (3) ________ cars, sirens, maybe even ear-shattering
sounds of a construction or a work site-a saw, a drill, a jackhammer. Welcome to the modern
- and very noisy - world. Unless you live in a very quiet (4) ________ area, you are no
stranger to the phenomenon of environmental noise, (5) ________ called noise pollution.
Noise pollution is often (6) ________ to as the “modern unseen plague” for good reason. It
may be unseen but certainly not (7) ________! It disturbs us practically everywhere we go,
day and night. And, besides leading to hearing (8) ________ it impacts our physical and
mental health in more ways than one.
II. Read the passage, then do the tasks.
According to Greenpeace, more than 100,000 sea creatures and a million sea birds die
every year after eating plastic or getting trapped in plastic rubbish. Sometimes, when baby
turtles get trapped in plastic the shape of their Shell changes when they grow. Some sea
creatures make their homes in plastic rubbish, such as the hermit crabs that live on polluted
Pacific beaches.
Every year, the world produces more than 300 million tonnes of plastic! In a minute,
people around the globe use more than a million plastic bags and they throw away more than
a million plastic bottles. Where will all this plastic end up? About 10% of it will be recycled,
and some will go to landfill, but a lot of it will end up polluting the oceans. Experts estimate
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E. WRITING
I. Reorder the words to make full sentences.
1. of bodies/ directly/ Air pollution/ contaminate/ can/ of water and soil/ the surface.
______________________________________________________________
2. trees/ so much/ don’t/ We/ if/ we/ waste/ will/ thousands of/ paper/ save.
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II. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning to the first one.
1. I think you should use energy efficient light bulbs.
If I_________________________________________________________________
2. He produced a great idea for our environmental project.
He came_____________________________________________________________
3. Because she was absent from the meeting, she didn’t know the resolution.
Because of___________________________________________________________
4. I won’t take part in the volunteer program because I don’t have enough free time.
If I_________________________________________________________________
5. We need to reduce our plastic waste, otherwise we’ll threaten our own existence,
If we________________________________________________________________
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II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently.
1. A. environment B. temperature C. botanical D. contaminant
2. A. untreated B. aquatic C. pollution D. electronic
3. A. pollute B. poison C. damage D. illustrate
4. A. presentation B. radioactive C. environmental D. contamination
5. A. permanent B. Chemical C. dramatic D. herbicide
III. Complete each sentence with an appropriate word. The first letter of each word is given.
1. The fish have died because the river water is heavily p________.
2. Health e________ from air pollution include lung cancer, and respiratory diseases.
3. Acid rain causes serious d________ to plants and trees.
4. If the air wasn’t dirty, Nick w________ sneeze so much.
5. The main gases that l________ to acid rain are sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide.
6. There is a danger of serious contamination from radioactive w________.
7. Hundreds of d________ fish were found floating in the river near the factory.
8. U________ sewage can spread disease and contaminate drinking water sources.
IV. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
1. After the accident, many people were exposed________ radiation.
A. from B. at C. to D. with
2. Light pollution has a wide range of negative effects________ I’m human health.
A. on B. of C. for D. to
3. ________can cause high blood pressure, heart problems, sleep disturbances, and hearing
problems.
A. Air pollution B. Light pollution C. Water pollution D. Noise pollution
4. The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have risen________ the burning of fossil fuels.
A. therefore B. because C. in spite of D. due to
5. If rubbish is non-biodegradable, it________ forever.
A. exists B. will exist C. won’t exist D. doesn’t exist
6. ________are Chemicals that are used to kill unwanted plants, such as weeds.
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