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GOING GREEN
(1) On the door of the children`s zoo at Whipsnade (UK) there_____ a sign that calls your
attention to a worrying fact.
a. Is
b. are
c. am.
It says: Homo Sapiens. Its habits______ in danger the survival of all other species.
a. Change.
b. put
c. increase.
(2) This unfortunately _____quite true.
a. Looks
b. looking
c. looked.
Man has developed a highly inconvenient behavior that threatens the __________itself.
a. Sun
b. planet
c. water.
For many years it has threatening and __________many plant and animal species.
a. Saved
b. protected
c. destroyed.
Now he may be threatening the survival of his own descendants. The world is becoming hostile
and barren as a result of wastes, ________and mismanagement.
a. Rubbish
b. pollution
c. air.
(3) Going green is becoming a serious concern for government authorities and corporate
business, but not yet by the man in the______.
a. House
b. school
c. Street.
Going green means becoming __________of the impact of our daily activities in the health of the
planet and to change our habits accordingly.
a. Aware
b. attentive
c. worried.
These are some of the things that can be changed:
(4) Rubbish. We produce an excess of rubbish. Must of that garbage is _________ and toxic
substances like old batteries and household chemicals.
a. Plastics
b. metals
c. coal
Authorities recommend a lower use of plastics and encourage the habit of home__________.
a. Recycling.
b. chancing
c. taking care
We should classify our home rubbish. Organic substances ( like__________)go into one bin.
a. Chemicals
b. food wastes c. non-degradable
Non- degradable substances go into a different one.
(5) Fuel consumption habits. Unnecessary bus or car rides and cars with big, hungry engines
increase the output of________into the atmosphere.
a. Oxygen
b. hydrogen
c. CO2

This gas is rapidly__________ the planet.

a. Warming
b. cooling
c. frozen
The last years have seen dramatic climate changes that must be stopped or reversed by going
green.
(6) Energy replacement. Wherever possible, we should try to change from fossil fuels (coal, petrol,
gas) to other___________like wind or sun as a source for our energy consumption.
a. Sources
b. elements
c. resources.
But above all, we must change our way of thinking. We must become aware of our
responsibility in preserving the_________.
a. Planet.
C. life
c. plants

Read the text to find the following data. Concentrate only on the parts which are relevant for
completing the table. Do not use the dictionary
Puts in danger the survival of all the
other species.
The world is becoming
Going green means
Organic substances
Recycling is
Non-degradable substances.
The____________ gas
We can change fossil fuels
These elements are destroying the
planet

Examples:
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Warming the planet.
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