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Reading
Read the text and answer the questions. For each question, mark the letter A, B, C or D.
Earth Day
We celebrated Earth Day in my city last week. The idea of this special day began in the 1960s when life
was very different. Few people talked, or even thought, about the environment. Most people had no idea how
dirty our air and water were. This attitude bothered Gaylord Nelson, who was a senator in the US government,
and he had an idea. If people around the world knew the planet was in danger, they might work harder to save
it, so he just needed to get their attention. The first Earth Day was just in the United States but it led to events
every year all around the world on April 22 or the nearest weekend, depending on where you are.
In my town, last Saturday afternoon lots of people rode their bikes from the park, around the town
together and back to the park, taking as much time as they possibly could, so that the cars had to wait. Then we
talked to all the drivers in cars which just had one person in them, to explain how wasteful that is and how
much pollution it causes. The idea was to make people think about how much they use their cars. In other
places, people collected plastic bags for a week and then made a pile of them in the town square. You can do
anything as long as it makes people of all ages come together for a few hours and talk about the environment.
Last year we had a big music event for young people. Some people said it was a waste of time, but there was
information for people to read and announcements between the bands about how to help protect the
environment.
1. What is the writer trying to do?
A encourage people to take part in this year's Earth Day
B explain why Earth Day happens every year
C compare the success of different events on Earth Day
D offer advice to people arranging an Earth Day event
2. Earth Day began because
A people had started to worry about damage to the environment.
B different governments decided it was a good idea.
C one man wanted people to know about the planet's problems.
D people were working hard to make the air and water cleaner.
3. What happened on Earth Day this year in the writer's city?
A Cars were not allowed in the city centre.
B People cycled slowly through the streets.
C There was a talk about the pollution made by cars.
D Cars had to have more than one person in them.
4. What does the writer think is the most important thing about Earth Day events?
A that people should become involved in them
B that they should attract young people
C that there should be some music
D that they should last all day
5. Which of the following sentences appeared in a newspaper article about Earth Day?
A

Gaylord Nelson travelled around

the world to persuade people to
arrange events on the first Earth
Day.

Earth Day events are on the

same day in countries
around the world.

Many more countries take part

in Earth Day than when it first
began.

The
first
Earth
Day
was a disappointment to the
organisers.

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Dolphins in Scotland
The dolphin population in the Moray Firth area of Scotland is very special. They are the most northerly
bottlenose dolphins in the world with (1) .130 animals recorded so far. These (2)..
dolphinsare different from their relations living in warmer (3) such as the Indian or Pacific oceans.
They are a lot bigger and fatter (4m rather than 2.5m) this is due to the large (4) of fat(known as
blubber) that their bodies (5) to keep them warm in the colder waters of the North Sea.
Dolphins, unlike sharks, (6)not automatically replace their teeth when lost they only have one
set which has to (7).. for their whole life! They eat 8-15kg of fish a day, feeding largely on inshore (8)
. that live on the sea bed.
They live in very close family groups, (9) .. can be quite large. Local people around the Firth
have seen dolphins for many years: there are reports from as (10) ago as 1900.
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III.Writing

68.You have just come from a ski resort. Write a letter to your friend. Include this information:
accommodation and the weather;
what you liked most of all.
tourists activities;

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