64949 pollution

Mrs Majida Senoussi

9th formers

IBN KHALDOUN PREP 2013

TASK1 :use the qustions to start a conversation with your partner
1 How much rubbish do you and your family produce a week ?
2 Do you give your old clothes ,shoes ,school bags,books to charity instead of throwing them ?
3 What are the drawbacks of dumping wastes at sea or burning it ?
4 Would you like to be a dustman ? What are the good points and the bad points of the job ?
5 Whose responsibility is to replant trees ?

TASK2 :Read the text and fill in the blanks with these 3 words :paper /wood /
tree
CAUSES AND ORIGINS
from tree to paper ?!…………1……………was invented by the chinese in the first century AD.The art of
……………..2……….-making took 700 years to reach the Muslim world and another 700 years to get to
Britain(via Spain,Southern France and Germany).Most of ……………..3………..is made from ………
4…………..When ….5…………….are cut down, they are transported by land or water to paper mills Here they
are cut up and the ……6…………….is broken up into fibres ,which are mixed with water and chemicals.This
……….7……….pulp is then dried on a machine and made into ……8…………. Paper –making is an important
British industry ;and …..10………….from Britain is exported to South africa ;Australia and many other
countries.Some of the …11………………used in the British paper- making industry comes from
….12………………………grown in Britain ,but ……13…………….is also imported from other countries such as
Norway.One tree is needed for every 400 copies of a typical forty –page newspaper.If 1 /2 of the adults in
Britain each buy one daily …..14………….,this uses up over 40.000…15……………….. a day .16…………………….
are being cut down faster than they are being replaced,so there may be a serious paper shortage.

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Task3 :Match sentence parts and use the right linkers
A

LINKERS

B


Mrs Majida Senoussi

9th formers

IBN KHALDOUN PREP 2013

1We should protect endangered species

By

A using fertilizers

2 We must organize environmental
compaigns

Because

B the severe punishment they risk
C raise people’s awareness

3I usually eat sweets /candies generously

In order
to

4Farmers can produce organic food

Despite

5 poachers continue killing elephants

though

D they cause tooth decay
E they are essential for the ecological
balance

Task 4 : Match the words together to get meaningful expressions
PART A

PART B

ANSWERS

1 Release
2 Spray
3 Emit a
4 Burn domestic
5 Spill
6 Contaminate

7 Have a
8 Cause
9 Dump
10 Be exposed
11 Lead to
12 Eat
13 Have breathing
14 have

A gas
B oil
C the water
D aches and pains
E problems like asthma
F pesticides
G deafness
H fumes
I poor health
J garbage
K Poisonous food
L wastes
M the death of the sea
life
N to noise

1+…………
2+…………
3+………….
4+………….
5+…………

6+………….
7+…………..
8+………….
9+………
10+………
11+……….
12+
……………
13+………
14+…………

TASK5 :LET’S WRITE
Ahmed read youssef’s article in the school magasine. He disagrees with him and thinks that he is
irresponsible. So he writes an article to raise his awareness and tell him about the different dangers of
pollution and their impacts not only on our planet but also on our health(Use the hints in task4)


Mrs Majida Senoussi

9th formers

This world has been way too crazy the last few
years this planet WILL last forever ! I think
that it is useless to save the environment .I
admire my father’s car IT runs so fast .Why
should my father use public transport ? Why
should I spend my free time collecting rubbish
for recycling ?

IBN KHALDOUN PREP 2013

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Youssef,13

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