1024 deforestation 3

DEFORESTATION
READING AND INTERPRETING :(15pts)
Read the text carefully then do the activities
The Amazon forest covers five million square kilometers, an area as big as the
whole Europe excluding Russia. It contains one third of the world’s trees. However,
the trees are disappearing. By 1974, a quarter of the forest had already been cut
down. In the following year, 1975, four per cent of the remaining trees went. If the
destruction of the forest continues at the same rate, there will be nothing left in a
few years.
Scientists say that the disappearance of trees is already causing changes in the
climate. In Peru, there is less snow than before on the high peaks of the Andes
mountains. In Bolivia there is very little rain.
What will happen if more of the Amazon forest is cut down? According to
climatologists if the Amazon forest disappears, there will be less oxygen and it will be
difficult for us to breathe, the temperature will rise, the ice-caps at the North and the
South poles will melt. Even the sea level will rise. Therefore, seaside cities will be
flooded.
Scientists do not agree about the calculations which can be done in different ways
with different results. But all the scientists agree that if we destroy the Amazon forest, it
will be an environmental suicide. Life on earth will become difficult, and it may become
impossible.
1-Give a title to the text. (0,5pt)
2-Say whether the following statements are true or false: (2pts)
a-The Amazon forest is bigger than Europe.
b-It contains most of the world’s trees.
c-Deforestation leads to climate change.
d-If the Amazon forest is destroyed, the coastal towns will be under water.
3-Answer the following according to the text:(3pts )
a- How big is the Amazon forest?
b- Why is the Amazon forest so important?
c- What will happen if it ever disappears?

4-Match words with their synonyms:(1pt )
1-whole
a- go up
2-climate
b-result
3-rise
c-complete
4-consequence
d-weather
5-Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to: (1pt)
-including §1
-low §2
-drop §3
-easy §4
6-Write the correct form of the verbs in ( ): ( 2pts)
a- If humans respected the environment, they ( stop) polluting it.
b-At the current rate, the Amazon forest (disappear) by 2030.
c-If trees absorb CO2, there (be ) less air pollution.
d-if we (not stop) cutting trees, the Amazon forest will become a desert.
7- Join these pairs of sentences with: (2pts)
-therefore
-though
-because
-so ……that
a- Paper is indispensable in our live. We must take care of how to use it.
b- We have to recycle wasted paper. Our earth has limited natural resources.
c- A lot of trees have been cut down. Millions of species have lost their habitat.
d- Deforestation is harmful to the earth. We continue to cut down trees.

8- Form adjectives from these words: (1pt)
-reduce
- renew
-radioactivity
9- Give opposites keeping the same root: (1pt)
-drinkable
-sufficient
-pure

- danger
-responsible

10- Classify these words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘s’: (1,5pt)
-changes
-trees
-continues
-peaks
-rises
-results
/S/
/Z/
/IZ/

WRITTEN EXPRESSION: (5pts)
Choose ONE of the following topics:
Topic 1: Trees are essential for humans, animals and nature. Explain.
-Provide oxygen
--provide wood and fruit
-Absorb CO2.
–stop the desert …

Topic 2:

Forests are very important. What must we do to protect them?
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