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2. Read the text and answer if the statements are true or false.
Have you ever looked out of the window of a passenger plane from 30,000 feet and wondered how people can have any major effect on the Earth? I have. But it is now becoming pretty clear that we are causing a great deal of damage to the natural environment. And the planes are one of the causes of the biggest environmental problem that we face today – global warming.
For those of us lucky enough to have money to spend, and the free time to spend it in, there are a huge number of fascinating places to explore. The cost of air transport has become cheaper over the years, and for many people, especially in rich countries, it is now possible to fly around the world for little more than the contents of our weekly pay packets.
Unfortunately, planes produce far more carbon dioxide (CO2) than any other form of public transport, and CO2 is now known to be a greenhouse gas, a gas which traps the heat of the sun, causing the temperature of the Earth to rise.
So what can be done to solve the problem? Well, although aircraft engine manufacturers are making more efficient engines and researching alternative fuels such as hydrogen, it will be decades before air travel is not damaging to the environment. Governments don’t seem to be taking the problem seriously, so it is up to individual travellers to do what they can to help.
The most obvious way of dealing with the problem is to not travel by plane at all. Environmental groups like Friends of the Earth encourage people to travel by train and plan holidays nearer home. They also advise using teleconferencing for international business meetings, but most businesspeople still prefer to meet face-to-face.
1. Global warming is one of the biggest problems in modern world.
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false
2.Nowadays you have to pay more if you want to travel by plane.
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3.Planes produce more CO2 than other means of transport.
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false
4.Governments do a lot to solve the problem.
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5.Travellers should travel less.
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6.Businesspeople haven’t stopped travelling by plane.
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7.3. Complete the text with correct grammar forms of the words given in the right.
ROBIN HOOD
Robin Hood is a legendary hero of England. He 1) in the twelfth century. The legend said Robin Hood lived in Sherwood Forest with his merry men.
Robin Hood and his merry men 2) money from the rich and gave it to the poor. One day Robin Hood 3) through the Forest with 4) men when he saw a young man. The young man was wearing a very fine red coat and singing merrily. The next morning Robin Hood saw the same young man without his fine coat. The young man looked very sad. Robin Hood sent Little John 5) the young man. When the young man came to Robin Hood the latter asked him, "What is your name?" The young man answered that his name 6) Allan-a-Dale. Then Robin Hood asked:
"7) you any money?" AIlan-a-Dale answered, "I have only five shillings and a ring that I 8) for seven years. I wanted to marry a nice young girl. Yesterday I went to marry her, but her father was against it. He wanted to marry her to a rich old man".
Robin Hood asked the young man: “What will you give me and my merry men if we 9) you to get your girl back again?” Allan-a-Dale 10) money but he promised to be Robin Hood’s true servant.
1. LIVE 2. TAKE 3. WALK 4. HE 5. BRING 6. BE 7. HAVE 8. KEEP 9. HELP 10. NOT HAVE
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8.Read the sentences and choose the appropriate missing words. There are 5 extra words.
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1) People should 98 % of domestic waste.
2) A violent storm with very strong winds especially in the western Atlantic Ocean is called
3) If you have a you should take an aspirin.
4) A conversation in which people disagree with each other angrily or noisily is
5) Children often feel when a new baby arrives because they haven’t shared their parents’ attention with anyone before.