Nature

Match the words to make phrases.

Fill in the gap transforming the capitalized word. The _________________ of our environment is crucial. PROTECT

Fill in the gap transforming the capitalized word. We give food to the _________________ animals. HOME

Fill in the gap transforming the capitalized word. The ________________ should help the environment and protect it. GOVERN

Choose the correct variant. The fog's so thick, I can't see ______________________________ than ten metres.

Choose the correct variant. Ecological problems have stopped _________________________ development in the region.

Choose the correct variant. The progress you have made in solving this ecological problem ____________________ enormous.

Choose the correct variant. The news of a hurricane _____________________ a terrible shock.

Read the text and put the sentences into the correct category. "Clean up the Countryside" Society On the next day, the society had another meeting. Vicki said, "Today we must look for people dropping rubbish." Everyone agreed, and soon Rosie and Jane noticed some picnickers. The picnickers were finishing their picnic, and they left all their rubbish on the ground. "What are you going to do with all that litter you’ve left?" asked the girls. "I don’t know what you mean," said a tall man with an American accent. "Just think," said Vicki. "Think about those bits of glass you've left from your bottles of juice and all those cola cans. Think about how ugly the place will look littered like that. It can also hurt wild animals." "The young lady is right," said a woman, who was wearing a little hat. "We just can’t leave this rubbish here." "That’s right," said Vicki. "Here, take this bag." "Thank you, girls," they said, "for helping us understand that the country is a beautiful place and that we must not spoil it." Then they all got into their American car and drove to the town. Vicki and her friends shouted, "Three cheers for our Society! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray! Hip Hip Hooray!" You can imagine how surprised the girls were when the next morning, their Science teacher, Mr Bird, spoke to the class about ecology and the importance of keeping the environment clean. He said that pollution was getting worse and could easily bring about a global disaster. The result of the environmental crisis was that in many parts of the world humans were beginning to suffer from shortages of food and clean water to survive. At the end of the lesson, Mr Bird asked his class what each of them could personally do to help protect the environment. Vicki told the class what had happened in the grove the day before. The teacher and the students praised Vicki, Alice, Rosie, Cathy, and Jane and decided to join their "Clean up the Countryside" Society.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the right phrases. “Clean up the Countryside” Society Vicki was coming home from her small country school, and it was one of the last days of the term., and the birds were singing their beautiful songs., and she had lived there all her life.that Vicki decided to take a longer way home to the cottage where she lived. On her way, she passed through a little grove where she used to play. Vicki was shocked to see that: it was piled. Vicki ran all the way back home. She had to do something about this mess. Suddenly, she had an idea. She would start her own “Clean up the Countryside” Society. When Vicki got home, she phoned four of her school friends — Alice, Rosie, Cathy, and Jane. They all agreed to meet her at the grove. The girls set to work filling big black plastic bags with rubbish. It was hard work, but soon, and the grove looked beautiful again.