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Match the words to make up phrases.

Fill in the gap transforming the capitalized word. Air ___________________ can be a serious health threat in big cities. POLLUTE

Fill in the gap transforming the capitalized word. We should protect _____________________ animal species. DANGER

Fill in the gap transforming the capitalized word. __________________ is a great problem in the modern world. FOREST

Fill in the gap with the right form of the word. On a clear night, you can ___________________________ (to see) many stars.

Fill in the gap with the right form of the word. The earthquake victims ______________________________ (to trap) for two days.

Fill in the gap with the right form of the word. It was perhaps _________________________ (destructive) tsunami in history.

Fill in the gap with the right form of the word. The ground started ____________________________ (to shake).

Read the text and put the sentences into the correct category. Tsunami: A wave of disaster A tsunami is a large wave that travels at great speed towards land. Tsunamis are usually caused by an undersea earthquake, but they can also happen after a large undersea landslide and an underwater volcanic eruption. When an undersea earthquake happens, the Earth’s tectonic plates move suddenly downwards or upwards. This usually happens on a fault line and one plate slides below the neighbouring plate causing a large amount of water to be forced upwards. This water forms a wave. Just like when you throw a pebble into a lake, the water ripples outwards. It is the same with a tsunami, but the water doesn’t stop moving until it reaches land. As the wave moves towards the land, it increases in speed and strength. Not all tsunamis are giant waves when they hit the shore, though. Many of them come inland as a strong and fast tide. However, the impact of the water often destroys everything in its path. After the initial tsunami hits land, there are often other waves following it, that can be just as big, which slowly get smaller over time. The same as the ripples from the pebble mentioned before, but on a much larger scale. Water is a very powerful force and can cause tremendous damage. As well as the loss of life that a tsunami can cause, it can flatten buildings and trees and destroy whole ecosystems.

Read the text and put the sentences into the correct category. The giant panda An endangered species, the giant panda can only be found in the mountain bamboo forests of Western China. There are only about 1,000 wild giant pandas left in the world. Giant pandas are members of the bear family, and they are mammals. Even though giant pandas look just like bears, they certainly do not behave like bears. Unlike their meat-eating relatives, giant pandas are vegetarians for the most part of their time. Their favourite food is bamboo. Giant pandas must eat a lot of bamboo every day to get enough nourishment. In fact, they spend at least 12 hours a day eating about 33 pounds of bamboo. However, if they are extremely hungry and bamboo is nowhere to be found, giant pandas may eat grass, fruits, or sometimes, small animals like chicken. Giant pandas do not live in groups. They are loners! They only leave their territory from March to May to look for a mate. Female giant pandas usually give birth to twins. Baby giant pandas are very small, blind, pinkish, and weigh about 5 ounces at birth. Strangely, mother giant pandas tend to choose to raise just one baby and leave the other to die. Mother giant pandas feed their babies with milk. A baby giant panda opens its eyes at six to seven weeks. It starts to learn how to walk when it is about three or four months old. Mother giant pandas look after their babies for about 18 months. Once the young is strong enough, it bids farewell to its mother and moves out to live independently.