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 worlds 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 worlds 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:
them?

Forests are very important. What must we do to protect

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