a- Read the following text about climate change

Answer the following questions

1- What is happening to the worlds climate?

The worlds climate is changing.

2- What causes climate change?

The causes of climate change is the dirty air that comes from cars, planes and factories.

3- Why the United Nations have international conferences about pollution and climate
change?
Because they try get all the countries of the world to agree on how to make less pollution.

b- Skim the passage. Then read each questions, and circle the correct answer.

According to the passage select the best option

1- This passage is about:

a) A scientific phenomenon
b) A natural disaster
c) An architectural monument

2- This passage discusses the findings of

a) Teachers
b) Scientists
c) Northerners
d) Artists

3- In which part of the passage does the author discuss what the aurora borealis looks like?
a) Paragraph 1
b) Paragraph 2
c) Paragraph 3
d) Whole passage

4- Paragraph 2 mainly discusses northern lights in relation to their

a) Size
b) Colors
c) Location
d) Cause

5- From paragraph 3 we learn that cause of northern lights is

a) Uncertain
b) Beyond belief
c) Uninvestigated
d) Well established

c- Read the questions below about the passage. Then, scan the passage to
answer each question.

1- Why have the northern lights been called the merry dancers?
Because sometimes they move up and down suddenly

2- How many miles above the earth does the aurora borealis take place?
The aurora borealis takes place from 50 to 100 miles above the earth

3- In what part of Canada can the northern lights best be seen?

The lights can be seen at their best round the Hudson Bay region

4- What do scientists believe is discharged in the earths atmosphere to cause aurora

borealis?
The scientists believe that electricity is discharged in atmosphere

d- Practice skimming and scanning

Look quickly at the two soup labels below. Answer the questions

1- Which soup is natural?

Health country soup

2- Which soup has artificial ingredients?

Gordons soup

e- Now read the labels again and answer the following questions.

1- Which soup has more fat per serving?

Gordons soup

2- Which soup has more sodium (Salt) per serving?

Gordons soup

3- Which soup has more protein per serving?

Health country soup

4- Which soup has more vitamins and minerals (calcium, iron) per serving?
Health country soup
 5- What difference is there between the vegetables in the Gordons Soup and the vegetables
in the Health Country Soup?
The health country soup has organic vegetable

6- Spices are natural ingredients added to foods to make them taste better and more
interesting. What spices do you recognize on these labels? Which soup has these spices?
These spices
: sea salt, pepper, oregano, parsley, nutmeg and bay leaves.
Health country soup has these spices.

f- Answer the following questions according to the passage.

1. Why do some tropical countries cut down rains forests?

To make room for farms.

2. What is the name of the organization that is helping to save rain forests?
The name of the organization is Conservation International.

3. What country did they do business with first?

The first country was Bolivia

4. How much land did they get for a reserve?

They got a 4.000.000 acre reserve

5. Where is the reserve located?

The reserve is in the Amazon River basin in northeast Bolivia

6. Why is this reserve interesting to save?

Because in this reserve live different plants and unusual wildlife.

7. Who will take care of the reserve?

Bolivia and Conservation International will take care of the reserve together.

8. What other countries are interested in the program?

Brazil and Ecuador are interested in the program

g- Reading for the main idea.

What do you think is the most important idea in this text?

a) Small countries need help to save their rain forests.

b) Bolivia is taking care of its rain forests in the Amazon River Basin
c) Conservation groups are trying to help tropical countries save their rain forests.