Grade Twelve

UNIT-4 vocabulary practice

A. Fill in the spaces with words from the list below:

atmosphere/climate/graze/killed off/ arid/humid/increasingly/at the expense of/logger 1. Neither Kuwaitis nor residents stand the weather in the summer as it's so hot and............ . 2. Smoke and gas from vehicles and factories pollute the earth's. . 3. The Mediterranean..is good for citrus fruits and grapes. 4. A..is a person who cuts trees for wood. 5. Framers normallycattle on their farms to get meat and dairy products. 6. The spray has .all the harmful insects. 7. The desert is so.that no crops can grow there. 8. Cutting down trees for selling hardwood is the future of global environment. desertification/paucity/misbehave/overcultivate/intrinsic/productive/incr easingly 1. Global warming is a/an.disastrous problem facing our planet nowadays. 2. Many..lands have been changed into poor or wastelands. 3. Cutting down a lot of trees worldwide, undoubtedly, leads to . 4. I love my students too much. They never.... in any way. 5. Water..represents an obstacle for farming. So, we must look for new sources. 6. Banks play a/an. role in the development of any country.

B. From a , b , c and d choose the correct words:

1. Fertile and productive land.should be the ultimate goal of all people and governments. a. desertification b. preservation c. proportion d. forecasting 2. Money is so.in our life. On the other hand, it's just a means to an end. a. humid b. frigid c. vital d. productive 3. Wastelands have to beto increase the land needed for cultivation. a. grazed b. precipitated c. reclaimed d. killed off

4. Scientists think that human activities are responsible for the.rapid changes in the world's climate. a. productively b. increasingly c. permanently d. wastefully 5. Singapore is a country that lies on the.. . a. equator b. climate c. hurdle d. logger