Exercício de Avaliação

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Read the text carefully:

John Smith, 18 years old, is a member of Tunza, a long-term strategy for engaging young people
in environmental activities. Tunza is an initiative that is meant to develop activities in the areas of capacity
building, environmental awareness, and information exchange, with a vision to foster a generation of
environmentally conscious citizens, capable of positive action. He reported: “I am a British part-time
student, studying music technology - and a DJ in my spare time. Eighteen months ago I moved with my
family from a typical British semi-detached town house in the south of London to Bed Zed: our new energy
efficient house. Simply put, Bed Zed uses no energy produced by fossil fuels - and consumes half the
normal amount of energy. It achieves this with a combination of renewable energy and innovative
architecture. Electricity and hot water are supplied by a combined heat and power plant which meets all
the development's needs, burning waste wood from a tree surgery, instead of oil or gas. The walls are 70
cm thick, so virtually no heat escapes through them. The entire south-facing wall is made of glass, and so
provides solar heat even in the winter. Our water is metered and this has made us more conscious of our
usage. The success of Bed Zed rests on how easy it is to lead a sustainable lifestyle when given the
opportunity, and the main force behind the community spirit here is a common belief that living this way
makes sense.”

Source : The United Nation’s Environmental Programme (adapted and abridged)

1. True or False? Justify your answers with a quote from the text.

a)Tunza’s work is related to development of environmental awareness.

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b)John Smith is not concerned with environmental problems.
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c) The house is not environment-friendly.
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2. Find synonyms for the following words.

a) Consciousness ___________________
b) to promote ___________________

3. Complete the table with information from the text.

Name
Age
Nationality
Job
Spare time activities
 Past

Living Place
Present
(special
characteristics)

II
A) Right or wrong? Correct the mistakes.
1) Tsumani _____________________

2) poverty _____________________

3) droutgh _____________________

4) Earthkuaque _____________________

6)globa lworming _________________

C) Match each word with the
corresponding
C) Match definition.
each word with the
corresponding definition.
a. ______________ Flames that are out of
control and destroy buildings,
e. ______________ trees,
Flames that areetc.
out of
b. control
_______________ a long period of time
and destroy buildings, trees, etc.
when there is little or no
f. _______________ rain.period of time
a long
c. when
_______________ a sudden,
there is little violent
or no rain.
shaking of the earth’s asurface;
g. _______________ sudden, violent
d. shaking
_______________ a largesurface;
of the earth’s amount of
water covering an area
h. _______________ that is
a large usuallyofdry.
amount
water covering an area that is usually dry.

B) Put the letters in the correct order to build words.

a) DENTACCI
b) VEPORYT
c) LOODF
d) UGHTDRO
e) IFRE
f) URANEHRIC

D- Answer the following questions about the text.

a) What is Tunza’s vision?
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b) Why is Bed Zed a new energy efficient house?
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c) What is the main force behind the community spirit?
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III
A) Rewrite the sentences in the passive.
a) Many people use recycled products.
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b) The government encourages recycling.
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c) She used environment-friendly products.
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d) She doesn’t recycle paper.
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e) He recycled waste paper.
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f) A power station must produce energy.
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g) We will save the planet.
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h) We gave her some money.
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i) They pay him a good salary.
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j) John is protecting the environment.
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IV
Write a personal composition answering the following questions:

What can you do to help save the environment? Who should help save the environment? The Governments?
Green organizations? All of us? How can we save the environment and money at the same time?