1.

Translate the following fragment into Romanian and make sentences of your own with the following
words: despite, nutritious, tissue, reservoir, absorbed.

Despite their incredible lushness and high diversity, one of the peculiarities of rain forests is that the soil is
poor in nutrients that can be absorbed by plant roots. The nutritious minerals have been washed out of the
soils by heavy rainfall and high temperatures over thousands of years. To compensate for the nutrient-poor
rain forest soils, most tropical trees absorb the nutrients they can find and hold them in their living tissue. In
contrast, the rich soils of temperate forests are better able to retain nutrients, enabling a temperate forest tree
to absorb small amounts of minerals as the tree needs them. When tropical trees die, nutrients are released
into the soils by decomposition. Rather than remaining in the soil reservoir as they would in a temperate
forest, in the rain forest, the nutrients are rapidly absorbed again by other living organisms.

2. Put a single word in each blank space:

The economic boom following World War II fueled lumber demand, especially ____1 building suburban
homes. During this time, ____2 lumber companies and ____3 public forests developed intensive forestry
operations ____4 growing single-species plantations and maximizing their production ____5 fertilizers,
herbicides, and pesticides. However, at the same ____6, more people were becoming environmentally
conscious. No longer were forests viewed ____7 as sources of timber; they became valued ____8 sources of
recreation, clean water, wilderness, and biodiversity. Recently, environmental concerns over lumbering
____9 intensified, particularly regarding public forests, ____10 many people wish to preserve as wilderness
areas, especially ____11 containing old-growth stands of trees. Exploitative logging still occurs, damaging
the reputation of conscientious members of the lumber industry. However, both lumber industry leaders
____12 environmental advocates are working to prevent the destruction of forests and to protect the forest
environment during logging.

3. Choose one variant from the 4 supplied:

1 They’ll explain________ you need to know to complete your report.
a) what b) that c) which d) how
2. The TV company________ contract is up for renewal is losing money.
a) which b) whose c) the d) who’s
3. In ________ , it was obviously the wrong thing to do.
a) hindsight b) the wake c) addition d) the whole
4. I’ll have to do overtime tonight,________ is very tiresome.
a) which b) what c) that d) so
5. There were________ few tickets sold that the concert was cancelled.
a) a b) very c) so d) such
6. The piano was________ heavy for us to carry from the removal van.
a) far b) much c) so d) too
7. I’m afraid that’s the best________ can do for you.
a) which b) I c) that d) what
8. He ________ that he had three Rolls-Royces at home.
a) threatened b) reminded c) boasted d) informed
9. You’ve got to be ________ certain before you decide.
a) deadly b) deathly c) dead d) dearly
10. She burst into tears when he spoke to her________ .
a) sharp b) sharpish c) sharper d) sharply

11. Her cousin is_______ _ related to the Hapsburg family.

a) nearly b) close c) closely d) near

12. We accused him________ a blatant lie.
a) to telling b) to tell c) in telling d) of telling
13. You________ assumed that we’d be starting at 8.00.
a) right b) rightly c) fairly d) fair
14. The witness________ ever having seen the prisoner.
a) denied b) admitted c) insisted d) objected
15. Police are reported________ found illegal drugs in a secret hiding place in the
star’s home.
a) they have b) having c) to have d) have had