Test 4A

Version A
School: ________________________________

English Test – 11th Form Level VII

Student: __________________________________Class: 11 th ___________________ Date: ___/___/___

Teacher: _________________________________ Mark: _________ Parent’s Signature: ____________

Before you begin:

· Read all the questions carefully.
· Check that you have answered all the questions.
· If you do not know the answer to a question, move on and come back to it at the end.
· Re-read your work once you have finished and look out for any silly mistakes.

A Before reading the text, answer the questions below in no more than 40 words. (20 marks)

Would you like to join in an environmental protection movement or group?

Do you think they can really change the world? Justify your answer.

WWF – Our Planet Future

PART 1
Globally, people are using about 25% more natural resources than the planet can replace. In
the UK, we’re consuming three times our fair share of the planet’s natural resources. We face an
‘ecological overshoot’ that will have severe consequences for both people and nature unless we
humans change the way we live.
5 Although advances in technology have helped people to produce things more efficiently, the
benefits have been swamped by ever-higher levels of consumption by affluent Western
economies and the growing middle classes in the developing world.
Some 70% of humanity’s global footprint arises from carbon emissions; other pressures are
linked to commodities such as crops, meat, fish and wood, and the freshwater we take from
1 rivers and lakes.
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PART 2
WWF is seeking a One Planet Future where both people and nature thrive within their fair share
of what’s available. We are developing a range of One Planet sustainability initiatives to support
this goal, helping to bring sustainability and equity to production, trade and consumption.
With an established track record in supporting the development of sustainable lifestyles, WWF
is well placed to provide leadership in helping to reduce the UK’s footprint and supporting
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5 other countries to do the same.
A quarter of the world’s population do not have enough food. If we are to achieve a One Planet
Future where people and nature thrive together, we need to reconsider the types of food we eat
in the UK and where and how our food is produced.
The UK’s 26 million homes currently have a huge impact on the environment. Technological
2 innovations provide opportunities to make all new homes ‘zero carbon’ – meaning that no
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carbon emissions are produced from energy used in the home. WWF continues to support the
government’s plans for ‘zero-carbon’ new housing from 2016.
Source: http://www.wwf.org.uk
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1. Re-read Part 1. Decide whether the following statements are true or false. (12 marks)
Support your answer by quoting from the text.
a. Humans are overusing the planets’ resources at a very alarming rate.
b. Fortunately, technological advances compensate for this misuse and there’s no reason for fear.
c. Not only do Western countries contribute to the depletion of resources, but so do emerging
developing countries.
d. 70% of our global ecological footprint derives from water and oil abuse.

2. Complete the following sentences according to Part 2. (30 marks)

a. WWF initiatives aim at _____________________________________________________________
b. When we think about the number of people who have so little food in the whole world, ___________
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c. New housing in Britain will _________________________________________________________

3. Explain the meaning of the following expressions from the text in your own words: (18 marks)
a. the benefits have been swamped (ll. 5-6)
b. bring sustainability and equity (l. 13)
c. to provide leadership (l. 15)

C Fill in the gaps with an appropriate word in the box below. (16 marks)

climate; strain; allow; urgently; impacts; our; than; provides

On our beautiful blue planet, the sea covers more a. ________________ 70% of the surface. Far more species
live in the oceans than on land. The marine environment b. ________________ livelihoods and food for
hundreds of millions of people. But the world’s oceans, seas and coasts are under severe c. .
The biggest threats right now are overfishing, pollution and d. ________________ change. Less than 2% of our
oceans are officially protected – something that e. ________________ needs to change. Which is why that’s a
key focus of f. ________________ marine work.
‘Marine Protected Areas’ (MPAs) can help support wildlife, g. ________________ fish stocks to be replenished,
and provide marine ecosystems and coastal communities with better protection from the h.

D
1. Complete with the following phrasal verbs (run out, do without, come up, bring back). (40 marks)
Put the verbs in the appropriate tense and form.
a. Every year scientists ___________ with more efficient solutions to protect species and nature.
b. High tide takes lots of rubbish away from the shore, but low tide ___________ it ___________.
c. In a few decades time, even Western countries will have to ___________ resources they consider
essential nowadays like fresh water.
d. The Earth is ___________ of energy resources, we must consider using alternative ones as soon as
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2. Rewrite the following sentences beginning with the words given without changing (24 marks)
their meaning.
a. Humans need to change their lifestyles and become more realistic about the future.
Not only ___________________________________________________________________________
b. Although more and more measures are taken, the Western world is still overusing resources.
In spite of __________________________________________________________________________
c. According to new studies, developing countries will become the biggest consumers in a few decades.
Developing countries are
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E Choose one of the following topics and write a composition of about 150-200 words. (40 marks)

1. If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will
disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
Jacques Yves Cousteau

2. There is not much we can do to protect resources in extinction.

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Good luck!
(Total: 200 marks)