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A destruction С devastation
1. Fill in the missing word.
В disaster D damage
1 Global warming is a serious problem.
6 You must give me the D.......for this dessert. It's
2 Chicken and fish are high level......protein. delicious.
3 We should all make an effort to be more A prescription В instructions С receipt D recipe
5. Read the sentences. If a sentence is correct, put a tick (√). 8. You are going to read a magazine article about
If it has a word that should not be there, write this word on various animals that live in the rainforest.
the line. For questions 1-15, choose from the animals
1 You should join an environmental (A-D). There is an example at the beginning
group such like Greenpeace. like..... (0).
2 The RSPB has grown into Europe's
largest wildlife charity. V........ Which animal:
3 How much food you need will depend
on the many number of guests. many.
4 Even if small actions can make a big • eat insects? 0 С
difference. if........ • is named after what it looks like? 1 B
5 Soon, all supermarkets will sell a wide • has no need for camouflage? 2 C
range of organic produce. V • is named after a part of its body? 3 B
• is the largest of the four? 4 A
• was named by the local people? 5 A
6. Circle the correct answer.
• lives in the trees? 6 B
1 A: I think we should write a letter to the local • is preyed on by snakes? 7 D
paper about the state of our beach. • lives for a short time? 8 B
B: a What's the point? b What a shame. • doesn't have many predators? 9 C
2 A: Have you heard that they are building a road • can easily be seen? 10 C
through the local woods? • belongs to the turtle family? 11 A
В: а I don't think so. b Oh, it's just horrible. • is harmful to people? 12 C
3 A: You could join an environmental group. • has six legs? 13 B
B: a That might be a good idea. • is usually about 3cm long? 14 D
b Not on your life. • has a special feature to attract 15 A
4 A: Does it worry you? food?
B: a The very thought of it makes me sick.
b I'm afraid I don't know.
A Matamata
В Long-horned beetle
С Poison-arrow frog
D Leaf toad
In the depths of the tropical rainforest of French Guiana live some
strange and wonderful animals rarefy seen by humans.
A Matamata
This is a type of turtle which is about 50-70cm
C Poison-arrow frog
long. It lives in the tropical
Indians used the poison
marshland and it is orange-
from certain frogs to tip their arrows.
brown or grey-brown in
However, they
colour f which helps it to
didn't use the
blend in to its
poison from this
surroundings. It has a
particular species
large body, a thick neck
despite its name.
and a broad triangular-
The toxins from this
shaped head with a long thin
frog are not actually
snout. It feeds on fish which it attracts by
deadly, but they can cause an allergic
wiggling a strange-looking piece of skin that
reaction. It
hangs down from its neck.When a fish comes
secretes its poison through its skin and it is
close enough, the matamata sucks up the fish
strong enough to kill insects, which are what the
and the water and swallows it in one big gulp.
frog preys on. It is quite small, only about 2cm
Its name was given to it by the south American
and unlike most frogs it hasn't got webbed feet.
Indians and it means'I kill'.
It is brightly coloured with a black and yellow
body and blue legs and it has shiny skin.This
B Long-horned beetle warns other animals that it is not good to eat
so very few animals eat them. It lives on the
Hard to distinguish from a piece of bark due to floor of the rainforest and likes moist, shady
their brown and grey camouflage, these beetles places.
are 2cm long.They have six jointed legs and
two long antennae which is how they get their
name because they look like horns.They live in
trees and eat wood.The female lays her eggs in
a dead branch and the strong teeth of the larvae As its name suggests, this toad lives on leaves in
burrow into the wood.When the undergrowth of the rainforest. It has brown,
they are mature, they tunnel yellow and orange patterned skin with a raised
their way outThey usually line down its back which looks exactly like
live for about two years. the vein of a leaf. It positions itself in the
centre of a large leaf and uses its amazing
camouflage to hide from its predators which
are snakes, birds and spiders. It can only
usually be seen if it moves.They are usually 3-
4cm long but can grow as big as 8cm.
9. You will hear a news report about jellyfish. For
questions 1-7, mark the statements as T (true) or F (false).
Frankly speaking I enjoy travelling, and now I’m waiting my vacation to go to foreign country.
If I could live anywhere in the world, I would choose Prague. This is a special place, with a measured
rhythm of life, here no one chases a lot of money, people value communication, so after work they go to a
First of all, in these two pictures we see how people representing the law act in real life. Obviously, in
the picture A policeman catches a criminal, and this is a really dangerous situation and the most
stressful, because no one ever knows how the detention of a criminal can end. So this can be a serious
threat to the policeman himself. In picture B, we see a court hearing where a lawyer asks questions to a
witness. Of course, this is also stressful, but less than the detention of a criminal.
b. How strict do you think laws should be?
Nowadays, laws should be strict, and maybe they are strict in different codes. To my mind, laws must be
strict because otherwise in a society begin devastation and anarchy. The laws allow you to introduce
structurality in society, to establish order. But the most important thing is that these laws apply equally
to all citizens. Because now we see that thieves who devastate the budget calmly walk free or receive
suspended sentences, and people who stole less receive 7-10 years in prison. It is unfair and only creates
tension in society and its stratification even more.
c. Below are two photographs showing friends together. Compare and contrast the two photographs,
saying what you think the situation in each one.
Obviously, in two pictures we see friendship at different ages. In the picture A we see a group of teenagers, they
are walking together, they have common interests, they are now having fun and they are not thinking about the
future. Of course, there are conflicts, misunderstandings between them, and they quarrel, do not communicate
with each other. But friendship is very emotional at this age. In picture B we see friendship in adulthood. This
friendship went a lot, such as quarrels, conflicts, and joy and support of each other. At this age, friendship is not
just talking, it is an internal feeling of reliance on a person where you feel without words that they will
understand, support, and help you.