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Vocabulary and Use your English

Choose the correct answers.
1 No one is safe the hole in the ozone layer. 9 
Australia often experiences major , which ruin
a at farmer's crops and cause the death of animals.
b for a deserts
c from b droughts
d with c draughts
2 
A sudden during the match left all of the players d doubts
and some spectators soaking wet. 10 
The of energy in the average home helps the
a downpour environment more than you think.
b rainfall a radiation
c current b irrigation
d delta c protection
3 
Tammy is very recycling and takes paper, bottles d conservation
and cans to a recycling plant nearby. 11 Greenhouse gas are a major cause of pollution.
a aware of a emissions
b keen on b explosions
c satisfied with c erosions
d exposed to d omissions
4 
How can we people from throwing away recyclable 12 
In the presence of heat, such as that generated by
materials such as glass and paper? sunlight, water .
a discourage a recycles
b protect b adapts
c destroy c evaporates
d provide d flows
5 
The burning of has had an enormous effect on the 13 
How will we meet our energy needs when Earth
environment. runs out of natural ?
a renewable energy a forces
b solar panels b powers
c acid rain c sources
d fossil fuels d resources
6 
When the polar ice caps melt, the extra water results in 14 A strong of wind blew away my umbrella!
rising sea . a breeze
a grounds b gust
b levels c mass
c areas d tornado
d heights 15  -friendly products aren’t very expensive
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I can't stand living in the city! It's hard to breathe with anymore.
all these fumes. a Naturally
a exhaust b Normally
b exhausts c Genetically
c exhausted d Environmentally
d exhausting 16 
It was the rain that flooded the streets and
8 In the winter, the lake near our house . many homes.
a blocks out a major
b freezes over b gentle
c wipes out c extreme
d blows over d torrential

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 17 Most cars use petrol nowadays. 19 I really to forests being cut down for farmland.
a reduced a object
b unleaded b lead
c modified c turn
d endangered d refer
18 
If you take away an animal’s natural , the species 20 
Farmers put on their crops to make them
might become extinct. grow better.
a atmosphere a gases
b organism b remains
c habitat c genes
d agriculture d fertilisers

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Grammar
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1 
'Pick up that sweet wrapper you just dropped, I'll 7 
If you want to do something, to the beach
give you a fine.' clean-up day on Saturday.
'Right away, officer!' a you come
a providing that b come
b on condition that c will come
c otherwise d came
d unless 8 People will get ill if pollution levels .
2 I the WWF organisation if I were you. a rose
a joined b risen
b would join c are rising
c will join d had risen
d join 9 
' us if they knew that the lake water was
3 When water hot, it boils. poisonous?'
a will get 'I hope so!'
b is getting a Would they tell
c gets b Will they tell
d got c They would tell
4 
If they hadn't poured chemicals in the lake, there d They will tell
fish in it. 10 'If you had a choice, what job ?'
a still would be 'I'd go to Africa and help the gorillas.'
b will still be a you will do
c would still be b you could do
d still could be c would you do
5 If that fire spreads, it the entire forest. d will you do
a will burn 11 
If factories don't want to harm the environment,
b will be burning they better filter systems.
c burns a will have installed
d burned b may install
6  they invented a car that ran on water, would you c can install
buy one? d could install
a Supposing 12 'The animals if their habitat was destroyed.'
b On condition that 'We need to do something now!'
c If not a will die out
d Unless b dies out
c might die out
d can die out

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 13 
The animal rights group can't do their work people 18  the company pays the fine, they can continue
donate money. to operate.
a if a On condition that
b if not b Suppose
c unless c Unless
d otherwise d Otherwise
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If the conservationist here, she'd know what to do 19 
If more people cared, they something about
about the illegal hunting. climate change.
a is a can be able to do
b were b will be able to do
c would be c might be able do
d can be d might be able to do
15 You can pick up the rubbish gloves. 20 
' solar-powered cars remain so costly, people
a provided that you wore won't by them.'
b providing you wore 'Yes, they should be much cheaper.'
c provided that you wear a On condition
d providing you would wear b Unless
16 'The wildfire if you hadn't lit that fire.' c Otherwise
'I said I was sorry!' d As long as
a won't have started
b wouldn't have started
c wouldn't start
d won't start
17 
' those people, if they had known about
the drought?'
'No, it was already too late.'
a Could they have helped
b Can they help
c Could they help
d Did they help

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