On Screen B1+ ( module 5 TEST)

Fill in: pollution, hotels, patterns, bulbs, light, cut.

1 Using low-energy       can save you a lot of money on your electricity bill.

2 During the power     , we lit candles and sat around the kitchen table.

3 Light           can seriously affect the local wildlife.

4 The security       turns on whenever it senses someone passing the house.

5 Brian’s sleep          are being disrupted by the new streetlight outside his window.

6 The light from seafront        can prevent baby turtles from reaching the sea.

Fill in: wildlife, reserves, ecosystem, organisations, population, habitat, governments.

The snow leopard is a large cat whose natural 1)         is the high forested regions of Central and South Asia. Many of these regions have been developed, which has greatly affected the local 2)          . Because the snow leopard’s 3)           has been destroyed, its 4)            is now only around 7,000. Conservation 5)               aim to save the snow leopard and, with the help of 6)             around Asia, nature 7)          have been created so that it can live in peace.

Match the global issues to the newspaper headlines.

1.poverty

2.pollution

3.full landfills

4.homelessness

5.unemployment

6.endangered species

We should …….. paper to same trees.

The charity works to …….. the environment.

Pollution has a serious …….. on people’s health.

There are some bugs …….. around the table.

Don’t …….. the tap while brushing your teeth.

Complete the sentences using reported speech and the verbs in brackets.

1 . “I’m sorry I didn’t come to the meeting,” said George. (apologise)

George                                   to the meeting.

2 . “Don’t forget to turn off the TV,” Jim told Ann. (remind)

Jim          Ann             the TV.

3 . “Let’s create a poster to raise awareness,” said Tim. (suggest)

Tim                     a poster to raise awareness.

4 . “Light pollution causes serious harm to wildlife,” said Alice. (explain)

Alice                 light pollution causes serious harm to wildlife.

5 . “You should turn off all the lights at night,” Anna told Philip. (advise)

Anna          Philip             all the lights at night.

Fill in the gaps with say or tell in the correct tense.

1 .Terry, I want to      you something about our project.

2. “I’ll donate to the charity,” she      him.

3. Alan      us that he had become a volunteer.

4. Lisa      that she would come to the clean-up day.

5 .“You shouldn’t drop litter,” Mum      to us.

Fill in: off, on, out, up, into, over, down (x2).

1 . Please, turn      the music. It’s giving me a terrible headache!

2 . Let’s turn     the TV and go outside to enjoy the nice weather.

3 . Ned turned      an invitation he received for a charity dinner.

4 . Could you turn    the volume? I can’t hear what the news presenter is saying.

5. Jim’s day turned      a nightmare when he lost his job.

6 . Rita turned it      in her mind before making a decision.

7 . Tim’s visit to the homeless shelter turned     to be an important moment in his life.

8 . Turn    the radio; the six-o’clock news is about to start.

Terry doesn’t buy products from companies which experiment ......... animals.

Living in highly polluted areas can lead ......... health problems

They marvelled ...........the beauty of the sculpture made entirely from recycled materials.

It might rain; I can see some clouds .......... the horizon.

All the crew were ........ a panic when the tanker started capsizing.

The Siberian tiger is .........risk of becoming extinct.

Animals should live ..........the wild rather than being locked up in zoos.

Tina got confused ..........the instructions the man at the recycling centre gave her.

Word Formation

Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the gap.

1 The President wants to introduce            healthcare
for all citizens. (AFFORD)

2 Pollution is a(n)        issue which needs to be controlled urgently. (GLOBE)

3 Pam enjoyed looking up at the        skies when she
went camping. (STAR)

4 For         reasons, Keith couldn’t manage to find a job. (VARY)

5 It’s up to each          to sort out their recyclable waste. (RESIDE)

6 The whole town was left in complete          because of the power cut. (DARK)

Read the text and match the headings to the paragraphs .

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In the summer of 2011, a Dutch teenager named Boyan Slat went diving off the coast of Greece. Boyan was eager to experience the underwater wildlife of the area, but instead, he got a terrible surprise. “I saw more plastic bags than fish,” Boyan says. From that day on, this amazing teenager has dedicated his life to cleaning up the world’s oceans of floating plastic.

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However, Boyan has a massive task in front of him. Every year, around 28 million tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans. In some cases, people dump rubbish into oceans directly, but most plastic flows into oceans from rivers and drainage systems. Once there, it gets carried away by currents, and most of it gathers in five huge areas of water called gyres. The most famous gyre, nicknamed the Pacific Garbage Patch, is situated between Hawaii and California.

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The environmental consequences of this plastic are huge. Many marine animals accidentally eat pieces of plastic, which then get stuck in their stomachs, causing them to starve. For example, turtles often confuse plastic bags for jellyfish, and albatrosses eat small pieces of plastic thinking that they are the eggs of flying fish.

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But how can this problem be solved? First, Boyan thought about collecting the plastic using ships and fishing nets, but he soon realised that this method was too expensive and slow. Instead, he came up with an idea to install floating barriers in the ocean. In the plans he designed barriers lie on the surface of the water only, allowing fish to swim unharmed underneath. The oceans’ currents then carry floating rubbish towards the barriers, where it is collected and recycled on the mainland.

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The next step was for Boyan to raise money for the project. At first, this proved very difficult; not a lot of companies wanted to give money to a 19-year-old student! But after a video of him talking about his project went viral on the Internet, he soon raised over $2 million! Nowadays, Boyan’s foundation, The Ocean Cleanup, is doing research to see if his dream can become a reality. Many experts say his plan won’t work, but Boyan recently claimed that the first platform will be built before 2020. As he says “When people say something is impossible, I like to prove them wrong.”