Підсумкова тематична контрольна робота за темою "Nature and the Environment"

READING & LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Greta Thunberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2003. Her mother Malena is a famous opera singer, and her father Svante was an actor until he quit to look after Greta and her little sister Beata. Greta was a shy girl who didn't say much at school, and this led to bullying by some of the other kids. It got so bad that Greta became very depressed and even stopped eating. She lost a lot of weight and could have died if her parents hadn't found specialist doctors with a treatment plan that worked. Her mum and dad also found her a new school, and making new friends also helped her to recover and become interested in the wider world again.

Greta first learned about climate change when she was 8 years old. Even at that young age she could see it was a serious problem, and the more she learned as she grew older, the more worried she became. She learned that carbon dioxide (CO₂) was one of the greenhouse gases causing global warming and climate change, and that airline flights released many tonnes of CO₂ into the atmosphere. Nearly everyone she knew said the climate crisis was very serious, but they also made it worse by flying all over the world for their holidays. Everyone was saying the right things, but nobody was doing the right things. So Greta decided to do something about it.

She had heard about workers going on strike to demand better pay, and imagined students going on strike to demand more action against climate change. She told her friends about her idea, but none of them seemed interested in joining her. Instead of giving up, Greta asked her dad to take her to a building supplies store where she bought a board and some paints. Then she made a big sign and painted the words "School Strike for the Climate" in Swedish. She also printed flyers full of facts about the climate crisis. After breakfast on August 20 2018, she rode her bicycle to the Swedish parliament where the government met. Svante rode behind her, carrying the sign. After sending her dad home, Greta found a good spot to set up her sign and sat down on her cushion with her flyers by her side.

She asked a passer-by to take a photo of her and posted it on her Twitter account. Even though she only had around twenty followers, it was retweeted dozens of times. Within a few days she was being interviewed by reporters, other kids had joined her, and she was being supported by Greenpeace activists and others. Greta's life would never be the same again.

In December 2018, just a few months after starting her strike, Greta was invited to speak at the United Nations COP24 Climate Change Conference in Poland. Her heart was beating fast as she nervously waited to be asked to speak. Watch the video below to see what happened next.

https://youtu.be/4iJ3NOUoPHs

Choose the correct answer.

Why did Greta stop eating?

How old was Greta when she realized climate change was a serious problem?

Nearly everyone Greta knew said climate change was bad, but they made it worse by ...

On the first day of her climate strike, Greta sat in front of ...

Who took the photo she posted on her Twitter account soon after starting her strike?

Where was the United Nations COP24 Climate Change Conference held?

Greta was invited to the conference in order to ...

Fair treatment and help for people badly affected by global warming is an example of ...

Which word means all the places in which life can exist?

Greta said our civilization and biosphere are being sacrificed so that _______ can make more money.

USE OF ENGLISH

Choose the correct relative pronouns to complete the following defining relative clauses.

I have a friend _____ speaks four languages.

The Internet is a place _____ you can get cheap technology products.

E-mails _____ advertise things are called "spam".

A "technophobe" is someone _____ is scared of technology.

We should only buy products _____ can be recycled.

That's the shop _____ I bought those shoes.

I can't find the CD _____ I borrowed from you.

Do you remember the park _____ we met?

There were three people at the party _____ knew me.

I want to see the film _____ everybody's talking about.

Choose the INCORRECT answer.

This is the man ______ .

Choose the INCORRECT answer.

She's going with a friend ______ I really don't like.

Combine the sentences using the relative pronouns who, which, that, where.

The octopus is the only animal. It has three hearts.

Combine the sentences using the relative pronouns who, which, that, where.

The man finished the marathon first. He trains three hours a day.