Part V. Additional exercises

Exercise 1. Confront the words with synonymic meaning.

1) fatality 2) mistake 3) blast 4) flames 5) quake 6) eruption

a) tremor b) fire c) outbreak d) casualty e) explosion f) error

Exercise 2. Choose the extra word in each line:

1) pollution 2) crisis 3) consequence 4) endanger 5) devastation

contamination preparation affect insecure damage

popularisation emergency effect risky destruction

poisoning danger impact hazardous distraction

Exercise 3. Choose the most suitable word or phrase underlined in each sentence.

1) The lorry was in accident / collision with a bus on the crossroads.

2) There Is going to be a large manifestation / demonstration against nuclear power in our city next Monday,

3) Many people were injured when the building demolished / collapsed.

4) The group of mountaineers radioed that they were in difficulties / dangers,

5) Nowadays everyone agrees that the environment / nature must be protected.

6) This year there has been some increase / rising in amount of crime in our region.

7) After the last redundancies many people are away from work / unemployed,

8) Jane only works half-time / part-time at the moment.

9) The government has announced plans to help the poor / poverty.

10) Do you know what to do if a person has an electric / electrical shock?

Exercise 4. Match each sentence beginning 1 – 6 with an appropriate ending a–f.

1. Not enough is being done to preserve a. waste of any kind at sea.

2. The local authorities talk of the need to b. extinction in this country as a

recycle result of modern farming methods.

3. One of the aims of Greenpeace is to c. litter should be ordered to pay

raise a heavy fine.

4. The captain of the ship denied he had d. paper, but they haven’t provided

been dumping enough containers to enable us to

5. I strongly believe that anyone caught do this.

dropping e. awareness of the environmental

6. Several species of birds and animals problems facing our planet.

face f. wildlife in this country.

Exercise 5. Match the terms in column A with their definitions in column B.

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l) aid 2) charity 3) conservation 4) demonstration 5) drought 6) emergency 7) famine 8) pile-up 9) riot 10) strike

a) a long period of dry weather when there is not enough water b) when a large crowd of people is behaving in a violent and uncontrolled way c) an unexpected and dangerous situation that must be dealt with immediately d) a traffic accident in which several vehicles crash into each other e) help (money, food, etc.) given by government or other organisations f) when people deliberately stop working because of disagreement with their employers g) the protection of animals, plants, forests h) when a large number of people is desperately short of food i) a large group of people marching through the streets to show their opinion j) an organisation that collects money or goods to help the poor

Exercise 6. Replace the words underlined in each sentence with a word or phrase from the box.

banned flooded ignored improved increased solved overpopulated polluted protected unemployed

1) Our local river has been made dirty by nearby factories.

2) After the recent heavy showers, many villages were filled with water.

3) The number of people riding bicycles has grown larger recently.

4) In our county smoking has been made illegal in public places.

5) It is well known, that China is inhabited by too many people.

6) Famine is one of the serious problems which hasn’t been dealt with yet.

7) Many species of animals and plants need to be guarded by the law.

8) A lot of people in industrial districts are out of work at the moment.

9) Living conditions haven't been made better in this country.

10) A problem which is not thought about doesn’t simply go away.

Exercise 7. Put one preposition in each space in these sentences.

1) When the volcano erupted, a group of tourists was ________danger.

2) When the fire brigade arrived, the building was no longer _______fire.

3) _____ an emergency, break this glass.

4) He has a lot of work to do and is ________stress at the moment.

5) The sinking ferry was crowded ________passengers.

6) Miners have decided to go ________strike next month.

7) The fireman put his life ________risk to rescue the baby.

8) Many people are dying________ hunger in the desert area.

9) These countries are now ________war with each other.

10) The bus driver went through a red light ________mistake.

Exercise 8. Complete each sentence with the best phrasal verb.

1) The scientists are aware that the world is going to___________ energy resources

quite soon.

a) get away with b) keep up with c) run out of d) come up against

2) Nowadays many plants and factories break the anti-pollution laws and

___________ it.

a) come round to b) put up with c) get round to d) get away with

3) We have decided to ___________ the environmental organisation in order to

inform people of our community and gain their support.

a) set up b) set off c) make up d) set out

4) Most people now want to ___________ more about the problem of ozone layer.

a) make out b) deal with c) find out d) lookup

5) The members of environmental organisation believe that many ecological

problems can be solved and don't ____________.

a) take over b) give up c) look up d) put up

6) Disposing of waste and rubbish is a hard problem to____________.

a) carry out b) break out c) get away d) deal with

7) Our local Council seems just to ___________ dealing with the problem of

pollution of the nearby lake.

a) put off b) do without c) take after d) clear up

8) In many towns and cities people have __________ cycling instead of using cars.

a) thought over b) taken up c) looked into d) turned up

9) Though everyone knows about pollution problems, but only few industries

__________ any solutions.

a) get round to b) make up for c) come up with d) go in for

10) Unless the humanity ___________ the problem, many animals could become

extinct.

a) gets up to b) looks up to c) turns up to d) faces up to

11) When the fire in the office broke out, an electronic alarm ___________.

a) put off b) came in c) went off d) called off

12) The fire brigade arrived immediately and ___________ the fire very quickly.

a) put out b) put aside c) break out d) fall out

Exercise 9. Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each sentence.

1) The driver of the heavy vehicle couldn't __________ the accident.

a) control b) prevent c) protect d) provide

2) His windows look out to the factory and he has to keep them shut because the noise outside is __________.

a) enormous b) in danger c) unbearable d) shouting

3) I'm glad I ___________ my plane - I've heard that it's been hijacked!

a) missed b) altered c) refused d) lost

4) The disco was ___________ when the police had found weapons and drugs there.

a) abolished b) banned c) ignored d) closed down

5) Hooligans ___________ fire to the stadium when their favorite team had lost.

a) put b) opened c) set d) caught

6) They decided not to go camping because of the ___________ rain.

a) amount b) heavy c) strong d) great

7) The town was completely ___________ by the earthquake.

a) collapsed b) ruined c) broken d) destroyed

8) The cruise ship hit a rock and ____________.

a) flooded b) sank c) crashed d) drowned

9) The surgeon told her that her leg wasn't broken but it was badly ____________.

a) bruised b) fractured c) bent d) bandaged

10) That was a bad fall! Have you ____________ yourself?

a) harmed b) damaged c) wounded d) hurt

Exercise 10. Complete each sentence with a word from the list. Use each word once only.

disaster emergency hooliganism living rubbish disease famine injuries invasion earthquake slums floods

1) Relief agencies have sent food to area of Ethiopia suffering from ________ .

2) Large cities face the problem of what to do with household __________.

3) The ___________ of Guaranda has been condemned by the United Nations.

4) The cost of ____________ has risen gradually these years.

5) Many people have to live in overpopulated ___________ on the edge of the city.

6) During the last storm there were hundreds of ___________ calls.

7) ____________ at football matches has grown considerably this year.

8) It was announced that a cure for this ___________ has been found now.

9) Several victims involved in the crash had serious _____________.

10) Thousands of buildings in this region collapsed during a severe ____________.

11) The eruption of the volcano was a terrible _____________.

12) Hundreds of people were drowned during the ____________ in south-eastern

Asia.

Exercise 11. Complete each sentence with a word from the list Use each word once only.

capacity chemicals investigating leaking procedures protective replace risk

1) We were reviewing safety __________ when the accident happen.

2) While we were cleaning the tanks the __________ polluted the river.

3) The plant was operating at full ___________ when the explosion happened.

4) We turned off the supply because the pipe was ____________.

5) As the equipment was old we decided to ___________ it.

6) When the fire started we were wearing ____________ clothes.

7) While the company was _____________ the accident the government

introduced new regulations.

8) The _____________ of explosion was the highest precisely when workers were

repairing the pipe.

Exercise 12. Fill the gaps in the text with the suitable word from the box. Each word can be used only once.

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