Save it!

In recent years the number of __________ (1) problems has increased dangerously. One of the most serious problems is changes to the __________ (2) which has led to the ___________ (3) effect; this is making most climates warmer.

It is already affecting several areas of the world with unusual __________ (4) causing droughts or heavy storms. Cutting down on ___________ (5) fumes from vehicles would help solve this problem. Natural ___________ (6) such as oil and coal are not endless, so using other forms of __________ (7) such as wind, sun, water and even sea waves would help preserve our planet. Very soon we will be able to drive cars in cities and towns that run __________ (8) electricity - a much cleaner __________ (9) than petrol. And we can also help to reserve finite resources by __________ (10) things made of glass, aluminium, plastic and paper.

Exercise 17. Fill the gaps in the text with the suitable word from the box. Each word can be used only once.

afloat for

attended initial

desert provides

survival using

enough short

find sunk

How to Survive

Several courses have been on offer at keep-fit centres in recent years in what are known as__________ (1) techniques. On closer examination this may not be such a bad idea. You have to imagine that you __________ (2) yourself in what is called a survival situation. This means that you, for example, are still ___________ (3) after your ship has ___________ (4) or are somehow alive after your plane has crashed in the Alps or a ___________ (5), or you are a survivor in a remote car crash.

In ____________ (6), you have survived some ____________ (7) disaster which takes place miles away from anywhere, and now have to stay alive until help arrives or you are fit ___________ (8) to go and look for help.

So the first thing to do, and the courses all insist on this, is to find shelter. You must therefore learn to do this ___________ (9) whatever nature __________ (10) you with. You course has now begun, most situations are covered and, not surprisingly, classes are very well ___________ (11). It seems that quite a number of people wish to live by the rule of taking nothing __________ (12) granted in this life.

Exercise 18. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Tick the correct line and write the wrong word next to the number. There are two examples at the beginning.

The Greenhouse Effect

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This week in Kyoto in Japan the latest conference

on the environment is being taken place. The whole world is today watching to see what happens as delegates from more than 165 countries discuss what measures need not to be taken to reduce the fumes that do create the Greenhouse Effect. They

are hope to agree on ways of reducing the amount

of carbon dioxide and other gases that we

send into the atmosphere. These gases to act the way a greenhouse does and, as a result, the Earth is

be getting hotter and hotter all the time. The

temperature it is rising gradually and in 100 years'

time the Earth will be hotter by about 4 degrees.

The problem is be getting worse as more cars

are make an appearance on our already crowded roads.

The solution in Kyoto is depends on what the United States, the most powerful nation on Earth, feels is in its interests.

Exercise 19. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. Tick the correct line and write the wrong word next to the number. There are two examples at the beginning.

A Sky-diver Rescuer

A man knocked unconscious when he jumped out of from a plane was saved by the quick thinking of another one sky diver. This drama it took place at a sky-diving festival near to Paris. It began after Italian Maurizio Brambilla had to thrown himself from a Hercules aircraft at 15,000 feet. He was knocked himself out on the edge of the plane. Ex-marine Andy Peckett acted quickly and set off him in a deadly chase as the Italian was disappeared from sight. Very few of divers would have acted so quickly. Rather than to adopt the flat face to earth position, he dived headfirst to gain the speed. At 240 kph he caught at Maurizio in a rugby tackle and opened his parachute. He opened his own a few seconds before impact. Andy, the hero, couldn’t feel too afraid because of it happened so fast.

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Exercise 20. Use the word in capitals in the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.