Vocabulary Exercises

I.  Translate the following words and word combinations from English into Russian:

run the englishtenment, consultancy, ravage the environment, to deplete natural resources, adoption of energy-sufficient technologies, to move steadily away, annual logging, domestic fuel, to flaw, to stake smth on, likelihood, in the teeth of the evidence.

II.  Translate the following words and word combinations from Russian into English:

быть знакомым с кем-либо/чем-либо, весы, вне контроля, товары для продажи, недопустимый, нехватка, инструмент, наиболее важно, метод проб и ошибок, годовой, древесный уголь, необработанный, ранимый, кровоточащая рана, грубый, распоряжение, поставить не на то место.

III. Arrange the following words in pairs of synonyms. Use them in sentences of your own:

generally known, to devastate, familiar, to fall helpless, to collapse, alarm, to ravage, to renew, know-how, a large mass of snow, a set of changes, a fault or weakness, vagaries, flaw, anxiety, to give a new life and freshness, to expertise, avalanche, avid, to lift, to empty, greedy, to raise, whim, cyclone, to exhaust, tornado.

IV. Arrange the following words in pairs of antonyms. Use them in sentences of your own.

catastrophe, thaw, endurable, pollute, triumph, purify, freeze, intolerable.

V. Choose the proper word from the active vocabulary.

Thaw-melt

1. You`ve got to put frozen fish into the water___.

2. Impossible to go to the skating-rink, it`s___.

3. The day was still frosty but the snow on the sunny side___.

4. The butter in his cap began___.

5. The mother` s heart___ on seeing her son.

Catastrophe-disaster

1. It would be___ if we didn’t qualify for the World Cup next year.

2. A series of ___ forced the company to close down.

3. The expedition ended in ___, with three people being killed.

4. My carefully planned party had been a complete___.

Alarm-emergency

1. In ____, call this number.

2. It’s illegal to use the fire ___except in case of___.

3. There was a note of ___ in her voice.

4. My car ___ went off in the middle of the night.

To raise-to rise

1. A number of children ___their hands.

2. The money could be found by___ income tax by two per cent.

3. The aircraft ___ slowly into the air.

4. ____ unemployment is our biggest problem.

VI. Write the vocabulary word on the line below the situation it best fits. Use each word once: anticipate / avid / cooperate / endanger / depletion / awareness.

1. shouting of sport fans

__________________

2. destroying the ozone layer

__________________

3. waiting for a big date

__________________

4. wearing all black and walking at night

__________________

5. cleaning the house together

VII. Match words with their definitions.

Drought	a great overflow of water onto a place that is usually dry
Earthquake	An illness caused by an infection or disorder in the body or mind, not by accident
Famine	An organization that gives money and help to people who are poor, sick or in difficulty.
Meteor	A person who has been forced to leave their country for political or religious reasons
Extinction	Bad weather conditions with strong wind and often rain, lightening and thunder
Aid	An unexpected and dangerous situation that must be dealt with quickly
Flood	A very violent wind that spins at great speed
Refugee	The situation in which there are too many people live in one space
Charity	A long period of dry weather when there is not enough water
Disease	A sudden, violent shaking of the Earth`s surface
Emergency	A very serious lack of food
Storm	The killing or death of the last remaining animals of a certain kind
Tornado	A small piece of rock or metal that burns brightly when it falls into the air round the Earth
Overpopulation	Money, food and services given to people who need them