Greenpeace

Greenpeace is an independent organisation that campaigns to (0)… the environment. It has approximately 4.5 million Members worldwide in 158 countries, 300,000 of these in the United Kingdom. (1) … in North America in 1971, it has since opened offices round the world. As (2) … as its campaigning (3)…, it also has a charitable trust which (4) … scientific research and (5) ... educational projects on environmental issues. Greenpeace (6)… in non-violent direct action. Activists (7) … public attention to serious threats environment. (8) … issues on which the organisation is campaigning include the atmosphere (global warming), the (9)…of the rainforests and toxic (10) … being emitted from factories. Greenpeace is committed to the principles of political independence and internationalism.

By exposing (11) … to the environment and in working to (12) … solutions, Greenpeace has no permanent allies or enemies.

1. A. built	B. formed	C. invented	D. produced
2. A. long	B. far	C. good	D. well
3. A. work	B. job	C. occupation	D. position
4. A. pays	B. funds	C. reward	D. earns
5. A. undertakes	B. engages	C. commits	D. enters
6. A. accepts	B. depends	C. holds	D. believes
7. A. draw	B. pay	C. get	D. take
8. A. instant	B. current	C. immediate	D. next
9. A. ruin	B. extinction	C. destruction	D. downfall
10. A. waste	B. litter	C. rubbish	D. leftovers
11. A. warnings	B. threats	C. promises	D. difficulties
12.A. find	B. make	C. set	D. sort

Part II

Exercise 1. For questions 1-13, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

EXAMPLE: 0 of

The flu pandemic of 1918-19

The influenza pandemic of 1918-19 killed millions (0) of people at the end of World War One. As (1)…..as 40 million people are believed to have died and more or less (2)….. part of the world was affected. As might be expected, a (3)….. number of the victims were soldiers. In fact, in some parts of the war zone, (4)….. many soldiers died of influenza as died in the fighting. In the US army at home and abroad ten (5)….. as many soldiers died of influenza. Unusually, in the civilian population there were relatively (6)….. victims among the young and elderly, the usual victims of influenza. Instead, most of the (7)….. millions who died were the strongest members of the population, between the ages of 20 and 40. Doctors at the time had (8)….. little idea of how to treat the disease and it spread rapidly as the war ended and (9)….. numbers of people returned home. At the time, (10)….. of people believed that the epidemic was caused by biological warfare. However there is (11)….. evidence to support this suspicion. Scientists now believe that a pandemic occurs (12)….. time the influenza virus changes its genetic composition. This pandemic is sometimes known as the Spanish Flu because it was believed to have caused as many (13)….. 8 million deaths in Spain in 1918. However the outbreak is now believed to have originated in China.

Exercise 2. For questions 1-10, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0).

EXAMPLE: 0 many