Card # 21

LISTENING (7 minutes)

Task 1. Listen to the text T. 21 Weather and climate and complete the test

(listening- 2 minutes, time for fulfillment – 1 min., for checking – 1min.)

#		true	false
	Tim says if the world’s warming up, we’ll have better holidays
	The sea level might rise by a metre over two centuries
	Wendy thinks that storms are a natural phenomenon
	Wendy thinks that people should study the data more rather than the hype

Task 2. Retell the main idea of the listened text. Which aspects of climate change each speaker mentions? (time for preparation- 2 min., time for answering - 1 min.).

SPEAKING (10 minutes)

Task 1. Discuss the following questions. (time for preparation – 2 min., time for answer – 2 min.)

Nowadays more and more people are getting interested in customs and traditions of different countries. What do you think about it?

Task 2. Speak on a given topic. (time for preparation – 5 min., time for answer –1 min.)

Do you think "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" is always good advice? Why or why not? Have you ever been in a situation where you felt you had to "do as the Romans do"?

READING (9 minutes)

Task 1. Read the text (silent reading – 1 min., reading aloud – 2 min.)

Make a plan to the text (time for preparation- 1 min., time for answering- 1 min.).

Clouds on the horizon

Governments are becoming increasingly concerned now about the impact of air travel on the environment, and politicians are under pressure from environmental groups to stop the growth in low-cost flights. Air travel is the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gases, and flights are on course to double by 2020 and triple by 2030. Emissions from aircraft, principally carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and water vapor, contribute in part to the effect of global warming. If aviation continues expanding at the same rate as it has done in the previous years, it will become the main source of CO₂ emissions by the middle of the century.

Plans to halt the increase in air travel include introducing a tax of jet fuel, selling permits to airlines to cover their output of carbon dioxide, and stopping the expansion of existing airports.. It looks like the days of a cheap weekend break in Venice could be over. In response to these proposals, airlines insist that the impact of aviation on the environment is not sufficiently understood to justify introducing such drastic measures.

The European parliament is at present debating the environmental impact of air travel, and politicians are drawing up plans for a scheme to cover all flights arriving at or departing from all airports in the European Union. However the scheme is likely to be limited in the early years to flights within Europe in order to avoid legal challenges from the USA and other countries. As the years go by it is becoming clear that it is only governments who will be paying the price of reducing global warming? In the future individuals will be encouraged to either stay at home or contribute to the bill.

Task 2. Translate the 2-nd paragraph of the text (Time for preparation- 3 min., time for answering – 1 min.)

WRITING (14 minutes)

Write an essay ot the given topic ‘The role of advertisements’. (100 words).

(time for preparation – 13 min., time for answer – 1 min.)