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Agrupamento de Escolas D.

Maria II Escola Bsica de


5 Lamaes
8th Form (level 4) (teste adaptado)
Class: 82
Name:___________________________________________________________________________
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10(Oct/13)Date:___________Mark:______________________________Teachers
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I . Listen and put a tick () if the following words/phrases appear


in the song.
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1. Rivers ____ 2. Pollution_______ 3. Litter____

I.A _ Say what the song is about:


___________________________________________________________________________
20__________________________
II. Read the following text carefully.

Save our planet


What is relevant is that we are destroying our
25 planet. The increase of population is placing higher
demands on Earth's resources, is forcing the
conversion of more and more land to human needs
and is wiping out the wilderness and the ecological
balance of the planet, something on which we all
30 depend.
A steadily rising use of fossil fuels for energy (at a rate that is increasing
more rapidly than the population) is choking Earth's atmosphere with
gases that are slowly poisoning it. In addition, it allows the atmosphere to
conserve heat more efficiently, so that the planet is experiencing a
35greenhouse effect that may have catastrophic impact. A steadily
increasing production of chemical substances that are highly toxic, or that
cannot be recycled by biological processes, or both, is poisoning the soil
and water of the Earth, is destroying the ozone layer and is converting
much of the planetary surface into a garbage heap.
40Since there can be nothing on Earth, simply nothing, that is more
important than saving the planet, our coming priorities must be to reverse
these destructive tendencies.
We must find alternate sources of energy, long-lasting and non-polluting.
We must develop wind-power, wave-power, the use of Earth's internal heat
45and, most of all, the direct use of solar power. All these things are highly
practical, but cost more money than oil and coal, so the challenge is to
make them cheaper. (The fact that we can destroy our planet so cheaply,
by the way, does not mean we ought to destroy it.)
We must find ways of detoxifying toxic products produced by industrial
50plants. We must find substitutes for packaging, substitutes that are
recyclable. We must find substitutes for chemicals that destroy the ozone
layer.
(Isaac Asimov, adapted)
II. A- Match the words/ phrases taken from the text with their
5equivalents.
1. stedily a) lethal
2. catastrophic b) rubbish pile
3. garbage pile c) overturn
4. recerse d) durable
10 5. long-lasting e) progressively

II.B - Say whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Deforestation is a consequence of the increasing necessities of the


15Human race.
2. The atmosphere is becoming polluted. ____
3. Luckily the soil and water of the Earth are still safe from harmful
chemical substances. ____
4. Alternate sources of energy are cheaper than coal and oil. ____
205. If we want t preserve our future on Earth we must start respecting it.
____

II. C - SAY who/what the following words refer to.

25 1. we (line 1) ____________________
2. which (line 4) _______________________
3. it (line 10) _______________________
4. them (line 21) _______________
5. it (line 22) _____________________
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II.D -ANSWER the following questions. WRITE complete answers.

1 What is the connection between man and the destruction of Nature?


2 What is poisoning the planet?
353 - How can we stop this destruction?

III. A- Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form (Past simple/
Past continuous).

40 1. Some weeks ago we_______________________ ( make) a recycling


campaign
2. We____________________( catch) a sick dolphin yesterday when we
________________ (sail) on the river.
3. What________________ (you/do) yesterday at 16.00 p.m?
45 4. The dolphin_______________________ (die) and people
_____________________ (try) to free it from the fishing nets when we
_________________ (find) him
5. I ______________________ (walk) to school when I________________
( be)10 years old.
50 6. My brother_________________ (do) a Science project last week.
7. What film ___________________ (you/watch) yesterday evening at
18.00?
8. Susan _________________ (deliver) recycling bins whenwe got to
school .
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IV. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate tense and form of the
20verbs to make sentences in the first conditional.

1. If we_________________ (keep) on chopping down so many trees, we


________________ (threaten) our own survival.
2. We ______________ (can use) the waves of the sea if we
25 _________________ (want) to produce energy.
3. If they ______________ (build) more wind farms, they__________________
(produce) renewable clean energy.
4. If people________________( use) alternative sources of energy, the
planet ______________(be) less polluted.
30 5. We_______________(cause) many habitats extinction, if we
_______________________ ( not protect) the forests.
6. Fossil fuels ____________________ ( run out) if
people____________________ ( not stop) using them.

35V. Choose only ONE of the themes to write a short composition


(about 80 words)

A. Comment on the following. Justify your opinion.


English is one of the most important languages in the world. English
40 is important because it is, maybe, the only language that truly links
the whole world together. If not for English, the whole world may not
be as united as it is today.

B. Write an essay offering solutions to the water pollution in your


45 country. Dont forget to mention what the problem is, what the
effects are, what possible solutions and your conclusion.

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Your teacher,
Manuela Peixoto

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