TEST 4a

(MODULE 4)

NAME: .. DATE: CLASS: .. MARK: ______/100 (Time: 50 minutes)

Vocabulary and Grammar

A. Fill in: communicated, conserve, depicts, devoted, wiped out, rumble, banned, captured, extinction, demolishing. 1 2 3 4 5 ! " # 10 B. He has most of his life to helping the poor and homeless. Many countries have hunting elephants for their ivory. The leopard has been listed as a species in danger of . We must all do our part to help energy. The hurricane moved over the island, houses and flooding roads. Entire tiger populations have been by hunters. Unable to speak, she in sign language. They sa a bolt of lighting in the sky and seconds later they heard a of thunder. The storm chaser got close to the tornado and it on film. The movie the long!term impacts of climate change. )oints: ****
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4 %rug companies shouldn"t be allo ed to e&periment animals. 5 We must limit global arming and prevent further damage the environment.
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4 'llegal loggers have cut do n hundreds of trees. 5 WW# protects threatened habitats around the orld.
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%ue to global arming, it is believed that there ill be a considerable decline in the polar bear population in the near future. 'n fact, many scientists predict that t o thirds of the orld"s polar bears could 1) . e&tinction by as early as ,.+.. #or years, scientists have been calling attention to the devastating effects of climate change. The continuous melting of the 1rctic"s sea ice, hich the polar bears rely on for hunting and breeding, is directly 2) . to global arming. Unless e do something no , polar bears ill continue to be under 3) . . 1ccording to a number of studies, the sea ice is melting 3uicker than scientists had predicted. 1s a result, these changes are 4) . ma:or problems for polar bears and other arctic ildlife. #or e&ample, the thickness of the sea ice has been reduced, making it more difficult for polar bears to travel than in the past. 'n addition, as sea ice continues to melt, polar bears ill be spending more time on land. Therefore, it is very 5) . that they ill approach hunting camps or communities looking for food in increasing numbers. $ome areas have already reported an increase in interactions bet een polar bears and people. 'n general, data from recent studies does not look very promising for polar bears. ;onservationists arn that the situation calls ) . immediate action. Many even believe that they may be the first mammals in the orld to lose their entire habitat because of global arming. There are, ho ever, simple things e can do to help. 8y recycling and using energy!efficient appliances, for instance, you can help reduce greenhouse emissions. <emember, even small changes can make a big difference if each of us helps. The loss of natural habitats should !) . us of the urgent need for conservation. 1 2 3 4 5 A A A A A A ! A face matched risk causing maybe to recollect . . . . . . . deal fi&ed danger doing likely of remind C C C C C C C meet related problem making perhaps ith remember D D D D D D D become :oined threat producing doubtlessly for recall
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