Global Warming • Synonyms • Environmental problems
3 Choose the best option. • Animal idioms 1 OK, let’s take the by the horns. How much money do we need to raise?
1 Complete the sentences with the missing words. The A bull B cow C bison first and the last letters of the words have been given. 2 This is reliable information; I got it straight from the The number of letters in each word is given in brackets. mouth. 1 The heat was r s (11); even after sunset the temperature didn’t drop more than a few degrees. A owl’s B elephant’s C horse’s
2 All that businesses want to do is b t (5) 3 The journalist discovered some shocking facts but their sales. decided to let sleeping lie. 3 Climate change specialists warn of the potentially A wolves B dogs C snakes c c (12) consequences of rising 4 I told him what he was doing was wrong but it was like temperatures. water off a back. 4 At present, vegetarians c e (10) a small but increasingly vocal minority. A duck’s B swan’s C goose’s
5 If governments and international organisations don’t 5 If we go to the countryside today, we can kill two t e (6) environmental problems effectively, with one stone – go walking and buy some fresh veg at the actions of individuals will make little difference. the village market. 6 D n (13) isn’t a problem limited to the A rats B birds C ducks Amazonian jungle – it happens in many areas around the world. 6 We’d been preparing a birthday party for my brother and managed to keep the secret for quite long, but my 7 Sugar c n (11) is linked to a number of younger sister let the out of the bag on the last day. serious health conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease. A pigeon B cat C mouse /7 7 ‘All the people on earth could become vegetarians and share all the food equally.’ ‘Yeah, and might fly.’ 2 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. A cows B elephants C pigs There are more words than you need. /7 biodiversity critical emissions livestock radical substantial sustainable Total/20 1 All of humanity should adopt a more lifestyle – but who is to make them? 2 The sector is responsible for a great deal of pollution. 3 The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas . 4 There has been a increase in meat consumption over the last half century. 5 Loss of means we are less well prepared to defend ourselves against human and animal diseases. 6 I don’t see my approach as especially ; I see it as common sense. /6
