Тема: Paper VS plastic. Работа с текстом. 1. Read the text and find the appropriate heading. Прочитайте текст и выберите подходящее название тексту
The Ecological Problems
Let’s Save the Earth Together!
Natural Resources
The population of the world is growing very fast. In the last 40 years, it has doubled. By the year 2200, it will be about 10,000 million. Our cities will be bigger. We’ll need more factories and roads. We’ll need more water and more natural resources. If we don’t change the way we use energy and natural resources, we’ll have serious problems in the future.
Every day we throw away millions of tons of rubbish. Half of this paper that we can use again, we can recycle it. A lot of rubbish we throw away, like plastic, metals and chemicals will not disappear for hundreds of years. We also produce a lot of unnecessary things, such as packaging. All of this pollutes the natural environment. So, not to have big ecological problems in the future, we must avoid using non-biodegradable material. Besides, we must reduce many unnecessary things that we produce and use.
Many natural resources are not renewable. Gas, oil and coal will come to an end one day. Other resources, such as trees, take a long time to grow. We have to reduce the amount of resources and energy we use. We also try to use such alternative ways as the wind and the sun to make energy.
2. Read the text and choose the right option to fill in the gap.
1) The population of the world is growing .
fast
slowly
very fast
2) We’ll need more and more natural in the future.
resources
environment
problems
3) People throw away millions of tons of every day.
food
natural resources
rubbish
4) Gas, oil and coal aren’t .
recycled
necessary
renewable
5) People must use different kinds of alternative resources, such as .
oil and coal
the sun and the wind
the sun and gas
3. Fill in the gaps with: break up, manufacturing, ends up, threw away, reduce.
1) The boy a piece of paper.
2) It takes plastic a long time to .
3) The rubbish in a landfill site.
4) People must the amount of rubbish they throw away.
5) of fabric bags uses minimal energy.
2. The machine needs cleaning… (to clean).
3. She is angry at … for sending (to send). ???
4. You should avoid breaking… rules (to break).
5. She entered the office without noticing… (to notice).
6. I am sorry for …disturbing you (to disturb).
7. We can’t excuse their not …answering our invitation (to answer).
8. The cat was punished for …breaking the cup (to break)
9. The cat was afraid of punishment (punishing)… and hid itself under the sofa. (to punish).
10. After looking… through and marking… the student’s papers, the teacher handed them back. (to look),(to mark).