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Part 1: Multiple-choice activity

Environmental Concerns
Earth is the only (0) ... we know of in the universe that can support human life. (1) ...
human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (2) ... on
consuming two-thirds of the world's resources while half of the world's population do so
(3) ... to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (4) ... resource we have by which all
people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (5) ... built on or washed into
the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to
recover (6) ... We discharge pollutants into the atmosphere without any thought of the
consequences. As a (7) ... the planet's ability to support people is being (8) ... at the
very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (9) ... increasingly heavy
demands on it.
The Earth's (10) ... resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, energy,
medicines, warmth, shelter and minerals to (11) ... us fed, comfortable, healthy and
active. If we are sensible in how we use the resources they will (12) ... indefinitely. But
if we use them wastefully and excessively they will soon run out and everyone will
suffer.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

Although
continues
already
alone
sooner
quite
development
stopped
doing

10 A natural
11 A hold
12 A last

B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B

Still
repeats
just
individual
neither
greatly
result
narrowed
having

B real
B maintain
B stand

C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C

Yet
carries
for
lone
either
utterly
reaction
reduced
taking

C living
C stay
C Go

D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D

Despite
follows
entirely
only
rather
completely
product
cut
making

D genuine
D keep
D remain

Part 2: Open-cloze text

Paper bags or plastic bags: which are best?

From Topshop to Nike to Primark, brown paper bags are back in abundance on the high street. But are they any
(1) _____________the environment than plastic bags?
When we are spending more money than we (2) _____________ in tough economic times at least we are being
served the perfect (3) ____________ in which to hide our guilty purchases: the discreet paper bag.
The war against plastic bags seems to have been (4) __________on the high street this Christmas. Everyone
from classy French label APC to the likes of Nike (complete with swoosh), Topshop and even Primark hand
out brown paper bags. An armful of paper bags feels so much less trashy than a swaddling of plastic; they recall
the classic brown paper groceries bag of old.
(5) ________ victory for paper bags they are the children of trees! in the war against decadent, dolphinsmothering plastic. Except, like most wars, it is far from clear if it has left the world a better place. Wrap, the
government-funded company (5) ___________to reduce waste, summarises the drawbacks of paper bags: (6)
___________ from a renewable source and biodegradable, compostable and recyclable, they require far more

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energy to make and transport than plastic, have less re-use potential and produce methane if dumped in landfill.
"Faced with the question of paper or plastic, the answer should always be (7)_______," says Reuseit.com.
According to a 2007 study (funded by US plastic bag (8) _________), it takes almost four times as much
energy to manufacture a paper bag as a plastic bag. Paper-bag manufacture uses 20 times (9) __________
water as plastic and paper requires more energy to be (10)__________.
Cloth bags are far from perfect. An Environment Agency report this year found that a resusable cloth bag
would have to be taken out 131 times to reduce its environmental (11) _________ to that of a single-use plastic
bag. And despite all our fretting, plastic bag use has actually (12) ________. Rather than pitching paper against
plastic, we really need to change our habits. (13) __________ banning ourselves from buying more than we can
carry loose in our arms, the obvious solution is a (14) ________ on all bags, an economic nudge that (15)
__________ we can't shop less we should at least reuse those bags stuffed under the kitchen sink.

VOCABULARY: NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Complete the following sentences with a word or expression from the box. There are some
that you do not need.

CFC unleaded petrol endangered tidal energy ozone layer

natural resources desertification fumes greenhouse effect
pollution acid rain extinct global warming fossil fuels rainforest
solar power wildlife recycle bottle bank ecological

1. ________ falling on forests has killed a lot of trees in the last 20 years.
2. The council is encouraging us to ________ more household rubbish.
3. Factories and vehicles produce a lot of dangerous ________.
4. ________ of the atmosphere has increased over the last 50 years, making the environment very
dirty.
5. The effect of gases in the earth's atmosphere is preventing the earth from losing heat; this is
called the ________.
6. When ________ gases are released into the atmosphere, they rise slowly.
7. The hole in the ________ is getting larger every year.
8. If ________ continues, there is a danger that the polar ice-cap will start to melt.
9. We take all our empty bottles to the ________ so that the glass can be used again.
10. Long periods of drought have brought about the ________ of whole areas of central Africa.
11. Tigers, whales and panda bears are all ________ species.
12. People are worried that soon whales will become ________.
13. We should use fewer ________ such as oil and coal, and look to other energy sources such as
________ and ________.

TEACHER: Encarni Gonzlez Lara

ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-17