UNIT 5

Reading Comprehension Questions

B

C

D

D

C

 

Vocabulary Building Exercises

 

A)

resources

prevent

active

protect

convince

tame

affection

adopt

extinction

poacher

protest

deprive

respect

emissions

affects

awareness

threat

recycling

processing

products

goods

existence

donate

 

Collocations

greenhouse effect

ozone layer

renewable resources

global warming

solar/nuclear energy

chemical issues

environmental waste

acid rain

rubbish dump

 

Words Often Confused

reserve

reverse

conserve

preserve

 

Collocations

reach

take

run

 

Exercises

A)

well

hard7like

lately

further

least

eldest

best

badly

rudely

worse/worse

much more cheaper

politely

awkward

 

B)

 

widely

highly

deeply

lately

freely

hardly

C)

I went to N.Y. by car last week

The child ran quickly into his classroom a few minutes ago

Jennifer was born at 11:45 on Monday in November 20th in 1996

Dorothy was studying quietly in her room all evening

He often stays home at night

They live in a house in the suburbs

D)

I don’t drive more carefully than my brother/ I drive less carefully than my brother

He’s the most intelligent student I have seen in my life

She is a superlative pianist/ She plays piano in the best way/ No one plays the piano like her

Mary behaves very politely

My jeans are like yours/ My jeans seem like yours

It’s very bed the film I saw yesterday

E)

best

true

constantly

effectively

increasing

apparently

deliberately

good

most

more

more