SMART SKILLS

UNIT 5

 

PAGG.52-53

READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1 B

2 C

3 D

4 D

5 C

VOCABULARY BUILDING EXERCISES

A

1 Prevent

2 Active

3 Protect

4 Convince

5 Stray

6 Affection

7 Adopt

8 Extinction

9 Poachers

10 Protest

11 Deprive

12 Respect

13 Discourage

14 Emissions

15 Affects

16 Awareness

17 Threat

18 Recycling

19 Processing

20 Products

21 Goods

22 Existence

23 Donate

B

1 Ozone layer

2 Renewable resources

3 Global warming

4 Solar/nuclear energy

5 Chemical waste

6 Environmental issues

7 Acid rain

8 Rubbish dump

C

1 Reverse

2 Conserve

3 Preserve

D

1 Take

2 Run

 

PAGG.54-55

A

1 Hard, like

2 Lately

3 Further

4 Least

5 Eldest

6 More, more

7 Badly

8 Rudely

9 Worse, worse

10 Much cheaper

11 Politely

12 Awkward, like

B

1 Widely

2 Highly

3 Deeply

4 Lately

5 Freely

6 Hardly

C

1 I went to New York by car last weekend.

2 The child ran into his classroom quickly a few minutes ago.

3 Jennifer was born at 11:45, on Monday, November 20th.

4 Dorothy was studying quietly, in her room, all evening.

5 He often stays home at night.

6 They live in a house in the suburbs.

D

1 I don’t drive as carefully as my brother.

2 I drive less carefully than my brother.

3 He’s the most intelligent student I’ve ever seen.

4 She is a better pianist than anyone else.

5 She plays the piano better than anyone else.

6 No one plays the piano as well as she does.

7 Mary behaves in a very friendly way.

8 My jeans are the same as yours.

9 My jeans are similar to yours.

10 It’s the worst film I’ve ever seen.

E

1 True

2 Constantly

3 Effectively

4 Negative

5 Increasingly

6 Apparent

7 Deliberately

8 Good

9 Most

10 More

11 More