Read the text then do the activities. (8pts)
Please recycle!
Waste disposal is a major problem in urban areas. For a long time, landfills or dumps
were used, but now we have to find other solutions. Everybody has to reduce, re-use and
recycle waste, at home, at work, etc. schools are trying to help and children must establish
some environmentally friendly habits.
Everyday, Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million. That’s the
equivalent of dumping 500.000 trees into a landfill every week. Enough aluminium is
thrown away every three months to rebuild their entire commercial air fleet.
a: How many sentences are there in the second paragraph?
b: Say if these sentences are true or false.
1- Waste disposal isn’t an environmental problem.
2- Everyone is concerned with the problem of waste disposal.
3- Recycling is an important element in reducing the quantity of waste.
4- American people don’t pollute their environment.
c: Answer the following questions according to the text.
1- Where did we use to throw waste in the past?
2- What solution does the writer suggest to reduce waste disposal problem?
3- Do American people take care of their environment? Justify.
TEXT EXPLORATION: ( 7pts)
1-Find words in the text which have the same meaning as:
Important =……… diminish =…………..
2-Find words in the text that are opposite to:
-Rural # ……….. Sell # ………….
3-Add one more word to each list:
a- Wastes pollution dumps …………….
b- Nature health fields ……………
4- Complete the 2nd sentence so that it means the same as the first one:
a- For a long time, landfills or dumps were used.
For a long time, we……………………….
b-We must find other solutions.
Other solutions…………………………
c- He told us: “you have to clean your environment.
He told us that……………………………………
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SECTION TWO: WRITTEN EXPRESSION : ( 5pts)
Choose one topic:
Topic one: why is pollution dangerous for health?
Write a short paragraph of about 6 lines.
Topic two:
Use the following ideas to write a paragraph about nature and its importance.
Forest / important….. animals ….oxygen…….rain…..water…..
Environment…….. beautiful ….. Flowers……clean streets……healthy
people……etc…
2010
