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Exercises

I. Answer the questions on Text a:

1) What are the results of the scientific and technological progress of the 20th century ? 2) What is the price for rapid industrial development? 3) What's the main problem facing humanity nowadays ? 4) What phenomena have we constantly been speaking about lately ? 5) What can you say about weather patterns. Have they been changing recently ? 6) What's the main cause of the global warming-up process ? 7) What is the greenhouse effect created by ? 8) Why do people all over the world get worried about the state of environment ? 9) What measures are done in different countries to improve the environment ? 10) What do the environmental activists call people for ? 11) What measures should be done to help in solving the problems of environmental protection ?

II. Find the English equivalents in the text:

Широко розповсюджений, заперечувати, виснажувати, екологічний баланс, токсичні відходи, озонова дірка, хімічні речовини, наражати на небезпеку, добрива, навряд чи, мати на увазі, людство, засуха, забруднений хімічними речовинами, рішучий, процес потепління, парниковий ефект, створювати, промислові підприємства, бути надзвичайно важливим, сприяти, підвищувати вимоги до техніки безпеки, добре переробляти промислові відходи, контролювати.

III. Give the Ukrainian equivalents of the word combinations from Text A:

The scientific and technological progress; atomic power stations; disturbed ; species of flora and fauna; industrial raters; chemicals and fertilizers; air pollution; nowadays; high level of radiation; weather patterns; due to; carbon dioxide emissions; release of gases; deterioration; vital problems.

IV. Arrange the given words in the pairs of synonyms:

Progress, to disturb, to deny, to disappear, safety, to trouble, to exhaust, protection, to refuse, to end, assistance, polluted, to spend, advance, help, contaminated.

V. Arrange the words in the pairs of antonyms:

To disturb, to disappear, progress, to exhaust, assistance, to appear, to deny, to calm, obstruction, polluted, to replenish, to clean, to allow, regression.

VI. Retell the text according to the plan:

l) The results of the scientific and technological progress of the 20th century.

2) The main problem facing humanity nowadays.

3) Changes in weather patterns and their major reason.

4) Why do people need a healthy environment ?

5) Measures to protect the environment.

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

I. Put the verbs in brackets into the right form. Mind the use of Present Perfect Tense:

l) Bob is on holiday. He (to go) to Italy. 2) I can't find my umbrella. Somebody (to take) it. 3) I know that woman but I (to forget) her name. 4) My friends (to be) to France twice this year. 5) You can have this book. I (to read) it already. 6) I ... never (to travel) by an ocean ship. 7) Catherine lives in Scott Road. She (to live) there since she was 20. 8) ... anybody (to see) my glasses ? I can't find them. 9) How many times ... Brazil (to win) the World Cup ? 10) Marry ... already (to finish ) her work but (not; to go) home yet. 11) I (not; to see) Tom this morning. 12) Jane is a good friend of mine. I (to know) her for a long time. 13) How long ... your parents (to be) married. - For 25 years. 14) Tom isn't here. He ... just (to go out). 15) ... you (to have) a holiday this year ?

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