Vocabulary and Grammar
A Choose the correct item
| 1 | Don't be late. The film..................... at 8:00 pm. A is starting B will start C starts | 16 | A good way to...................... a problem is to think about it calmly and carefully. A win B beat C gain |
| 2 | The plane took off ten minutes after the last passenger had................ it. A caught B booked C boarded | 17 | After living in London for a few months, Emma finally...........driving on the left. A used to B got used to C was used to |
| 3 | This picture...................... at the beginning of the century. A was painted B had painted C painted | 18 | It....... like the bus is running late. Let's catch a taxi. A is looking B has looked C looks |
| 4 | Look at Martha's expression. She................... screaming any minute now! A is starting B is going to start C will start | 19 | .................... Bob gets paid soon, he will not be able to pay his bills. A If B Unless C When |
| 5 | Lisa.................... have cooked this delicious meal. She doesn't even know how to boil an egg! A mustn't B shouldn't C can't | 20 | There was thick black................... coming out of the burning building. A fog B smoke C smog |
| 6 | Dan's health has really........................... ever since he stopped eating junk food. A developed B increased C improved | 21 | Mark said that he............................... a great time in London the previous summer. A had had B would have C has had |
| 7 | Nathan is............................... selfish to care about what others think of him. A very B too C enough | 22 | Michael must........................ on the phone. I've tried calling him but his line is busy. A have talked B be talking C talk |
| 8 | We....... half the rubbish on the beach by the time Jeff arrived. A have cleaned up B had cleaned up C had been cleaning up | 23 | What time does the train...................... Bristol? A arrive B get C reach |
| 9 | Ben tells the.................... jokes I've ever heard. A funnier B funniest C most funny | 24 | Neither Annabel.................... Sue has ever flown in a plane. A or B and C nor |
| 10 | When his mother asked him if he knew anything about the broken window, he just.................. his shoulders and said nothing. A crossed B clenched C shrugged | 25 | Mr Adams speaks................. than anyone I know. A slower B more slowly C the most slowly |
| 11 | Gary didn't mean......................... you. He was just in a bad mood. A hurt B hurting C to hurt | 26 | Sue wanted to change the appearance of her living room, so she................................ by a professional interior designer. A decorated it B had it decorated C had decorated it |
| 12 | Anne asked her new classmate where. ..............................from. A did he come B he came C does he come | 27 | John says that when he was a student, maths................. his least favourite subject. A were B has been C was |
| 13 | Make sure you wear a hat when you're out in the........ weather. A steaming B boiling C baking | 28 | My mum says she'll never forget................... my dad for the first time. A to meet B she met C meeting |
| 14 | If Frank.................... us, we wouldn't have finished the project on time. A wouldn't help B didn't help C hadn't helped | 29 | The burning of fossil fuels has a bad................... on our environment. A drawback B impact C fault |
| 15 | We................................. for three hours before we decided to take a break. A must be trekking B had been trekking C have been trekking | 30 | Mum advised me..................... the heavy box up the stairs. A not to carry B to not carry C don't carry |
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Reading
B Read the text and mark the statements (31 to 35) as T (True), F (False) or Ns (Not stated).
WHITE ROOFS FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE!
The effects of global warming are becoming more and more noticeable with the passing of the years. The number of floods, storms and heatwaves has increased as a result of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases that do not allow the sun's heat to escape the Earth's atmosphere. However, a simple and quite possibly effective idea has been suggested as a way to help lessen the consequences of climate change.
Professor Steven Chu, the US Energy Secretary and a Nobel Prize winner, suggests that painting our rooftops white will help the Earth's temperature to drop. The idea is that if enough surfaces - rooftops, pavements, roads - are painted white, more sunlight will reflect off these surfaces and go back into space. This will help cool our planet down.
According to scientists, if rooftops and roads were painted white it would reduce the amount of CO2 by billions of tons. This would be the same as taking every car in the world off the streets for 11 years. Not only this, but homes with white rooftops and cars that are painted white wouldn't absorb so much heat from the sun. This means that they would be cooler and people wouldn't have to turn on their air conditioners as much. Consequently, we would save more energy and reduce the amount of CO2 released in the atmosphere.
Although the idea of white rooftops has been generally welcomed by the scientific and environmental communities, there appear to be a few problems. One of these is the fact that the colour white would be too bright if it was painted on too many large surfaces. Another concern is that keeping the white surfaces in good condition for a long period of time would be too expensive.
Pessimists feel that though painting rooftops and pavements in light colours is good in theory, it is just a very small step to take towards reducing the Earth's temperature. What we must remember though, is that there is not one solution to global warming. It's the combination of different methods that will help our planet get back on its feet.
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31 There has been an increase in the amount of greenhouse gases in recent years..............
32 Professor Chu suggests painting every large surface on the Earth white..............
33 Buildings with white rooftops don't need air conditioning..............
34 Professor Chu's suggestion has been accepted by many experts..............
35 Some people feel that painting surfaces white will not be enough to solve the
problem of global warming..............
