Дискурсивная практика "Английский язык"

SPEECH PRACTICE TEST 16

I. Match the words and word combinations from the two columns to get expressions: (10 points)

ghetto
half-
hot
chemical
fundraising
sewage
design
pressure
do
assume

spot
sludge
group
life
fertilizer
blaster
the worst
event
flaw
harm

II. Insert prepositions where necessary: (40 points)

1. be wiped existence
2. close the city center cars
3. be subject stringent control
4. put the pressure politicians
5. conform international standards
6. impose fines smb
7. choke death
8. the auspices
9. erupt a big explosion
10. export pollution other countries
11. be susceptible cancer
12. alert the world the nuclear fallout
13. deprive man the soil
14. reduce the level of pollution 50%
15. dump smth land
16. expose danger
17. be run oil
18. play music full blast
19. adapt noise disturbance
20. the real answer the eco quality problem
21. take actions air pollution
22. be preoccupied smth
23. have an impact smth
24. choke the fumes
25. contaminate water chemicals
26. dispose industrial waste
27. be the edge extinction
28. threaten extinction
29. restrictions foodstuffs
30. leakage toxic waste
31. demands the closure of the nuclear plant
32. purify bacteria
33. spray crops pesticides
34. keep control
35. be available the public
36. fit the Government’s plans
37. a build pollution
38. opt paper bags

III. Match the words to their definitions. (8 points)

death toll
trigger
aftershock
radiation leak
malfunction
evacuate
devastate
magnitude

to cause something to happen
the accidental emission of a dangerous form of energy
the number of recorded deaths caused by a certain accident, crime, or other unfortunate event
to leave a dangerous area; to find a safe zone
make desolate; ravage; destroy
a smaller earthquake (tremor) that happens after an original earthquake
measure of the size of an earthquake based on the quantity of energy released: specified on the Richter scale
to not work properly

IV. Complete each sentence with one of the words from the box. (12 points)

extinct renewable campaign supplies sewage
rubbish ice caps exhaust explode waste
radiation dwindling

1. The Friends of the Earth have launched a ... to stop deforestation.
2. The fire probably started in a ... dump.
3. Pandas could become ... in the wild.
4. Environmentalists would like to see fossil fuels replaced by ... energy sources.
5. If the ... melt, many countries will be flooded.
6. Drinking water ... are believed to have been contaminated.
7. A design flaw caused the reactor to ....
8. Britain dumps more of its ... than any other European country.
9. The elephant population is ....
10. The fumes from ... pipes pollute the air in big cities
11. The ozone layer in the sky prevents the Sun’s harmful ... from reaching the Earth.
12. Chlorine is used in ... treatment.

Кол-во ошибок	Процент выполнения	Оценка
0-2	100 -97	10
3-4	96-94	9
5-7	93-90	8
8-14	89-80	7
15-21	79-70	6
22-28	69-60	5
29-35	59-50	4
36-46	49-34	3
47-57	33-18	2
58-69	17-1	1
70	0	0