ANGLAIS II
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TEXT: ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
…. Forests razed can grow back, polluted air and water can be cleaned- but extinction is forever.
… In fact, conservationists quietly acknowledge that we’ve entered an age of triage, when we might have to decide which species can truly be saved.
… In hot spots like Madagascar and Brazil, vation1sts are working with locals on the ground, ensuring that the protection of endangered species is tied to the welfare of the people who live closest to them. A strategy knows as avoiding deforestation goes further. Incentivizing environmental protection by putting a price on the carbon locked in rainforests and allowing countries to trade credits in an international market, provided that the carbon stays in the trees and is not cut or burned. And as global warning forces animals to migrate in order to escape changing climates, conservationists are looking to create protected corridors that would give the species room to roam. “We have a window of opportunity”, says Kassie Siegel, director of the climate, energy and air program of the Center for Biological Diversity (CDB). “But it’s slamming shut”.
QUESTIONS
COMPREHENSION AND VOCABULARY (6pts):
Vocabulary (1pt):
Find in the text:
a synonym of” dirty and dangerous”
An antonym of “discouraging”
True or False? Justify your answer (2pts):
Rainforests are valuable.
Conservationists do their best to protect the environment.
Answer these questions, using your own words (3pts):
How can conservationists stop forest cutting?
Does global warning affect animals? What is being undertaken?
Will these efforts be really effective? Why?
Give a summary of the text in about 50 words (in English) (2pts)
Translate the following into French (2pts)
“It’s uncertain that any of this will stop the sixth extinction wave, let alone preserve the biodiversity we still enjoy, but we have no choice but to try.”
GRAMAR (5pts):
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form and tense (1,5pts):
If you were rich, what you (like) to do?
Oh, it takes me a very long time to do this work! I wish I (have) a computer.
I never (see) so much money.
Make compound words (1pt);
A spoon with which you stir tee is……………
A bird whose wings are very long is…………..
Put into the passive (1pt):
Why didn’t you either lock or put the car into the garage?
Turn into the reported speech (1pt):
The teacher said, “Why were you missing yesterday?”
Supply the right prepositions (O, 5pt):
I apologize ….. her….. my mistake.
GENERAL QUESTIONS (5pts):
According to you, what should we do to preserve our environment? (in about 150 words) (2,5pts)
What is an advertisement? 1pt)
How do advertisers influence people? (3 answers) (1,5pts)
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