Английский язык. Методические указания и контрольные задания №1. Очирова М.И. - 22 стр.

numbers by 500 million. That gives, for example, more than 22
billion tonnes of CO2 in ten years!
Why not ride a bike or take a train?

1. Match these words with their meanings.
1. pollution         a) a factory which produces electricity
2. food chain        b) animal A eats animal B, which eats
                     animal C, etc.
3. power station     c) a chemical for killing insects and other
                     animals
4. acid rain         d) rising temperatures around the world
5. greenhouse effect e) rain containing chemicals which
                     pollute the environment
6. pesticide         f) making earth, air or water dirty and
                     dangerous

2.   Choose the correct answer.
1.   Acid rain comes from
a)   Scandinavian countries.
b)   neighbouring countries.
c)   industrial countries.

2.   Carbon dioxide - CO2 –
a)   keeps the earth hot.
b)   keeps the Earth cool.
c)   causes acid rain.

3. The bird called the Common Loon is not very common to-
   day, because
a) acid rain kills it.
b) acid rain kills the fish, so the bird has nothing to eat.
c) the bird’s eggs are weak, and they break.