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4. Read the article and choose the sentence that best fits each gap. There is an extra sentence that you do not need.

A python's long teeth curve backwards.
I didn't suffer from shock either, because everything had happened so quickly.
She was fairly hysterical before she had even stepped onto land.
This was not the wisest decision.

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4. Read the article and choose the sentence that best fits each gap. There is an extra sentence that you do not need.

This was perfectly true.
But appearances can be deceptive, as we were soon to fi nd out.
On one occasion, I got really lucky.

5. Match verbs from the article with the definitions.

1 disturb (line 37)
2 grab (line 42)
3 struggle (line 45)
4 go for (line 47)
5 grip (line 52)
6 survive (line 61)

a attack
f take hold of something suddenly or violently
c stay alive
e fight to escape
b hold tightly
d move or awaken

1. Find words in the article that match these meanings.

1 the environment where an animal lives (para 1)

2 waterless (para 4)

3 long period of dry weather (para 4)

4 animals that hunt and kill (para 6)

5 group of plants or animals of the same kind (para 6)

6 the two long bones in the face that contain the teeth (para 8)

7 an animal that is hunted by another animal (para 8)

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2. Complete the creature definitions below with these words. Not all the words are needed.

frog, lizard, mosquito, cobra, panda, parrot, leopard, salmon, seal, turtle

1 A is a bear-like, black and white mammal that is endangered.

2 A is a highly venomous, legless reptile.

3 A is a four-legged mammal that is hunted for its fur.

4 A is a reptile that has a hard shell and lays eggs in the sand.

5 A is a colourful bird that is often kept as a pet.

6 are fish that are often farmed.

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4. Replace the underlined verbs in the text below with the correct form of these phrasal verbs.

come about, come across, come back, come from, come up (to)

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5. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 Last night, roofs were blown off several houses in the .

2 Lakes and rivers dried up in the recent .

3 The skier was pulled from the snow after being trapped in a sudden .

4 Did you see that flash of ?

5 A large area of land near us has been turned into a nature .

6 At midday, most animals in Africa seek from the intense heat.

7 It’s so I can’t see to drive!

8 People jumped into fountains to cool down in the recent .

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1. Choose the correct forms to complete the text.

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3. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. More than one form may be possible.

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2. Match words with words to make collocations about the environment.

1 tidal
2 volcanic
3 global
4 forest

e eruption
d wave
c fire
f warming

1. Match words with words to make collocations about the environment.

5 greenhouse
6 ozone
7 climate

g layer
a gases
b change

3. You are going to hear a man talking about how animals react to the weather. Read the sentences and decide what kind of information is missing.

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4. Listen and complete the sentences.

1 Elephants have been known to escape into the when they feel a tidal wave.

2 Elephants can sense change through in their feet.

3 Some forest fires have travelled up to kilometres.

4 Animals become aware of differences in before humans do.

5 Animals are also sensitive to alterations in weather .

6 In the past most humans could read weather better than they can now.

7 animals are particularly sensitive to changes in the weather.

8 Bad weather could be on its way if certain birds are flying than usual.

9 A rise in the Earth’s temperature has caused birds to migrate than before.

10 Environmental problems are changing the delicate that affects animals.

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3. Listen to a student talking about some photos. Find the Useful phrases that she uses.

(in the order that students hear)

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4. Listen to the teacher’s instructions, and again to the student’s response. Answer the questions.

1 Does the student follow the teacher’s instructions?

2 Does she repeat herself?

3 Does she pause or hesitate much?

4 Does she use a variety of language?

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1. Match a word from A with a word from B to make phrases about the environment.

balance
fossil
recycle
waste
become
habitat

energy
of nature
waste
destruction
extinct
fuel

1. Use the phrases of Exercise 1A to complete sentences 1–6.

1 If global temperatures rise, it will upset the .

2 Unless we conserve the rainforests, many species will .

3 is endangering the survival of many apes, such as orang-utans.

4 If we reduce the amount of we use, it will help control global warming.

5 You just if you leave lights on in empty rooms.

6 We can such as glass and paper and use it again.

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2. Replace the underlined words with phrasal verbs from the list.

cut down, throw away, go on, run out of, give up

1 I think everyone should stop flying on holiday.

2 We can’t continue destroying the rainforests like this.

3 Very soon, the world will have no more fossil fuels.

4 We all need to reduce the amount of energy we use.

5 We shouldn’t get rid of things we can recycle.

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3. Read the text and choose the best answer, A, B, C or D.

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1A. Classify these nouns: pollution, people, river, information, bird

countable nouns

uncountable nouns

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1B. Classify these nouns: country, nature, animal, water, tourism

countable nouns

uncountable nouns

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2. Complete the text with articles where necessary. Write "no article" whenever they are not necessary.

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3. Complete the text with one word which best fits each gap.

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4. Match each paragraph in the story to topics a–d.

a the background to the events
b the opening of the story
c the climax of the story
d developing the story

paragraph one
paragraph three
paragraph two
paragraph four

5. What makes a good story? Choose from the ideas below.

Possible answers:

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6. Find the adverbs in the story.

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7. Complete the story below with these adverbs.

swiftly, suddenly, loudly, terrifyingly, quietly

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8. Use these notes to make a story. Use the correct tenses.

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