Name: __________________________________________ Number: __________

Grade: ___________________________________ Teacher: Ana Dias

Part A – Listening

1. Listen to an environmental scientist explaining what global warming is and fill in

the blanks with the missing words.

Global warming is the term used to describe a a.___________________ increase in the

average temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its b.___________________, which is
believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s c.___________________.
There is great debate among many people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global
warming is real. But climate scientists looking at the data and facts agree the
d.___________________ is warming. The scientific consensus on climatic changes related to
global warming is that the average temperature of the Earth has risen
o
e.___________________0.4 and 0.8 C over the past 100 years.
The increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other f.___________________ gases released
by the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, g.___________________ and other human
activities are believed to be the primary h.___________________ of the global warming that
has occurred over the past 50 years. Scientists have recently predicted that average global
temperatures could increase between 1.4 and 5.8 oC by the year 2100.
Changes resulting from global warming may include rising i.___________________ levels due
to the melting of the j.___________________ ice caps, as well as an increase in occurrence
and severity of storms and other severe weather events.

https://www.livescience.com (accessed in August 2018)

2. Listen to the text about global warming and correct the wrong information in
each sentence.
a. The levels of greenhouse gases are higher now than in the last 560,000 years.__________________
b. Scientists often use the term “weather change” instead of “global warming”.____________________
c. 63% of our electricity comes from burning coal._______________________________________
d. Renewable energy sources are hydro, solar and gas.____________________________________
e. Renewable energy sources means less oxygen is emitted.________________________________
f. Plants play an important role in regulating the climate because they absorb oxygen from the
air. __________________________________________________________________________________
g. When vegetation is planted, the stored carbon is released back into the atmosphere as CO 2.
_______________________________________________________________________
h. Up to ¼ of global greenhouse gas pollution comes from deforestation._______________________