ENVIRONMENT SKILLS

UNIT 2: Skills

GROUP B

Name: ________________________

Class: ________________________

DICTATION
1 [WIDGB4_Utest_2_Dictation.mp3] Listen and
write the sentences that you hear, including
the punctuation.

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_______________________________________ LISTENING

_______________________________________ 2 [WIDGB4_Utest_2_Listening.mp3] You will hear

three short dialogues. Listen and decide if the
statements are True (T) or False (F).
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Conversation 1

_______________________________________ 1 Miranda’s recycling club organises

activities for students. ___
_______________________________________ 2 The club meets in the science room. ___
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Conversation 2
_______________________________________
3 Miranda thinks it would be great to
be a student councillor. ___
_______________________________________
4 The school council election is on
_______________________________________ Friday this week. ___

_______________________________________ Conversation 3
_______________________________________ 5 Josh’s grandmother didn’t know
what ‘recycling’ meant when she
/7 was younger. ___
6 Josh’s mum isn’t interested in recycling. ___
/6

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ENVIRONMENT SKILLS
UNIT 2: Skills

GROUP B

READING even damaged the environment in ways that

3 Read the passage below about ways to protect the creators had not considered.
the environment. Decide if the sentences are One idea to save the planet has been to use
True (A) or False (B). If there is not enough biofuels instead of traditional fuels. They are
information to decide, choose Doesn’t say (C).
made from natural oils from plants such as oil
1 Biofuels are the best replacement for traditional
palm or soybean and are therefore a renewable
fuels.
form of energy. Unfortunately the production
A True B False C Doesn’t say
of these has severely damaged the environment
by causing deforestation in some places and
2 There has been deforestation because of biofuel
creating a global food crisis as farmers use the
production.
land for producing biofuel and not food.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
Another idea that scientists are looking at is to
find a way of using the energy of tornados,
3 Scientists are already using tornado energy.
which often blow at more than 100 miles per
A True B False C Doesn’t say
hour. One scientist believes that he can catch a
tornado and keep it going and so generating
4 It might not be very safe to use tornado energy. lots of power. However, the machine used to
A True B False C Doesn’t say
do this could be very dangerous if the tornado
gets out of control and destroys everything
5 There were hardly any bald eagles in the 1980s. around it.
A True B False C Doesn’t say However, for every disaster story there is also
a success story. As more endangered species
6 Chemicals were used to help the birds survive. disappear around the world, there are some
A True B False C Doesn’t say positive stories. For example, in the 1980s
there was only one known pair of bald eagles,
7 Food for the wedding came from famous the bird which is the symbol of the USA, left
supermarkets. alive. This was because of some harmful
A True B False C Doesn’t say chemicals used in farming. Since farmers
/7 stopped using the chemicals the numbers have
/20
increased and in 2015 there were 161 known
pairs
One unusual success involves food which has
been thrown away. In many wealthier
countries too much good food is wasted
because the packaging says it mustn’t be used
after a certain date. However the food is
usually still safe to eat and a charity in the UK
makes meals out of this for people who need
help. One couple who were getting married
There have been many ideas for ways to asked the charity to prepare food at their
protect the environment, but not all of them wedding and everyone loved it.
have proved to be successful and some have

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ENVIRONMENT SKILLS
UNIT 2: Skills

GROUP B

Despite the failures, it’s still important to come

up with new ideas that will protect the
environment, but we should look at the
consequences more closely before putting
them into practice.

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