Reading Comprel

Choose the best answer.

1. What is the main idea of the reading?

a. Where the world's deserts are

b. How people iive lh deserts

Why some deserts are growing

. How cows can stop deseris Irom growing

Where are deserts found?

a. Africa and South America

b. The United States and China

C. On useful land

d. All around the world

. Which is NOT a cause ot desert growth?

No wind
D. Using land too much

d. Many animals

No rain

4. How do humans cause desert growth?

b. By eating only vegetables

a By causing pollution

C. By planting trees

d. By moving sand

5. How can humans stop desert growth?

a. By using bicycles less

C. By cutting down trees

b. By raising more coWs

d. By having fewer children

Tdiomatic Expressions
Find these idioms in the reading.

all over

Teverywhere; covering the surlace

There is milk all over the floo

as well (as) also

am scared of snakes as well as spiderS.

to make taster

You should speed up your work it you want to finish early.

speed up

Fil in the blank with one of the above idioms. Change its form if necessary.

1. This program wil

-your computer

2. 1 love chocolate cake

ICe creattl.
3. The baby has food

her face.

Summary

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blem

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People can cause to0 much

ure, but also people can cause desers0

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the land

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grow

Listening

The Wall of Trees

Listen to the dialog and cho0se the best answer.

1. What countiry are they discussing

b. The United States

Korea

China

Kenya

wnat 1s the name or the wall of trees?

aThe Yellow Wall

The oreen

he

ree

. The Great wall

Wall

3. Why 1s the government buliding the wall?

a. So it will be the longest wall

revent the desert tro pad d Do it will spread to other countries

To pro

Cfo preent tie desert from spreading d So it e desert