Read the passage.

To be specific, the average temperature of the earth is rising, slowly and steadily. And our
earth is getting warmer and warmer from year to year. This phenomenon, or happening is called
global warming.
Climatologists, scientists who carry out scientific studies of general weather conditions, say
that greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, fluorinated compounds,
and water vapour) in our earth’s atmosphere act as a blanket and have kept our earth constantly
warm enough for over four billion years for living things to be able to live. Without these gases
as a blanket, the temperature of the earth would be 33C cooler than we can stand, and most living
things would not be able to survive.
Today, climatologists agree that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have gradually
risen. So have the levels of other greenhouse gases. As a result, the temperature of the earth’s
atmosphere, its oceans and landmasses is increasing day by day.
Now, what is making this global temperature rise? Who is responsible for it? Frankly
speaking, we are responsible for it. Since the advent of the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s, we
have been burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas to produce energy to run our cars,
trains, ships, planes and many other energy-consuming inventions. The more fuel we burn, the
higher the carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere, and the warmer the earth gets.
A. Write the correct word or words to complete each sentence. (5-marks)
1. The earth’s average temperature is rising _______.
2. Climatologists are _______ who study the general weather conditions.
3. Methane is one of the greenhouse _______.
4. The increase of _______ in the atmosphere can make other greenhouse gases gradually
rise.
5. The energy being produced from _______ is used to run cars, trains, ships, planes and so
on.
B. Answer each question in one sentence. (5-marks)
6. What is global warming?
7. What are greenhouse gases?
8. Without these gases, what would happen to the temperature of the earth?
9. When have people been burning fossil fuels?
10. Why do they do it?
Give words that are similar in meaning to the following. (7-marks)
1. a large quantity that is more than enough
2. put into a liquid and taken out again
3. (of food) pleasantly hard and dry
4. the regular pattern of weather conditions of a particular place
5. the top layer of the earth in which plants, trees, etc. grow
6. becoming filled or covered with water
 7. the production or sending out of light, heat, gas, etc.
Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (10-marks)
1. If you visit England, you (see) the Big Bang clock.
2. If she ate too much, she (gain) weight.
3. If the concert hadn’t been canceled, she (enjoy) it.
4. The shop would be open if today (not be) Sunday.
5. He will miss the plane if he (not put) the alarm clock.
6. If I had got gold medal, I (be) happy.
7. If Helen (break) that mirror, she will have bad luck.
8. If she hadn’t fallen asleep, she (not have) the accident.
9. Dinner (be) fine if the fish weren’t cold.
10. If it weren’t so cold, I (not wear) my fur coat.
Finish the sentences with your own ideas. (5-marks)
1. If the earth were flat,
2. Don’t shout at me if you
3. Your soup would be tastier if
4. Your mother can be happy if
5. If Tom had received the message,
Use the suffixes given in the box and change the following root words into adjectives. (10-
marks)
-ible -ful -ous -ive -y

Root word Adjective

horror
forget
dust
create
vision
faith
stick
danger
imagine
poison

Write an expository paragraph on “Public transportation is better than private transportation for
the environment”, using the prompts given below. (5-marks)
 - solve air pollution and noise pollution problems
- save energy
- slow down the process of climate change
- reduce traffic jam
- reach our destination faster
- meet new people on our journey
Think of a flower you like and compose a three-line verse about it, substituting the 4 th, 5th and 6th
lines of the first stanza of the poem “Daffodils”. (3-marks)