Progress check 2
The world’s best friend is you
Listening
№1
Listen to the interview with Dawn and Rory about zoos. Then read the statements and decide which of them is true (T), false (F)or not stated (NS).
1. Dawn has been to zoos many times.
2. Dawn is for zoos because he thinks that zoos can save some endangered animals.
3. Dawn believes that people can only have a good time in zoos.
4. Rory doesn’t like zoos.
5. Rory doesn’t think that animals feel comfortable in zoos.
6. Rory says that pandas can breed (размножаться) in zoos.
7. In Rory’s opinion, zoos can help people to learn more about wild animals.
8. Rory promises that she will never go to the zoo any more.
Reading
№2
Read the text.
Marine Litter
We all enjoy a day out at the beach. When we go to the beach we expect to see yellow sand, blue sea and a lot of sunshine. 1) … However, many of the thousands of people that visit beaches every year leave behind food containers, cigarette ends, drink cans and toys. These can be blown or washed into the sea and become marine litter. Marine litter can also come from ships, fishermen and factories (заводы). This litter doesn’t just look terrible – it’s dangerous, too!
Marine litter can be a great danger for marine mammals (млекопитающие). They can get mixed up (запутаться) in the litter, 2) … Birds, fish and mammals can also eat marine litter and die. 100,000 marine mammals and nearly a million seabirds die either from getting caught in or eating litter each year! 3) … In addition, litter is dangerous for people as 4) …
So next time you go to the beach, think of what you leave behind. 5) … If you live near a beach, you could even organise a Beach Clean-up Day.
Here are some sentences and parts of sentences. Read the text once more and decide where to add them.
A) Many of these creatures are already endangered species.
B) Take all of your litter home with you.
C) … they can cut themselves on glass or metal.
D) But we don’t want to find a lot of litter there.
E) … which causes them injury.
Use of English
№3
Complete the text with the words given below.
recycled, throw, environment, empty, avoid, rubbish, packaging
Use Less Stuff!
It’s not waste until you waste it! Think carefully about how you can reuse something before you 1) … it away. Remember that one man’s 2) … is another man’s treasure (сокровище)! Have your jeans got holes (дыры) in the knees? Make new shorts out of them or give them to someone who needs them. Don’t throw away 3) … jars (банки) and bottles; you can use them to store (хранить) other things.
Only buy what you really need and use all of it. At the supermarket, 4) … buying things you do not need. Write a shopping list before you go shopping and making sure you keep to it. Of course, you should also take your own bags to put the shopping in.
Buy things with simple packaging that can easily be 5) … . Better still, choose products with no 6) … at all!
These are some ways how you can solve a rubbish problem and protect our 7) … from pollution.
№4
Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense to make correct type 2 or 3 conditional sentences.
1. You ask me why I always take part in different lotteries. I … (give up) my job if I … (win) a big prize
in a lottery!
2. I’m sorry, I can’t help you. If I … (know) Jack’s address, I … (give) it to you.
3. Jason … (not break) his arm yesterday if he … (be) more careful.
4. It was raining hard all day yesterday. Helen … (get) wet if she … (not take) her umbrella.
5. Martin always looks untidy. He … (look) a lot better if he … (shave – бриться) more often.
6. Our little rabbit disappeared two days ago. I’m sure if Laura … (close) the gate (ворота), the rabbit …
(not run away).
№5
Complete the sentences using only one word each time.
1. We used to … in a small village but now we live in London.
2. Tom used to … a lot of coffee. Now he prefers tea.
3. I feel very full (переел) after that dinner. I’m not used to … so much.
4. My aunt didn’t use to … vegetables. Now she eats them every day.
5. I wouldn’t like to share a room. I’m used to … my own room.
6. If you want to live in a foreign country, you’ll have to get used to … its language.
8 537
5 422 
