green test 3rd term 2011

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Complete the text with the missing verbs:

Explain say admit complain suggest tell

My girlfriend (1) _____________

she wanted to go to a movie last week.

I (2) ____________ her that she wouldnt

enjoy the movie that was playing. I (3)

__________ that it was very violent. She

(4) ________ that we rent aDVD instead.

I (5) _______ that she was boring. She

asked me if I had a better idea, and I(6) ____________ that I didnt.


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Climate conference col lapses

By Bob RobertsMinisters at the conference in Buenos Aires today told the worlds press that they had failed to

reach an agreement on greenhouses gas emissions, which raise the worlds temperature.Scientists warned that this would mean more pollution and a greater risk of disaster across the

globe.

A UN representative said the conference had been organized to reach agreements on

reducing emissions. It was another follow-up to the 1997 conference in Kyoto, Japan, when

governments promised they would reduce the emissions of carbon-based gases below 1990

levels by 2012. In Kyoto, the European Union agreed to cut the emissions by 8 %, Japan 6%,

and the USA 7%. At the conference Britain declared that it was one of the few countries tohave reduced its emissions but critics asked if this was due to government policy or the decline

of coal industry. The EU reminded the USA (the worlds biggest polluter, producing 24% of the

worlds emissions) that it had not met its targets. The USA firmly denied it was making

excuses and asked why the targets were so unrealistic.

Some environmentalists at the conference claimed that the world is warming faster than at any

time in the last 10,000 years. However, other experts suggested that it is part of natural

weather cycles. In 1995, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) announced

that there was a definite human influence on climate change. Some government ministers

reluctantly admitted that they may need to cut global emissions by up to the 60% in the long-

term. However, many developing countries have refused to sign any pollution agreements;

they say it would harm their economic growth and insist that the developed countries lead the

way and show it is possible to break the link between economic growth and rising emissions.

Read the text bellow:


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a. Were afraid that this lack of agreement will mean more pollution. __________

b. OK, well cut emissions by 8%. ____________

c. We are one of the few countries to have reduced their emissions. __________

d. Remember you have not met the targets. ___________

e. Were not making excuses. ___________

f. The world is warming faster than at any time in the last 10,000 years. ________

g. Its probably part of natural weather cycles. __________

h. There is definite human influence on climate change. _________

i. Well, we may need to cut global emissions by up to 60%. ___________

j. We will not sign any pollution agreements. __________

A Three different uses of the infinitive.

_________________________

_________________________

_________________________

B A synonym for increase:

_______________

2. What verbs are used in the text to report these statements:


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4. Choose the best option

GERUNG or INFINITIVE:

1. Ive always enjoyed to travel /

traveling.

2. Its no use to complain /

complaining.

3. What about to go /going abroad?

4. We remembered to visit / visiting

that museum when we traveled to

Paris.

5. I refuse to stand / standing still.6.Theres no point in sit / sitting

around.

7. I cant stand to do / doing

nothing.

8. Its amazing to see / seeingmother nature.

9. By find / finding holiday

bargains weve managed to travel/

traveling.

10.After a 5-hour work she stoppedeating / to eat. a little bit.


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4.Replace the words underlined with the most appropriate phrase

below:

GET ON WELL WITHGET IN TOUCH - GET TO KNOWGROW UP

GET RID OF

Do you communicate regularly with most of my old friends?

How often do you throw away clothes that you dont use anymore?

Where did you spent her childhood years?

Do you have a good relationship with your parents?

Can you mention someone you grew friendly with this year?


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5. Complete the sentences with the best forms of the words. Follow

the example:

Example: employ Politicians all over the world promise to reduce

unemployment.

happyWhich is the most important for you? Money or _____________.

relaxCan you teach me some ___________________ techniques?

organizeWWF is a non- governmental ___________________.

similarThe ________________between his mom and his sister is

amazing.

reactWhat would be your _____________ if you were in my place?

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