Test 5
Test 5
Test 5
Look at the sentences below about environmentally friendly solutions. Then read the text to decide if each
sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, tick (✓) A. If it is incorrect, tick (✓) B.
A B
YES NO
1. McDonald’s uses biodiesel to make its cooking oil. ...... ......
2. Most of McDonald’s delivery lorries run on biodiesel. ...... ......
3. McDonald’s works with companies that care about the environment. ...... ......
4. The Freedom Ship is a city that will be built in outer space. ...... ......
5. Future residents of the Freedom Ship will have to recycle materials. ...... ......
6. Flats at the Freedom Ship are similar in price. ...... ......
7. Mitchell Joachim and Javier Arbona are planning to recycle old tree houses. ...... ......
8. The Fab Tree Hab will recycle rainwater. ...... ......
9. The Fab Tree Hab will be wet inside and outside. ...... ......
10. The Fab Tree Hab gets bigger over time. ...... ......
Green Solutions
Fast Food Cleans Up
The global fast-food chain McDonald’s is working hard to change its image. Tired of being constantly
criticised, McDonald’s has begun to take environmental issues to heart. The chain’s first major decision was to
turn its used cooking oil into biodiesel – an environmentally friendly transportation fuel. As a result of this
decision, McDonald’s restaurants now recycle about 90% of their cooking oil and use the biodiesel to run more
than half of their delivery lorries. In addition, McDonald’s has decided to buy its coffee and soya beans only
from companies that do not destroy the rainforests. This decision is good for the environment and for the
farmers, who now get better pay, medical care and education for themselves and their families.
The Freedom Ship: A Floating City
Experts predict that overcrowding will force Earth’s inhabitants to search for new lifestyles. Living in outer
space is one option; living on a ship is another. Plans for the construction of the first oceanic community – a
floating city of up to 40,000 people – are already in progress. Called the Freedom Ship, it is going to be 1,317
metres long and 221 metres wide, and will weigh 2.4 million tonnes. Norman Nixon, who developed the idea,
says that within three years, shipbuilders will have completed the ship. During this time, they will be adding
schools, shops, banks, restaurants, a hospital and a library to the ship. According to Nixon, the Freedom Ship is
going to be an environmentally friendly community, with compulsory recycling of glass, paper and metal. Are
you interested? Flats will cost from $180,000 to $2.5 million.
Grow a Home
Architects Mitchell Joachim and Javier Arbona are busy developing a house they say will grow from a few
seeds into a two-storey, water-recycling, energy-saving home. Called the Fab Tree Hab, it is a combination of
ancient and ultra-modern technology. The architects’ plan is to create the walls of the Fab Tree Hab from the
roots of a tree. They will be packing the walls with clay and then plastering them to keep out the rain. If the
plan works, the water supply will come from rainwater collected on the roof. The architects predict that each
house will take five years to grow. Once grown, customers can replant their house wherever they like.
However, there are still a few problems to be worked out. For example, how are the neighbours going to feel
about a house that keeps growing?
VOCABULARY (30 points)
2 Complete the text with the words below. Make any necessary changes. (9 points)
rubbish dump • still • harmful • pollute • cause • throw out • environmentally friendly • eventually • product
Old Tyres
Cars certainly make our lives easier, but there is a price to pay. In addition to the fact that they
(1) ..................................... the environment, there are other ways that they (2) .....................................
environmental problems. Think of all those millions of old tyres that people (3) ..................................... every
year. Large areas of land are needed to provide suitable (4) ..................................... for them, and then it takes
decades before they (5) ..................................... decompose. Luckily, there are now groups and organisations
that want to stop this (6) ..................................... practice. They collect old tyres and send them to special
companies that recycle them. These companies make many new (7) ..................................... from old tyres,
such as shoes, mats and furniture. Even though most old tyres (8) ..................................... end up in rubbish
dumps, things are changing. More and more people want to live in an (9) ..................................... place and
are looking for ways to solve this serious problem.
4 Complete the phrases in bold with one word. The first letter of each answer has been given. (5 points)
1. We use solar e..................................... to heat our house.
2. I put my lunch in a plastic c..................................... .
3. There is some gum s..................................... to my jeans and I can’t get it off.
4. Many environmental e..................................... worry about the future of our planet.
5. Our town looks so small on these s..................................... photographs.
1 Write sentences with the words below. Use each of the following tenses once:
Will, be going to, Present Continuous and Present Simple. (4 points)
1. I / leave / in five minutes / .
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2. the lesson / begin / at 2 o’clock / .
............................................................................................................................
3. I / meet / Ann / after lunch / .
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4. I’m sure / you / have / a great time / .
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use future tenses.
There may be more than one correct answer. (4 points)
1. I’m making tea. ..................................... (you / have) some?
2. In the future, fast food ..................................... (probably / not be) as popular as it is today.
3. This time next week we ..................................... (ski) in the French Alps!
4. ..................................... (you / do) anything special this evening? Why don’t you come round for dinner?
5. By the time Grandpa finishes eating, I ..................................... (finish) washing the dishes.
6. The train ..................................... (leave) at exactly 3 o’clock.
7. What are Jim’s plans? How long ..................................... (he / stay) in Paris?
8. By Monday, our teacher ..................................... (mark) all the tests.
5 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using the word given.
Use between two and five words. (5 points)
1. How long do you plan to study in England? GOING
How long ............................................................ study in England?
2. Andy will finish his English course at the end of June. FINISHED
Andy ............................................................ his English course by the beginning of July.
3. There is going to be a teachers’ meeting at school tonight. HAVING
The teachers ............................................................ a meeting at school tonight.
4. I promise not to eat any ice cream before dinner. WILL
I promise ............................................................ any ice cream before dinner.
5. I am planning to travel around Europe next year. BE
This time next year, I ............................................................ around Europe.