Academic/General Training Module by Adam Smith First Published in 2015

3. Do you agree that sports stars earn too much money? 
In my opinion, it's fair that the best sportspeople earn a lot of money. Being a 
top sportsperson requires hours of practice, and there are millions of sports 

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fans who are willing to pay to see them play. If we don't want sportspeople to 
earn so much money, we shouldn't go to watch them. 
 
Talking about wildlife 
The band 7 vocabulary items and collocations have been underlined. 
What effects do you think humans have on wild animals? 
Humans have a huge impact on wild animals. We have destroyed a lot of 
natural habitats, and many animals are in danger of extinction. Tigers and 
rhinos, for example, are endangered species because of humans. The pollution 
and waste that we produce also have an effect on animals. In some places 
there are no fish in the rivers.