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Drought: A prolonged period
of abnormally low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water.
Exercises
A. Use the idioms from the box to fill in the blanks:
reduce, reuse, recycle
go green
to have(has)
a green thumb
to go(going) solar
1.The three R’s -_________________ - all help to cut down on the amount of waste we produce.
2.What many people don’t know is that by __________, they’re also saving money.
3.My mother ________________and grows most of the fruit and veggies she consumes.
4.Grocery stores should ____________ by using paper bags instead of plastic.
B) Match the first part of each sentence in the left-hand column with its second part in the right-hand
column.
5. Some modern agricultural
methods have been
heavily criticized…
A) … in many countries poaching is considered
more
6. If
you wear a fur coat in public, …
(B)…on a successful panda breeding programme.
7.
It is illegal to kill pandas, tigers…
(C)the government’s conservation programme has
been very successful.
8. I don’t like zoos because I think…
(D)…with battery farming in particular receiving a
lot of condemnation.
9.The Chinese government has
spent a lot of
money…
(E)…you risk coming under attack from animal
rights activists.
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