REVISION FOR THE MID-SECOND TERM TEST-GRADE 11 (N03)
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READING)
*Task 1: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option to
each gap of the following questions
GLOBAL WARMING
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many
scientists put the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase in the world’s
temperatures and are
convinced that, more than (1)_________ before, the Earth is at (2)_________ from the forces of the wind,
rain and sun. According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes
and droughts, even more severe and causing sea levels all around the world to rise.
Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon
dioxide which is given (3)_________ by factories and power plants, thus attacking
the problem at its
source. They are in favour of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy
devices, which could then replace existing power (4)_________.
Some scientists, (5)_________, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases
into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the results. Global
warming, it seems, is to stay.
1. A. yet
B. once
C. never
D. ever
2. A. risk
B.
danger
C. threat
D. harm
3. A. over
B. off
C. away
D. up
4. A.factories
B. stations
C.
generations
D. houses
5. A. however
B. but
C. despite
D. although
*Task 2:
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best option to
