Рубежная контрольная работа по теме «Are you a friend of the Earth?» (английский язык, 7 класс)

Рубежная контрольная работа по теме «Are you a friend of the Earth?»

УМК «English 7» Кузовлев В.П.

Read the text and do tasks 1 – 3.

Why are Rainforests Important? Rainforests help to control the Earth’s temperature and weather. Did you know that 20% of our oxygen is produced in the Amazon? Only trees can give us the oxygen that we need to breathe. 

More than 25% of our medicines today come from rainforest plants. We have only explored 1% of the plants there. Just imagine what diseases the 99% that are not yet explored can do!

Rainforests are also home to plants and animals. When the forests are cut down, they all die. If we cut down the forests, more than half of our plants and animals will be extinct. It is the oldest ecosystem on Earth and there’s nothing that can take their place.

It took millions of years for rainforests to develop… How much time will it take us to plant the new trees and grow them so they can help us again?

Give a title to the text.

Find and write down the reasons why the rainforests are so important to us.

Match the words and their synonyms:

Read this text about how people make books and put the verbs in brackets in the passive or active voice.

Have you ever wondered: how books ________ (make)? First of all, big sheets of paper _____________ (print). Each sheet __________ (contain) the number of pages.

The sheets _________ (fold) and __________ (cut) to produce the sections of the book. All the pages ___________ (put) together in the correct order.

The printers _________ (bind) them together and (trim) their edges.

The cover of the book __________ (print) separately. Then printers ________ (add) it to other pages. Finally, the book (publish).

Choose the correct word to fill in the gaps.

pollute, extinct, recycle, global, survive, cut down

1) When the last animal of a certain species dies, that species becomes… . 2) It becomes more difficult for many animals to… . 3) Every year, people _____________78 million acres of rainforest, an area larger than Poland. 4) Factories and power stations ________________the air we breathe and our water. 5) Temperatures around the world are rising every year. This is called ___________warming. 6) We ________ plastic things to create new products out of them.

4) What can you do to protect the environment? Here is part of the letter of a Russian girl about this problem.

…In the last letter, you asked me what we should do to protect the environment in our area. I have thought a lot about it and found some ideas. First of all, we need to take away the little off the streets. Some litter can’t be recycled and it can spoil the environment…

 Write your answer (100 words).