Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la MODULE
8 din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa X intitulat OPPORTUNITIES
UPPER-INTERMEDIATE, Editura Longman, Autori Michael Harris, David Mower si Anna
Sikorzynska, Editia 2011
MODULE
8: GLOBAL ISSUES
Warm-up
(page 87)
Exercise
1
deforestation 1/2/4
the destruction of habitats 1/2/5
endangered species ½
the exploitation of women 3
famine 4/5/7/8
flooding 4/6/7/8/9
global warming 6/9
the greenhouse effect 4/6/9
malnutrition 5/7/8
natural disasters 4/7/8
overpopulation 5/7/8
poverty 3/5/7/8
Exercise
2
1. global warming
2. endangered species
3. overpopulation
4. flooding
Exercise
3
2. the predicted increase in global warming in
the twenty-first century
3. tiger population
4. number of white rhinos in the wild
5. world population
6. population under 15 in many African countries
7. suggested stable world population in 2070
8. overnight rainfall
22.
UNNATURAL DISASTERS (page 88-89)
Exercise
2
made worse by people – cyclones, hurricanes
natural – landslides, floods, droughts, windstorms,
earthquakes, avalanches, volcanic eruptions, forest fires
Exercise
4
1. d
2. b
3. f
4. g
5. e
6. a
Exercise
5
1. pessimistic
2. poor people in shanty
towns in an unstable hillside near a trop coast
3. overpopulation and
mismanagement of the world’s resources
4. because half the world’s
population lives in cities within range volcano eruptions and earthquakes
5. a volcanic eruption
6. It might plunge the
planet into winter for years.
Exercise
6
1. d
2. c
3. b
4. g
5. f
6. a
7. i
8. j
9. e
10. h
Exercise
7
1. rebuild
2. undernourished
3. semi-final
4. defuse
5. misunderstood
6. overslept
7. substandard
8. unusual
23.
GLOBAL WARMING (page 90-91)
Exercise
1
1. a
2. students’ own answers
Exercise
2
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. F
Exercise
3
1. … have failed to reach
an agreement.
2. … are the targets so
unrealistic?
3. … will reduce emissions
of carbon-based gases below 1990 levels.
Exercise
4
2to agree with
3. to declare that
4. to remind (…) that
5. to deny it was
6. to claim that
7. to suggest that
8. to announce that
9. to admit that
10. have refused to
11.to insist that
Exercise
5
1. b
2. a
3. c
Exercise
6
1. d
2. f
3. a
4. c
5. b
6. e
Exercise
7
1. They threatened to close
the credit lines if we don’t reduce carbon dioxide emission.
2. They admitted that some
poisonous chemicals had escaped into the atmosphere.
3. He/She/They invited me
to drop in tonight.
4. He/She/They ordered me
to stand up immediately.
5. He/She boasted that
he/she is the best student in that school.
6. He/She/They forbade us
to use our dictionaries during the test.
7. She/He/They suggested
having/that we should have a cup of tea.
8. I/He/She/They/We
inquired if the bus service was running according to the timetable today.
Exercise
9
1. … women live linger than
men.
2. … she was hungry.
3. … our galaxy contains
several thousand million stars.
4. … the 2012 Olympics will
be organised in Africa .
5. … his coffee was too
hot.
We don’t change the
tenses in 1, 3 and 4.
24.
RICH AND POOR (page 92-93)
Exercise
1
1. F
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. T
Exercise
5
1. put
2. cut
3. take
4. come
5. set
6. get
1. put aside
2. cut down
3. take up
4. come up
5. set up
6. get rid
Exercise
6
1. to
2. basically
3. because of that
4. One reason
5. that’s why
6. A lot of it’s to do with
7. That’s the real reason
why
8. so that
Communication
workshop (page 94-96)
Exercise
2
1. 70%
2. two-thirds
3. twice
4. three-quarters
5. higher
6. security
7. two-thirds
8. 876 million
9. 10%
10. violence
WRITING:
A Report
Exercise
1
A/aims of the report
B/negative facts
C/positive comments
D/conclusion and recommendations
Exercise
2
1. Moreover
2. According to
3. In addition
4. Furthermore
5. For example
6. On the other hand
7. However
8. In this way
9. As a result
10.
To
sum up
11.although
12.
Also
Exercise
3
Women directors: female directors
The world of business: the world of big business
Men: male colleagues
Company: public company, business, workplace
Feel: believe, perceive
Figures: statistics, number, estimate
Exercise
4
… my profession is a lawyer
… I love my work as a lawyer
… first post was for a big multinational with
offices
… I don’t like big corporations
… my own small business
… not a very big firm
… it provides employment
… the firm is not doing badly
SPEAKING
Exercise
1
1. both
2. man
3. man
4. woman
5. both
6. both
Exercise
2
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. a
6. a
7. b
Exercise
3
1. a
2. b
3. a
4. b
5. b
Language
Awareness 5 (page 97)
Exercise
1
A. 3
B. 4
C. 1
Exercise
3
a)
Exercise
4
1. a
2. b
Exercise
5
1. He is known to be the
last surviving member …
2. it was the effect of the
goats … that are understood to have destroyed …
3. … the archipelago is
expected to make a full recovery
1. Present Simple
2. Present
3. the past/2 the present/1 the future/3
4. infinitive refers to
present or future; perfect infinitive refers to past
Exercise
6
a. 2
b. 1
Exercise
8
1. ‘it’ refers to the
tanker Jessica.
2. ‘it’ does not refer to
anything specific.
REVIEW
(page 98-99)
Exercise
1
1. travelling
2. spending
3. taking
4. hitchhiking
5. being mugged
6. being mugged
7. to go
8. learning
9. to speak
10.
to
see
11.queuing
12.
being
pushed
13.
to
go
14.
sitting
15.
to
visit
16.
to
fly
17.
worrying
18.
to
visit
19.
going
20.
to
go
21.
to
make
22.
walking
23.
meeting
Exercise
4
1. is known that
2. is expected to recover
3. are said to have
4. is feared that there are
no survivors
5. is believed to have been
able to
6. is acknowledged that
malaria
VOCABULARY
Exercise
5
1. undernourished
2. overpopulated
3. unemployed
4. mismanagement
5. substandard
6. rebuilding
7. multinationals
8. semi-circle
Exercise 6
Adjectives:
unbelievable; incorrect; uncrowded; inefficient; unhappy; uninteresting;
illegal; impatient; unpopular; dissimilar; unspoilt; unsuccessful; untidy;
intolerant; unusual; invisible
Verbs: disagree;
disappear; disbelieve; undress; unpack; distrust; unwrap
Exercise 7
1. up/off
2. out/off
3. up/down
4. off/away
5. up with
6. up
Culture
Corner 1 (page 100)
Exercise
2
1. C
2. A
3. F
4. D
5. B
6. E
Exercise
3
1. T
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. NI
6. NI
7. NI
8. T
9. F
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