
UNIT 10 NATURE IN DANGER I. Circle the word with the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. chemical discharge change feature 2. nature nation suggestion situation 3. scatter panda capture devastate 4. danger village tiger origin 5. supply dirty energy happy 6. swallow switch sweet sword 7. wild prohibit environment survive, 8. danger race discharge maintenance 9. supply survive industry agriculture 10. scenic extinct decrease coexist II. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the verb in the box. endanger scatter coexist pollute devastate discharge prohibit survive protect capture 1. Many birds didn't survive the severe winter. 2. Animals shouldn't be captured for recreation arid entertainment. 3. The health of our children are being endangered by exhaust fumes. 4. The factory was fined for discharging chemicals into the river. 5. The explosion scattered a flock of birds roosting in the trees. 6. Laws have been introduced to prohibit killing endangered animals, 7. The air in the city is heavily polluted with traffic fumes. 8. The government should do more to protect the environment. 9. It is possible for local wildlife to coexist with industry. 10. Western India was devastated by a huge earthquake. III. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentences. 1. The panda's ______ habitat is the bamboo forest. a. nature b. natural c. naturalized d. naturally 2. Learners can feel very ______ if an exercise is too difficult. a. courageous b. encouraging c. discouraged d. discouragingly 3. The ______ friendly products are designed not to harm the natural environment. a. environment b. environmental c. environmentally d. environmentalism 4. The waste from the chemical factory is extremely ______. a. harm b. harmful c. unharmed d. harmless 5. People are destroying the air by adding ______ to it. a. pollutants b. polluters c. pollution d. polluted 6. 14 per cent of primate species are highly ______. a. danger b. dangerous c. endanger d. endangered 7. The ______ of old buildings should be taken into consideration. a. preserve b. preservation c. preservative d. preserves 8. You have to be aware of the damage humans are doing to quicken the ______ of wildlife. a. extinct b. extinctive c. extinctions d. extinction 9. Animal ______ supporters gathered to protest' against hunting. a. protect b. protection c. protective d. protectionist
10. The main threat to the ______ of these creatures comes from their loss of habitat. a. survive b. survivor c. survival d. survivable IV. Join the sentence halves using which or whom after an appropriate preposition. the furniture is to be delivered. you should be aware. I had great respect. I look up. most world trade was conducted. the printer was supplied. she was divorced in 1995. it was named. we went on holiday. it was primarily written. 1. My English teacher, Mrs Brookes, was someone for whom I had great respect. 2. Until 1914 the pound sterling was the currency in/ with which most world trade was conducted. 3. They have changed the date on/ by which the furniture is to be delivered. 4. Pasteurisation was discovered by the French chemist Louis Pasteur, after whom it was named. 5. There are a number of safety procedures of which you should be aware. 6. Details are in the instruction manual with which the printer was supplied. 7. Ms. Peters was left the money by her former husband, from whom she was divorced in 1995. 8. She is one of the few people to whom I look up. 9. This is a photograph of our friends with whom we went on holiday. 10. The book is enjoyed by adults as well as children, for whom it was
primarily written. V. How would you express the sentences you have written above in a less formal way, putting the preposition at the end of the relative clause? 1. My English teacher, Mrs Brookes, was someone who/ that/ Ø I had great respect for. 2. Until 1914 the pound sterling was the currency which/that most world trade was conducted in. 3. They …
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