Test Module 6

AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS SANTOS SIMÕES
ENGLISH TEST A: MODULE 6 – 11TH GRADE EVALUATION:
2023/2024
NAME: _ TEACHER: STUDENT:
DATE: No.: CLASS: _
LISTENING
1. Listen to an environmental scientist explaining what global warming is and fill in the blanks
with the missing words. CD 3 Tracks 24 භ 25 (10  1 p)
Global warming is the term used to describe a a. _ increase in the average

temperature of the Earth’s atmosphere and its b. _, which is believed to be
permanently changing the Earth’s c. .
There is great debate among many people, and sometimes in the news, on whether global
warming is real. But climate scientists looking at the data and facts agree the d.
is warming. The scientific consensus on climatic changes related to global
warming is that the average temperature of the Earth has risen e. 0.4 and
0.8 oC over the past 100 years.
The increased volumes of carbon dioxide and other f. _ gases released by the
burning of fossil fuels, land clearing, g. _ and other human activities are
believed to be the primary h. of the global warming that has occurred over
the past 50 years. Scientists have recently predicted that average global temperatures could
increase between 1.4 and 5.8 oC by the year 2100.
Changes resulting from global warming may include rising i. levels due to the
melting of the j. _ ice caps, as well as an increase in occurrence and severity of
storms and other severe weather events.
https://www.livescience.com (accessed in August 2018)
2. Listen to the text about global warming and correct the wrong information in each sentence.
CD 3 Tracks 26 භ 27 (8  2,5 p)
a. The levels of greenhouse gases are higher now than in the last 560,000 years.
b. Scientists often use the term “weather change” instead of “global warming”.
c. 63% of our electricity comes from burning coal.
d. Renewable energy sources are hydro, solar and gas.
e. Renewable energy sources means less oxygen is emitted.
f. Plants play an important role in regulating the climate because they absorb oxygen from the air.
g. When vegetation is planted, the stored carbon is released back into the atmosphere as CO2.
h. Up to ¼ of global greenhouse gas pollution comes from deforestation.

READING
1. Read the following text.
Ocean pollution: the dirty facts

Covering more than 70% of our planet, oceans are among the Earth’s most valuable natural
resources. They govern the weather, clean the air, help feed the world and provide a living for
millions. They are also home to most of life on Earth, from microscopic algae to the blue whale,
5 the largest animal on the planet. Yet we’re bombarding them with pollution. By their very nature
– with all streams flowing to rivers, all rivers leading to the sea – the oceans are the end point for
so much of the pollution we produce on land, however far from the coasts we may be. Our impact
on the seas is degrading their health at an alarming rate. Here are some ocean pollution facts that
everyone on our blue planet ought to know.
10 Ocean acidification
When we burn fossil fuels, we don’t pollute just the air but the oceans, too. Indeed, today’s
seas absorb as much as a quarter of all man-made carbon emissions, which changes the pH of
surface waters and leads to acidification. This problem is rapidly worsening. It’s estimated that
by the end of this century, if we keep pace with our current emissions practices, the surface
15 waters of the ocean could be nearly 150% more acidic than they are now.
Trash in the ocean
The majority of the garbage that enters the ocean each year is plastic. That’s because, unlike
other trash, the grocery bags, water bottles, drinking straws and yogurt containers, among
eight million metric tons of the plastic items we toss (instead of recycle), won’t biodegrade.
20 Instead, they can persist in the environment for a millennium, polluting our beaches, entangling
marine life and getting ingested by fish and seabirds.
Oil from boats, airplanes, cars, trucks and even lawn mowers is also swimming in ocean
waters. Chemical discharges from factories, raw sewage from water treatment systems and
agricultural spills are other forms of marine-poisoning pollutants.
25 Ocean noise
The ocean is far from a “silent world”. Sound waves travel farther and faster in the sea than
they do in the air, and many marine mammals like whales and dolphins, in addition to fish and
other sea creatures, rely on communication by sound to find food, mate and navigate. But
increasing human-generated ocean noise pollution is altering the underwater acoustic
30 landscape, harming – and even killing – marine species worldwide. Consider the incessant noise
of around 60,000 commercial tankers and container ships that travel the seas at any given time.
The underwater noise that results creates a kind of “smog” that reaches nearly every corner of
the ocean and reduces the sensory range of marine wildlife.
https://www.nrdc.org (accessed in August 2018)
2. Go through the text and find equivalents for the following words or expressions. (4  5 p)
a. the final destination

b. very fast
c. move at the same speed as
d. constantly
3. Say if the following sentences are True or False and justify by quoting from the text. (5  6 p)
a. Oceans cover more than half of the Earth’s surface.
b. Most of the pollution from the land flows into the oceans.
c. Carbon emissions cause air pollution but don’t endanger the oceans.
d. Most of the plastic we don’t recycle can biodegrade rapidly.
e. Noise pollution affects marine wildlife because they use sounds for their basic needs.
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1. Complete the text with the words in the box. (10  1,5 p)
trash land plastic marine activity beauty

deep mysterious oil ecosystem
What is ocean pollution?

The ocean remains one of the most expansive, a. _ and diverse places on Earth.
Unfortunately, it is being threatened by pollution from people on b. and from
natural causes. c. _ life is dying, and as a result the whole oceanicd.
_ is threatened simply by various sources of pollution. If we are to preserve the
ocean and its natural e. , drastic measures have to be taken to combat
pollution and keep what we hold most dear.
Before, it was assumed that because the ocean was so big, vast and f. _, the
effects of dumping g. into the sea would only have minimal consequences. But
as we have seen, this has proven to not be the case. While all four oceans have suffered as a result
of human h. for over millennia by now, it has accelerated in the past
few decades. i. spills, toxic wastes, floating j. and various
other factors have all contributed to the pollution of the ocean.
https://www.conserve-energy-future.com (accessed in August 2018)

2. Form a meaningful verb by adding a prefix or a suffix to the word given. (5  3 p)
a. All of us should (use) old items instead of throwing them away.

b. Stores should _ (courage) the use of fabric shopping bags.
c. Factories have to (modern) their air filter systems to reduce emissions.
d. Scientists are not sure if it is possible to _ (do) the damage to the environment.
e. If scientists find a way to (pure) the polluted air it will be a huge breakthrough.
3. Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice. (4  5 p)
a. We will reverse the global warming process with sustainable living habits.
The global warming process
b. Continuous habitat destruction kills many animal and plant species every day.
Many animal and plant species
c. Factories contaminated rivers and waterways with sewage and toxic waste.
Rivers and waterways
d. We should reduce the use of plastic packaging.
The use of plastic packaging
4. Choose the correct linking word to complete the sentences. (4  5 p)
a. Many natural habitats are disappearing because / that is why forests are being wiped out.
b. There are plenty of recycling points on the street due to / in order to encourage
people todispose of recyclables.
c. Although / As tons of plastic are still thrown into waters and rivers, the threat
to marine wildlife remains.
d. Natural resources are being exploited to the limit so that / because of growing
population rates.
5. Complete the sentences with the infinitive with or without to. (4  5 p)
a. I never forget _ (sort) my garbage into the suitable colour bins.

b. We all should encourage friends and relatives _ (be) more
environmentally-friendly.
c. The BBC documentary on sea pollution made me _
(understand) howserious the pollution problem is.
d. Some supermarkets are persuading customers (buy) fewer
plastic-packagedproducts.
WRITING
Write a short argumentative text about the different perspectives on the causes of climate
change. Is it related to human activity or just a natural and cyclical process of change?

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AGRUPAMENTO DE ESCOLAS SANTOS SIMÕES

ENGLISH TEST A: MODULE 6 – 11TH GRADE EVALUATION:

NAME: _ TEACHER: STUDENT:

DATE: No.: CLASS: _

Global warming is the term used to describe a a. _ increase in the average

https://www.livescience.com (accessed in August 2018)

h. Up to ¼ of global greenhouse gas pollution comes from deforestation.

1. Read the following text.

Ocean pollution: the dirty facts

a. the final destination

a. Oceans cover more than half of the Earth’s surface.

d. Most of the plastic we don’t recycle can biodegrade rapidly.

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

trash land plastic marine activity beauty

What is ocean pollution?

https://www.conserve-energy-future.com (accessed in August 2018)

a. All of us should (use) old items instead of throwing them away.

3. Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice. (4  5 p)

4. Choose the correct linking word to complete the sentences. (4  5 p)

5. Complete the sentences with the infinitive with or without to. (4  5 p)

a. I never forget _ (sort) my garbage into the suitable colour bins.

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