The headmaster welcomed them and said: “We want every person to think of one thing they can do that could make a difference to our world.. When Tyler began his short walk home, he start
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1 The little boy walked slowly down the street, kicking a can as he went along his way
He was in a bad temper When he arrived home his mother was in the kitchen She saw his face and knew that her son was angry “Is everything okay?” his mum asked
“Nothing is okay, mum Nothing will ever be okay again”
“Is there something I can do to help?”
“That’s just the thing, mum We can’t help There is nothing we can do.”
2 Tyler seemed really desperate as he went talking “Today, in science, the teacher was talking about Earth Day and the environment Earth Day is supposed to be a day when every person promises to do something to help take care of our world Ms Green told us that our world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying She wants
us to think of something we can do to help But there’s nothing I can do I can’t stop companies from polluting our air and water There’s nothing I can do to make a
difference.”
”you can make a big difference by doing little things.” His mum said
“This gives me an idea” Tyler’s voice filled with hopes again
The next morning, Tyler told his teacher about his idea which she thought a great idea and decided to let Tyler share it with his classmates
3 On Earth Day, there was an assembly at school, many people were invited The headmaster
welcomed them and said: “We want every person to think of one thing they can do that could make a difference to our world Even it seems like
something small, it‘ll matter”
4 Tyler and his classmates began passing small green cards in the shape of leaves People began writing Tyler and his friends read many of them as they stuck them on a large brown tree “I will walk to work” “I will use both sides of my paper to save trees”
“I will plant a tree every year” “I will start recycling my newspaper” “I will donate my clothes” “I will have a shower instead of a bath”
Soon, the tree was beautiful and green and covered with the Earth Day promises
5 When Tyler began his short walk home, he started picking up the trash and putting it
in a plastic bag He smiled all the way thinking of the difference they would make…
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3- Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words from the text
Everyday should be an earth day and everyone must ………of the environment surrounding him In fact, the earth is becoming ……….…… and many animals and plants are disappearing forever But a ……….…… thing can do to make
a difference to the world
4-Give two solutions that the people suggested to save the earth
a- ……… b- ……… 5- Find words in the text having the same meaning as:
a- litter = ……… …… b- Hopeless = ………
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Thoughtless / Considerate / Shy /
sensible / Irresponsible / selfish / hard-working
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3- Fill in the blanks with words from the box There are two extra words
worried /reliable /convince / myself /pleased /dependent /ourselves /secret
Last week I asked my mum if I could go to a rock festival “No” she said “there will be crowds of people You won’t know anybody” These excuses didn’t ……….me So I decided there were other ……… reasons why she didn’t want me
to go After all, this is the first time my mum has ever shown any concern about the dangers of loud music
I think the real reason mum is
……… about me going to the festival is that
my friends and I will have to survive by……… for a couple of days But soon mum has realized that if I went there, I would soon find out how totally ……… on her I am and how incapable I am of relying on ………
3- Match sentence parts together.(There is an extra part!)
1- Because I have a brother and a sister, 2-My sister who is a bit difficult gets sometimes 3-We usually fight about
4-Yet, she can be very 5- I often spend my pocket money on my pet a- kind and generous with me
b-who will cook the supper before mum gets home c- it is never boring at home
d- angry with me e-then I ask her to lend me more f- selfish and rude with all the family
Answers:
1+…./ 2+…./ 3+…./ 4+…./5+…
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III / Writing
1- Reorder the words to get meaningful sentences
a- do / on Earth day / to protect /People / special things /must /the environment
People ………
b- it’s /careful / think / very important / about pollution / to be / I
I……….
2- Essay
Sally, a 14-year-old American, posted the following letter on the internet Read it and try to help her by giving some advice.
Dear friends,
I am having a bad time at home My parents don’t allow me any freedom Besides, they treat
me like a little child but they treat my sister Kate like an adult She is only two years older than me but she is free to do what she wants She never helps at home and she gets more pocket money My parents are not satisfied with my school results although I get better marks than Kate They also don’t like my friends They consider them bad company I hate staying at home Is this fair?
What must I do?
Yours Sally
Dear friends,
I am having a bad time at home My parents don’t allow me any freedom Besides, they treat
me like a little child but they treat my sister Kate like an adult She is only two years older than me but she is free to do what she wants She never helps at home and she gets more pocket money My parents are not satisfied with my school results although I get better marks than Kate They also don’t like my friends They consider them bad company I hate staying at home Is this fair?
What must I do?
Yours Sally
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