1 Progress Check
Fill in: display, parade, raise, place, life, pull, throwing, won, change, final
1.She watched the …. from the window of a nine-story building.
2.They ….. money to provide homes for the homeless.
3. Lots of festivals have a fireworks…..
4.Our party will take …. on Saturday.
5. I’m waiting for the results of the …. exams.
6. Monika … the main prize in the contest.
7. The car needs an oil …..
8. She loves to …. crackers at Christmas.
9. The people are waving and …. streamers.
10.Once a year at Georgetown in the Caribbean, people can experience …. as a pirate .

2
Complete the sentences with the correct present forms of the verbs in brackets.
1.What time …. (the concert/end)?
2.My mum ….. (paint) the walls all day long.
3.My husband and I …...(take) a walk around a beautiful village at the moment.
4. They …... (not/finish) their German project yet.
5.Lee ….. (never/be) abroad.
6. Our school usually (close) for Easter holidays.
7.He …… (look) for his phone for an hour.
8. This green tea……. (smell) good.
9. The postman usually ….. (come) at 9 in the morning.
10. Kate is tired. She …. (work) since morning.

3
Complete the sentences with the correct relative.
1.We like festivals … celebrate the cultural tradition.
2. Sam, …. birthday is on Saturday, is having a party this weekend.
3. Jane, … lives in the flat above, is a dancer.
4.The best time to visit Scotland is on New year’s Eve, …. Hogmanay takes place then.
5. Buckingham Palace, … is in London, is the residence of the Queen of England.

How I Help to Protect Our Environment

We rarely think about what kind of world our future generations will live in. Meanwhile, each of us is able to contribute to protection of nature.

I have been thinking about the ways I can help to save nature. First of all, my parents and I try to walk more or ride our bicycles. Each time we keep away from using our car, we reduce air pollution and consume less oil. We also remember to switch off lights and avoid using disposable cups and plates, as well as plastic shopping bags. I always go shopping with a reusable canvas bag. Besides, we buy recyclable paper products to protect forests. I collect used papers, old newspapers, magazines, bottles and any other things that can be recycled. Another great way to protect our nature is to take part in river cleanup events in your city and collect litter that could destroy the natural homesites of birds and fish.  I also remember not to waste water.

These may seem small and simple things, but I believe they help to protect our environment .

The problem of environmental pollution becomes so acute as due to the growth of industrial and agricultural production, and due to a qualitative change in production under the influence of scientific and technological progressa.Mnogie metals and alloys used by people unknown to nature in its purest form, and although they are to some extent subject to recycling and re-use, some of them scattered, accumulating in the biosphere as waste. The problem of environmental pollution in full growth rose after in the XX century. significantly expanded the number of people they used metal began to produce synthetic fibers, plastics, and other substances having properties not only well-known nature, but harmful to the organisms in the biosphere. These substances (number and variety of which is constantly growing) after their use are not available in the natural cycle. Waste production activities increasingly pollute the lithosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere of the Earth. Adaptation mechanisms of the biosphere can not cope with the increasing amount of neutralization of harmful substances its normal functioning, and natural systems begin razrushatsya.1) Pollution litosfery.Pochvenny cover the Earth is an essential component of the biosphere. That soil shell determines many processes occurring in biosfere.Nesovershenstvo agricultural practices leads to a rapid depletion of soil, and the use of extremely harmful, but cheap pesticides for pest management and to improve productivity exacerbates the problem. Equally important is the extensive use of grassland into desert huge tracts zemli.Ogromny harm soils causes deforestation.