Skimming for gist - Vocabulary (Unlock U1R1)

She worked as a ___________ for the water company.

• chemical

• chemist

• chemistry

• chemist'

I worry about the ____________ effect that violent films may have on children.

• destroyed

• destruction

• destructive

• destroying

Social workers who look after abused or ______________ children often have stressful days at work.

• dangerous

• dangered

• danger

• endangered

The recordings have an __________ sound. It's weird.

• natural

• nature

• unnatural

• naturally

Many scientists blame the warming on industrial ______________ that trap infrared heat in the atmosphere rather than letting it escape into space.

• pollution

• pollutants

• polluted

• pollute

The cover _____________ the machine from dust.

• protect

• protects

• protection

• protective

Skim the text and answer: "What can you find in large numbers at a supermarket?"

• trolleys

• hand baskets

• a tactic

• money

How can you avoid spending more than you planned?

• it seems to be a tactic used to encourage us to buy more

• I struggle to find even one, especially when I only need a few items

• Always try to use a shopping basket instead of a trolley.

Every second, one hectare of the world's rainforest is destroyed. That's equivalent to two football fields. An area the size of New York City is lost every day. In a year, that adds up to 31 million hectares -- more than the land area of Poland. This alarming rate of destruction has serious consequences for the environment; scientists estimate, for example, that 137 species of plant, insect or animal become extinct every day due to logging. In British Columbia, where, since 1990, thirteen rainforest valleys have been clearcut, 142 species of salmon have already become extinct, and the habitats of grizzly bears, wolves and many other creatures are threatened. Logging, however, provides jobs, profits, taxes for the govenment and cheap products of all kinds for consumers, so the government is reluctant to restrict or control it.

• Logging is destroying the rainforests.

• Salmon are an endangered species.

• Governments make money from logging.

• Scientists are worried about New York City.

Much of Canada's forestry production goes towards making pulp and paper. According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada supplies 34% of the world's wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be preserved. Recently, a possible alternative way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp.

• Canadian forests are especially under threat.

• Hemp is a kind of plant.

• Canada is a major supplier of paper and pulp.

• Canada produces a lot of hemp.