Lesson 2 - 2 Element III 2024

T or F?

1. The number of wild orangutans has restored over the past couple of decades.

• True

• False

T or F?

2. The use of palm oil is considered one of the major causes of global warming.

• True

• False

T or F?

3. Some people believe that the use of palm oil will help stop global warming.

• True

• False

4. 4. Choose the correct statement.

• The UN report warned wild orangutans would become extinct in the near future.

• The number of wild orangutans in Borneo and Sumatra is decreasing.

• The fact is that the use of palm oil as a fuel source is not good for the environment.

5.  The increase of palm oil fields          .

• (a) can help slow down global warming

• (b) has caused more and more rainforests to disappear

• (c) will improve the local economies remarkably

6. The United Nations Environment Program report warned that          .

• (a) large parts of rainforests in Borneo and Sumatra would be lost in the near future

• (b) replacing gasoline with palm oil would not solve energy problems

• (c) wild orangutans would have disappeared by the beginning of the 2020s

7. Which sentence best describes the paragraph ２? There are some unnecessary options.

•   (a) The number of wild orangutans has been declining since the early 2020s.

•   (b) Wild orangutans in Borneo and Sumatra are being protected carefully.

• (c) The huge increase of palm oil fields can lead to the extinction of wild orangutans.

•  (d) Some scientific studies on the lives of wild orangutans are going on.