2ND TERM ENGLISH TEST DATE: 17TH March 2009
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Group: 3º A/B (ESO)
READING 1. Read the text. Then answer the questions. Cleaning the River The River Thames is in London. Many years ago, when London was a small town, the River Thames was beautiful and clean. There was fish in the river and birds sang in the trees near it. People could swim in the river too. But, as London grew, the river became dirtier. People built factories near the river and pollution from them and from ships killed the fish. In 1950 people began to worry. The water was black and it had a bad smell. There weren’t any fish in the river and there weren’t any animals, plants or trees near it. In 1961, the people of London began to clean up the river. They stopped throwing their rubbish into the river and they planted trees. When the river was clean enough, they put fish back into it. Now the River Thames is cleaner than it was forty years ago and people hope it will stay clean. 1. How do we know the River Thames was clean many years ago? _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did the fish in the river die? _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. How did people pollute the river? _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What did Londoners (people from London) do to clean up the river? _____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Are there fish in the River Thames today? _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. Tick the sentences true (T), false (F) or don’t know (DK). 1. The River Thames was never clean in the past. 2. People swim in the river today. 3. In 1950, the river was black. 4. Today, there aren’t any factories near the river. 5. Today, there are trees near the river. VOCABULARY 3.Complete the sentences with the words from the box. environment beautiful recycling bin endangered animals
paper water
return protect
clean neighbourhood 1