Read the article and match the headings A-F to the paragraphs. How could it harm wildlife? Animals can eat it and either choke, be poisoned or suffer internal injury; it can get caught in animals’ wings, necks and legs; it can injure animals e.g. broken glass, rusty tins; animals can become trapped in it e.g. plastic bottles, fishermen’s nets; it can start fires e.g. broken glass, cigarettes and it can leak substances into the soil that can make it difficult for plants to grow. Chemicals from fertilisers, pesticides and industrial waste can pollute streams, rivers and the coastline. This can lead to fish, other animals and water plants being killed. Oil can leak into the land and the sea. This can result in the fur and feathers of animals becoming choked with oil and can cause death. It can also poison animals, choke them and cause blindness. All over the world trees are being cut down. This is sometimes done so that the wood can be sold, but often it is to clear the land for farming or development. Where land is being cleared, it is often deliberately burned rather than cut down. Deforestation has devastating effects, as animals are left without a habitat, while burning the forests releases more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Rare plants and animals can be lost and those that survive at first will struggle to live in areas full of people and roads etc. As population grows and more people are living in our towns and cities, there is increasing demand for housing, factories, shops, roads etc. When land is cleared to make way for building projects, habitats are destroyed, food chains broken and animals are enable to reach water or other animals to mate with. The cost of development for living things can be very high indeed. By burning fossil fuels and cutting down trees, humans are contributing to a change in the Earth’s atmosphere that is causing it to heat up. It is resulting in changing climate and weather patterns, in particular an increase in severe weather events such as droughts, flooding and hurricanes in some parts of the world. A Litter B Chemical Pollution C Oil Spills D Deforestation E Urban Development F Global warming

Задание

Read the article and match the headings A-F to the paragraphs.

Объекты 1
- How could it harm wildlife?
  Animals can eat it and either choke, be poisoned or suffer internal injury; it can get caught in animals’ wings, necks and legs; it can injure animals e.g. broken glass, rusty tins; animals can become trapped in it e.g. plastic bottles, fishermen’s nets; it can start fires e.g. broken glass, cigarettes and it can leak substances into the soil that can make it difficult for plants to grow.
- Chemicals from fertilisers, pesticides and industrial waste can pollute streams, rivers and the coastline. This can lead to fish, other animals and water plants being killed.
- Oil can leak into the land and the sea. This can result in the fur and feathers of animals becoming choked with oil and can cause death. It can also poison animals, choke them and cause blindness.
- All over the world trees are being cut down. This is sometimes done so that the wood can be sold, but often it is to clear the land for farming or development. Where land is being cleared, it is often deliberately burned rather than cut down. Deforestation has devastating effects, as animals are left without a habitat, while burning the forests releases more carbon dioxide into the
  atmosphere. Rare plants and animals can be lost and those that survive at first will struggle to live in areas full of people and roads etc.
- As population grows and more people are living in our towns and cities, there is increasing demand for housing, factories, shops, roads etc. When land is cleared to make way for building projects, habitats are destroyed, food chains broken and animals are enable to reach water or other animals to mate with. The cost of development for living things can be very high indeed.
- By burning fossil fuels and cutting down trees, humans are contributing to a change in the Earth’s atmosphere that is causing it to heat up. It is resulting in changing climate and weather patterns, in particular an increase in severe weather events such as droughts, flooding and hurricanes in some parts of the world.
Объекты 2
- A Litter
- B Chemical Pollution
- C Oil Spills
- D Deforestation
- E Urban Development
- F Global warming

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