global problems, vocabulary, intermediate

3. Exercises
88.1 Many words in this unit are difficult to pronounce. Check the
pronunciation and practise saying the words.
pollution survive resources disaster civilian terrorists
famine drought flood earthquake soldiers hostage

4. 88.2 Complete the tables.
noun verb noun verb
waste waste protection protect
pollution pollute destruction destroy
damage damage survival survive

5. 88.3 If we want to look after the environment, there are certain things we
shouldn't do and certain things we should do. Complete these sentences
with suitable verbs.
• We shouldn't:
1 throw away paper, bottles and cans; we should
________ them.
recycle
2 ________ water and energy; we should
waste
____________ them.
save / conserve
3 cut down / destroy rainforests; we should
____________
________ them from human damage.
protect

6. 88.4 Match words from the left and right to form compound words or
phrases.
1 peace a resources
2 civil b settlement
3 natural c warming
4 global d war

7. 88.5 Complete these definitions with a word or phrase.
1 Global warming is an increase in temperature caused by an increase in
_____________ .
carbon dioxide
2 A disaster is when something _________________________________ .
terrible happens (and people often die)
3 A famine is a long period of time when people may die because there isn't
enough _________ .
food
4 A flood is the result of too much _______ .
rain
5 A drought occurs when there is a long period without _____ .
rain
6 A war is a long period of __________________________________.
fighting between two or more groups
7 A civil war is a war between two or more groups from _______________.
the same country
8 To assassinate means to __________________________________ .
kill (a famous person, usually for political reasons)
9 Soldiers are people who fight in an ________ .
army
10 Civilians are people who are not in the armed forces (army, navy or air force)
_______________________________.

8. 88.6 Complete these sentences with a suitable word.
1 Terrorists have hijacked a __________ .
plane / bus
2 Two men attempted to assassinate the
__________________ .
President / Prime Minister
3 One of the terrorists planted a __________ .
bomb
4 The terrorists have agreed to release all the
________________ .
hostages / prisoners
5 During the fighting a number of civilians were
_____________________ .
killed / injured / wounded
6 The two sides have agreed to a peace
__________ .
settlement