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Wildlife over-exploitation
TERM TEST PAPER
Task 1. Fill in the gaps with the words below using them in the correct form:
A. DRUGS
Cocaine (2) snort rehab abuse kick take
Allegations drug errant hard tabloids
The Kate Moss 1)___ saga rumbles on. The supermodel, who earns $15 million a year from lucrative deals with companies including Burberry, Chanel and Christian Dior, is now daily fodder for British 2)____. They have become obsessed with Moss’s lifestyle and antics and have lavished page after page embellishing on the facts and gossip surrounding her documented 3)___ use and sex life. Moss has been in an out of 4)___ clinics for years and said in an interview with David Bowie two years ago she had 5)___ her drug habit forever. However, it now emerges police are to investigate 6)_____ that she has 7)___ cocaine. A senior officer ordered the probe following newspaper pictures of Moss allegedly 8)___ the drug. Moss, 31, has now been dropped as cover girl for the fashion giants H&M, Chanel and Burberry. H&M’s decision reversed an earlier statement from the company that condemned substance 9)___ but forgave Moss and gave her a second chance. However, a slew of phone calls from irate customers and negative publicity over the prudence of being associated with a 10)____ user, expedited the supermodel’s axing. A company spokesperson explained: “H&Mhas decided that a campaign with Kate Moss is inconsistent with H&M’s clear dissociation of drugs.” Shoppers were perplexed that as a mother, Moss saw fit to use 11)___ drugs. Burberry and Chanel quickly followed suit in dumping Moss and disassociating themselves with the furor created by her 12)____ behavior.
- GLOBAL PROBLEMS
Natural resources desertification overpopulation radiation interference
Nature reserve contamination guidelines ozone layer(2) disposal
Oil pollution mutations endangered air pollution
wildlife over-exploitation
1) Our survival on the planet depends on how well we manage the ____that sustain us. Though some seem to be inexhaustible, such as solar or wind power, many others can run out. Their ____is not a new problem.
2) Perhaps the most well-known human impact is the hole in the ____over Antarctica. The ____has not been created locally but by the release of CFCs into the atmosphere.
3) The increasing number of tourists has led the Antarctic Treaty countries to establish _____ to minimize the impact of tourism on this very special environment.
4) _____from tourist ships have to meet strict maritime standards.
5) Litter and its effects on both terrestrial and marine wildlife is a big concern. Visitors are encouraged to take all waste back to their ships for _____back at port.
6) The industrial growth and transport expansion in Japan created an unrelating growth in____.
7) ____started in the 18th century, and led to overcrowding in rural areas and increased pressure on water and land resources.
8) In the Mediterranean region climate, geomorphological changes and the impact of human activities have resulted in progressive degradation, ending in____.
9) Although the area has been subjected to some of the worst radioactive _____in history, ____has proved to be remarkably resistant to the known biological effects of _____, notably ___.
10) The surprising resilience of the local ecology has led to calls for the exclusion zone to be designated a permanent ______where ____species can be free to breed as the land reverts to its original forested state thanks to the absence of human ____.
- MASS MEDIA