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5.4. Complete the sentences with the words given below:

1. The world’s fisheries are dying because their … … are coming to an end.

2. The gelatinous mass goes into the manufacture of sturdy … … needed in the … … .

3. The … … of the seas and oceans are renewable.

4. The … …of most nations are already being spoiled, but to overcome a catastrophe the ocean must be put under greater … ….

5. The … … of Azov is small, and its … … of 8 metres makes it unlike most seas.

6. It was discovered that after processing the jelly-fish could serve as high-calorie … … . Besides, this … … may be put to economic use in other fields.

(surface area, organic matter, international control, binding material, average depth, territorial waters, living resources, raw materials, construction industry, livestock fodder).

5.5. Divide the text into parts, state the microtopics of each part and express the contents of each part in one or two sentences.

5.6. Write a summary of Text B in English.

5.7. Project work. Work in groups of 3 or 4. Write 4-6 sentence abstracts of two texts that you have already read. Summarize all the principal information.

Test 13

I. Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences:

1. Everybody … that the Sea of Azov is located in the south of Ukraine.

a) is knowing; b) has known;

c) is known; d) knows.

2. If managed rationally the living resources of the seas … provide food and materials probably for ever.

a) is able to; b) has been able to;

c) could; d) was able to.

3. The calculations necessary … to solve the problem of saving the Sea of Azov.

a) are making; b) has been made;

c) were making; d) are being made.

4. The question … at a press conference in Lviv.

a) is discussing; b) has discussed;

c) discusses; d) was discussed.

5. The United Nations … the exploitation of the biological resources only according to strict rules.

a) is allowed; b) would been allowed;

c) were allowed; d) should allow.

6. The territorial waters of most nations … for lack of any international control.

a) has been spoiled; b) have being spoiled;

c) are being spoiled; d) had been spoiling.

II. Identify the one underline word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct:

1. The only way to overcome a disaster is to put the living resources of

A B C

the seas and oceans under greatest control of the United Nations.

D

2. The chief government efforts have being directed towards

A B

reclamation by irrigation and by flood control, and the checking of erosion.

C D

3. Reclamation of land is a practice of converted unproductive land into

A B

arable land by such methods as irrigation, drainage, improvement of the

C

texture and of the mineral and organic content of soil.

D

4. The rivers and lakes of most countries are being polluted, but the

A B

individual nations should be prevent from ruining the waters beyond their

C D

own limits.

5. As for our country, concern is expressed for the fate of the Sea of

A

Azov which is located in the south of Ukraine and is connecting with the

B C

Black Sea by the Kerch Strait.

D

6. The work aimed at rising the efficiency of water use at reclamation

A B

projects proceeds in two main directions: modernization of presently

C

applied technologies and introduction of operational system of water

D

utilization.

ІІІ. Complete the sentences matching words from the column to the sentence gaps:

1. Under this regime the mineral and other … of the oceans would become reserves.

1. reclamation

2. If … … were not taken, the Sea of Azov could degenerate into a swamp.

2. irrigation programme

3. Interest in … quickened after terrible droughts in the USA in the late 20s and early 30s.

3. communicating vessels

4. The government's main attention was focused sharply on … … and protection of the environment.

4. resources

5. Obeying the law of … …, through the Kerch Strait, the waters of the Black Sea poured into the Sea of Azov.

5. water consumers

6. The time for the … … to pay for the irrigation project was lengthened to 20 years.

6. urgent measures

а) Match the term to its definition:

1. drought

1. Expanse of water limited to a specific territory.

2. erosion

2. The basic matter from which processed or manufacture goods are made.

3. territorial waters

3. The artificial increase of water supply to assist the growing of crops.

4. raw material

4. The wearing away of land by water, wind or rain.

5. surface

5. A prolonged period of dry weather, a lack of rain.

6. irrigation

6. The two-dimensional boundary of a material body, having zero or constant or variable curvature.

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