You are going to listen to the environment news of a radio broadcast. First, you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–8) with the sentence endings (A–K). There are two extra sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. After the second listening, you will have 45 seconds to check your answers. 0 The building of the windfarms . 1 Only one of the windfarms . 2 A Danish company . 3 The EU’s struggle with climate change . 4 The extent of the tree loss . 5 Only a small amount of the forest loss . 6 The majority of the increase in tree loss . 7 The closure of Sweden’s last coal-fired power station . 8 Belgium becoming the first EU country with no coal-fired power stations . Listening 3 70 3t43uw Listening i i I can follow a news report about an environmental topic. I can understand detailed comparisons. A has been highlighted by a recent report. B was not taken seriously. C has been revealed by satellites. D was in Scandinavian countries. will probably begin. F has been officially agreed. E G has applied to increase the size of their facilities. H took place before it was expected to. I can be explained by normal processes. J has been examined a number of times. K was an extraordinary achievement. E Read the following article about ‘e-waste’. First, decide whether the statements (1–6) are true (T) or false (F) and put a cross ( ) in the correct box. Then identify the sentence in the text which supports your decision. Write the first four words of the sentence in the space provided. There may be more than one correct answer; write down only one. The first one (0) has been done for you. Reading 4 Reading i i I can understand an article about an environmental problem. I can follow arguments and opinions. A new report on electronic waste At least $10 bn (£7.9 bn) worth of gold, platinum and other precious metals are thrown out every year in the growing mountain of electronic waste that is polluting the planet, according to a new UN report. A record 54m tonnes of “e-waste” was generated worldwide last year, up 21% in five years, the UN’s Global E-waste Monitor report found. The report explained that this was 7.3 kg for every man, woman and child on Earth, though use is concentrated in richer nations. The amount of e-waste is rising three times faster than the world’s population, and only 17% of it is recycled. Electronic and electrical goods – such as phones, computers, refrigerators and kettles – often contain toxic chemicals, and rising production and waste damage human health and the environment. The report blames lack of regulation and the short life of products that are hard or impossible to repair. 128 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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