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виробниче обладнання служба комунального обслуговування
безпечний спосіб спалювати

V. Match the management terms with their definitions:

1. Oil a) substance that contains hydrogen, which
may be replaced by a metal to form a salt;
2. Acid b) sudden and violent bursting;
3. Explosion c) smth designed for fighting or struggling;
4. Weapon d) liquid which doesn’t mix with water;

VI. Tell whether each of the following statements is true or false
according to the text. Correct the false statements to make them true:

1. _______ Every year world industry emits into the atmosphere about 1010 million
tons of soot and other harmfulness substances.
2. _______ Most authorities agree that there has been progress since the mid-1980s.
3. _______ Some of them now devote as much as 20 percent of their capital
expenditures to purchasing antipollution devices.
4. _______ The whole ecologically system of the lakes has changed greatly.
5. _______ Nuclear weapon tests increase the amount of radiation in the air.

VII. Choose the one word that would best keep the meaning of each
sentence:

1. Today, however, the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic.

a) conviction;
b) opposition;
c) tradition;
d) connection.

2. The acid-rain problem has spread rapidly in recent years, and experts fear the situation
will worsen if the nations begin to burn more coal to generate electricity.

a) learner;
b) amateur;
c) connoisseur;
d) conductor.

3. Water pollution in oceans, seas, lakes and rivers, air pollution and the destruction of the
ozone layer could lead our planet to a global disaster.

a) catastrophe;
b) benefit,
c) blessing;
d) boon.