I.Read the text. Each of the sentences has one mistake. Find and correct the mistakes.
AN ECO HOME
John Kangister and his wife, Kathy, live in an interesting house. It‟s an eco home. Eco homes don‟t harm the environment. They don‟t use coal or oil, so they don‟t produce dangerous gases.
John and Kathy‟s eco home is in California, USA. It looks like a house from one of The Lord of the Rings films. Most of the house is underground. The house was very cheap to build. It has wooden walls and floors. The windows are recycled glass. There are solar panels to make electricity for the lights, DVD players, and computers. John and Kathy get water from a well and they grow vegetables in the mud on top of the house.
Now John and Kathy don‟t want to live anywhere else. They love their home because it helps the planet greener and it looks fantastic. They think that eco homes are a great idea for everyone.
1. Eco home don‟t produce dangerous chemicals.
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2. Eco homes don‟t use electricity.
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3. The house was expensive to build.
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4. The eco home has some floors.
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5. John and Kathy grow flowers on top of the house.
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II.Read the passage carefully, and then answer the questions.
GETTING BACK TO NATURE
The Little Morocco is a beautiful building. We used stone and mud to build the hotel. There are skylights – windows in the roof to let light in – so we save electricity. The skylights give us light in the day, so we don‟t use electric lights. We don‟t use chemicals to clean the rooms because we don‟t want to damage the environment.
You can walk in the mountains near the hotel and see lots of local wildlife. Enjoy a boat trip on the lake and see the amazing waterfalls, or visit the beautiful caves.
1. What did they use to build the hotel?
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2. How can the skylights help us to save electricity?
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3. Why don‟t they use chemicals to clean the rooms?
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4. What can you see in the mountains?
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5. What can you see when enjoying a boat trip on the lake?
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Check the meaning of the words in blue in the eco-intellect fact file.
Check your eco - intellect!
The earth provides everything we need, but how much do you think about it? Develop your eco - intellect by learning how your actions can affect the world we live in.
A. The UK produces more than 1 _100________ million tonnes of rubbish 2 ____every year_____. On average, each person in the UK throws away their own weight in rubbish every seven 3 ___weeks______.
B. Plastic bags damage the environment and kill marine animals. They pollute our towns and cities. We use each plastic bag for an average of only twelve 4 _____minutes____.
C. Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to power a television for three 5____hours_____. It takes six weeks to recycle your old drink can into parts of a plane, a car or a now can!
D. We must protect our world. We’re running out of natural resources and destroying rainforests. Twenty - four trees make one tonne of newspaper saves 6 ___seventeen____ trees.
E. In some parts of the world, people can’t afford to buy food. In other parts, people buy more than they need. A typical UK family wastes approximately 7 _____£700____ of food every year.
F. Having a shower instead of a bath reduces the amount of water we waste. A toilet made before 8 ____1993_____ uses 60% more water than toilets made since then.