EUROPEAN SECTION
year 9 English — summer review work
Exercises answers
Exercise 9
Global warming is causing a rise in the sea level. = [What is global warming causing?]
This represents a serious threat for many countries. = [What does this represent (for many countries)?]
Low countries like the Maldivas Islands are putting into practice emergency plans. = [What are they (= low countries like the Maldivas Islands) putting into practice?]
Most of their territory is just a few metres above sea level. = [How high above sea level / How many metres above sea level is most of their territory?]
They are building an artificial island. = [What are they building? ]
The government is building cheap flats there. = [Who is building cheap flats there? ]
Some people are moving to this island. = [Where are some people moving? ]
They prefer to move because staying in their homes is too dangerous. = [Why do they prefer to move?]
They are building the island with ecological criteria. = [How are they building the island? ]
They are using ecological materials. = [What kind/type/sort of materials are they using? ]
They want to teach the world an important lesson, because they are not a rich country. = [Why do they want to teach the world an important lesson? ]
In the developed countries we spend our time and money on other things. = [What do we spend on other things (in the developed countries)? ]
We don't use our technology to help poor countries control CO2 emissions. = [What don't we use to help poor countries (control CO2 emissions)? ]
And we also emit too much CO2 to the atmosphere. = [What do we also emit to the atmosphere? ]
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