Answer the questions. Choose a, b, c or d.

1) What is the writer’s main aim in writing the text?

a) to talk about means of transport

b) to complain about airline companies

c) to complain about the price of air tickets d) to describe a recent trip

2) What would a reader find out from the text?

a) advice about which airline ticket to buy

b) the experiences of an economy­class passenger c) which airlines to avoid

d) how to book an airline ticket

3) According to the writer, how can you make sure you get a seat?

a) book your ticket early

b) buy an economy class ticket

c) arrive well before your flight takes off d) be kind to the airline company

4) How does the writer feel after flying economy class?

a) tired

b) hungry

c) determined

d) very annoyed

 

Answer the questions about the text.

1) How are economy­class passengers treated?

2) Can you hear mobile phones in the cinemas, theatres and lib­

raries?

3) Is it rude to listen to loud voices enjoying a pleasant dinner at a quiet restaurant?

4) Is it common to have a mobile phone at school?

5) Why can mobile phones be dangerous?

 

What changes would you like to introduce for economy-class pas- sengers to make their flights better (10 sentences).

 

 


9th Form


 

 

THE BAlTIC, A SEA oF WASTE


Pollution is a serious problem. It affects everyone every day. Where does pollution come from? Is it only factories, big ships and cars that pollute? No. It is you and me as well. If you drop litter, you


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pollute. That’s how it begins. What happens when millions of people do the same thing?

Most big cities pour their waste into seas and rivers. For a long time people did not realize the danger. The first alarm came from Ja­ pan. Some sixty people died because they had eaten polluted fish. And since 1967 it has not been possible to eat the fish from many Swedish lakes.

The Baltic is a special case. Because it is such a small sea it be­ comes dirty very easily. Its water changes slowly through the shallow straits. As many as 250 rivers run into the Baltic. There are hundreds of factories on these rivers and millions of people live along them. Se­ ven industrial countries surround the Baltic. Quite a lot of big cities lie on its coast. All of this combined with the active navigation of the sea naturally affects the state of the sea water and the shore line flora and fauna.

once we have polluted a sea it is very difficult to clean it. Fortu­ nately all the countries in the Baltic area have realized the problem. They co­operate actively in solving ecological of the Baltic basin. Both international law and the national laws of the coastal states define the regime of environmental protection of the Baltic Sea. The aim of the agreements among these states is to prevent oil pollution of the sea, organize rational fishing and the preservation of the sea life.