54. Green issues TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

54. Green issues

Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box.

artificial	concrete	crops	endangered	energy	environment
factory	free range	fuel	organic	pesticides	polluted
public transport	traffic	veal	wildlife

1	Rhinos are ___endangered ____ species. We have to protect them or they will become extinct.
2	It’s amazing how much ________ you can find in a city garden: foxes, hedgehogs, frogs and lots of birds and insects.
3	There’s too much ________ in modern cities. Why can’t we have more parks and open spaces instead of all these skyscrapers?
4	We need stricter laws to protect the ________ from the smoke and gases released by cars and factories.
5	I don’t usually eat sweets: The ________ colourings and flavourings give me a headache.
6	This apple juice is ________. That means the fruit trees weren’t sprayed with chemicals.
7	I only eat ________ chicken and eggs. I don’t approve of chicken farms where the animals are kept in small cages.
8	Most farmers spray their ________ with ________ to stop insects eating them.
9	This farm is like a ________. The animals are treated like machines.
10	In order to produce ________, farmers take calves from their mother when they are two weeks old and keep them in small, dark cages.
11	Oil is the main source of ________ in this country. It would be good to use cleaner sources like the wind and the sun.
12	There would be less ________ on the roads if the government made ________ cheaper.
13	Our new car is very economical on ________. It can do 100 kilometres on six litres.
14	A ship carrying oil crashed on the rocks here last year and now a lot of the coast is ________.

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