Litter is a Problem in Our Cities

Litter is garbage – like food, paper and cans – on the ground or in the street. Where many people live together, litter is a problem. People don't always put their garbage in the garbage can. Litter is ugly. It makes the city look dirty, and it spoils the view. The wind blows papers against a fence and they stay there. This fence is a wall of garbage.

Litter is a health problem, too. Food and garbage bring animals, which sometimes carry disease.

Some people want to control litter. They never throw litter themselves, and sometimes they work together in groups to clean up the city. In most places litter is against the law. The law punishes people who throw garbage on the streets. They usually pay a fine, and sometimes they go to jail.

II. Выберите правильный перевод:

1. fence

а) забор b) паром с) ветер

2. view

а) внешний вид b) зрение с) впечатление

3. disease

а) пустыня b) засуха с) заболевание

III. Выберите правильный перевод:

4. наказывать

a) to take b) to punish с) to go

5. переносить

a) to clean b) to control c) to carry

6. портить

a) to spoil b) to throw c) to work

IV. Выберите правильное определение слова в соответствии с текстом:

7. а саn

a) round metal container for food or drink

b) toilet at the public place

c) something you are able to do

8. a fine

a) good for somebody

b) money that you have to pay

c) information about someone's life

9. a jail

a) people who control litter

b) group of people that clean up the city

c) a place where people are put under arrest

V. Заполните пропуски, выбрав правильный вариант ответа:

10. Our city is dirty. Papers usually _____ by the wind far away.

a) are blown b) is blown c) is blowing

11. Look! Cans _____ by the wind against the fence.

a) are being gone b) were being gone c) was gone

12. Last year litter was a health problem too. Dangerous disease _____ by animals.

a) carried b) is carried c) was carried

13. In some cities litter _____ already _____ by groups of people.

a) has... controlled b) has … been controlled c) was … controlling

14. Ecologists say that in 5 years view _____ by garbage everywhere.

a) was spoilt b) will be spoilt c) is spoilt

15. We _____ to make the city look beautiful.

a) should b) is able c) ought

16. We _____ save our cities.

a) can b) has to c) are allowed to

17. Some people _____ go to jail, because the law punishes people who throw garbage on the streets.

a) will be able b) may c) is to

18. If you want to control litter, you _____ throw litter yourself.

a) shouldn't b) wasn't allowed to c)don't have to

V. Задайте вопрос к предложению:

19. Some people have to pay a fine. (General question)

20. We should make our cities beautiful. (What?)

VI. Переведите предложения из прямой речи в косвенную:

21. Ecologists say: "Litter is a problem".

Ecologists say that litter _____ a problem.

a) is b) was c) would be

22. "Greens" reported: "Garbage – like food, paper and cans – makes the city
look dirty".

"Greens" reported that garbage – like food, paper and cans _____ the city

look dirty.

a) is made b) makes c) made

23. In most places the local government announced: "If you throw papers, you
will pay a fine"

In most places the local government announced that when you _____ papers you _____ a fine.

a) threw, would pay b) throw, had pay c) would throw, pay

24. A radio program informed: "The law has already punished some litterbugs"
A radio program informed that law _____ people who leave paper on the ground.

a) had punished b) would punish c) punished.

25. "Litter is a health problem"

You may ask _____.

a) if litter is a problem b) is litter a problem c) litter was a problem

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