Focus VWO 5 9.1

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Focus unit 9.1

Kennistoets

Reading

Use of English

Farming is a bigger contribution to global warming than transport.

1. True
2. False

Poultry production is responsible for the highest level of farming-related greenhouse gas emissions.

1. True
2. False

We produce four times as much meat as we did fifty years ago.

1. True
2. False

You need nine times more water to produce a kilo of beef than of wheat.

1. True
2. False

Cutting global meat consumption by 15 percent would be equivalent to taking twenty-four million cars off the road.

1. True
2. False

Animal idioms

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Cat got your tongue?

Like water off a duck's back

Donkey's years

A wild goose chase

Hold your horses

Killed two birds with one stone

Let the cat out of the bag

Straight from the horse's mouth

Take the bull by the horns

Let sleeping dogs lie

A wolf in sheep's clothing 

Pigs might fly

Kennistoets: part 3

Use of English

Use of English

EXPRESSIONS

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first

Before we went on holiday, we hadn’t expected we would experience the worst natural disaster we’d ever seen.
(LITTLE)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . before we went on holiday that we would experience the worst natural disaster we’d ever seen.

1. We knew little..
2. Little did we know..

Large petrol companies claim they are environmentally friendly. I think it’s laughable.
(FIND)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . large petrol companies claim they are environmentally friendly.

1. I find it laughable that..
2. It's laughable that I find..

It was pure luck that they escaped the avalanche.
(CHANCE)
Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the avalanche.

1. ...by chance did they escape...
2. ...by the chance did they escape...

As a green organisation, we are happy to work with anyone who shares our goals, __________________ (REGARD) of their political orientation.

1. regarding
2. disregarding
3. regardless
4. disregardless

Agricultural __________________ (INDUSTRIALISE) not only damages the environment, but also results in poorer quality food being produced.

1. industrial
2. industries
3. industry
4. industrialisation

We should learn to use the Earth’s resources in more
__________________ (SUSTAIN) ways.

1. substance
2. substantial
3. sustainability
4. sustainable

Air pollution in some of the world’s largest cities is reaching __________________ (CATASTROPHE) proportions.

1. catastrophic
2. catastrophically
3. catsronomical
4. catonia

Air pollution in some of the world’s largest cities is reaching __________________ (CATASTROPHE) proportions.

1. catastrophic
2. catastrophically
3. catsronomical
4. catonia

UN aid agencies prefer to be represented by celebrities who have a convincing track record of __________________ (ENGAGE) with humanitarian causes.

1. engaged
2. endangering
3. engaging

Revision

Review the vocabulary, grammar, and use of English from Unit 9 of Focus

Reminder: test date: 

Complete the activities for learning animal idioms, can you come up with any we haven't mentioned?

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