Question

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1 Look at the picture of the Thames Barrier on the River Thames in
London. What do you think the Thames Barrier is for?
2 Now read the paragraph quickly and check if your guess
was correct.
THE TILAMES BARRIER
Recently, average annual (1)
in England has increased by about
45%. This is probably because of (2)
warming. The River
Thames is, therefore, potentially very (3)
for the
of London. The last time it flooded was in 1953 when 300
people drowned. After this terrible (5) ..............., engineers began work
on the (6) ............. of the Thames Barrier. It has already been raised 31
times since its (7)
in 1982. It is made of huge walls which
are the (8)
of a five-storey building. The walls stop
(9) ........ amounts of water from flooding the city. Soon It may
become (10)
to raise it up to 30 times every year!
(1) RAINY/RAINFALL (2) GLOBALIGLOBE (3) DANGEROUS/DANGER
(4) POPULATED/POPULATION (5) TRAGIC/TRAGEDY
(6) DEVELOPED/DEVELOPMENT (7) CREATIVE/CREATION
(8) HIGH/HEIGHT (9) CONSIDERABLE/CONSIDERATION
(10) NECESSARY/NECESSITY



2
1 For each gap in the paragraph, decide if the missing word is
a noun or an adjective. Read the whole sentence around each gap
to help you.
2 Now look at the key words under the paragraph and decide which
word should go in each gap.
3 Read the whole paragraph again and check your answers with
a partner.
3 Discuss these questions with other students.
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Answer 1

Răspuns:

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The Thames Barrier

Recently, average annual (1) rainfall in England has increased by about  45%. This is probably because of (2)  global warming. The River  Thames is, therefore, potentially very (3) dangerous  for the  (4) population of London. The last time it flooded was in 1953 when 300  people drowned. After this terrible (5) tragedy, engineers began work  on the (6) development of the Thames Barrier. It has already been raised 31  times since its (7)  creation in 1982. It is made of huge walls which  are the (8)  height of a five-storey building. The walls stop  (9) considerable amounts of water from flooding the city. Soon It may  become (10)  necessary to raise it up to 30 times every year!

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A.

1. Look at the picture of the Thames Barrier on the River Thames in  London. What do you think the Thames Barrier is for?

Priviți imaginea Barierei fluviului Tamisa din Londra. Pentru ce credeți că este construită Bariera Tamisei?

• The Thames Barrier was built to prevent the water from flooding London.

Bariera Tamisei a fost construită pentru a împiedica inundarea capitalei de cantitățile mari de apă.

2. Now read the paragraph quickly and check if your guess  was correct.

Acum citiți repede paragraful și verificați dacă ați ghicit/intuit corect.

≡ The Thames Barrier was built to stop considerable amounts of water from flooding the city.

Bariera Tamisei a fost construită pentru a împiedica inundarea capitalei de cantitățile mari de apă.

• răspunsul a fost corect

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B.

1. For each gap in the paragraph, decide if the missing word is  a noun or an adjective. Read the whole sentence around each gap  to help you.

• Pentru fiecare spațiu liber din paragraful de mai sus, stabiliți dacă termenul lipsă este un substantiv sau un adjectiv. Citiți întregul enunț din jurul fiecărui spațiu liber pentru a vă ajuta.

2. Now look at the key words under the paragraph and decide which  word should go in each gap.

• Acum priviți cuvintele-cheie de sub paragraf și decideți ce cuvânt ar trebui introdus în fiecare spațiu liber.

(1) rainfall - substantiv (noun)

(2) global - adjectiv (adjective)

(3) dangerous - adjectiv (adjective)

(4) population - substantiv (noun)

(5) tragedy - substantiv (noun)

(6) development - substantiv (noun)

(7) creation - substantiv (noun)

(8) height - substantiv (noun)

(9) considerable - adjectiv (adjective)

(10) necessary - adjectiv (adjective)

3. Read the whole paragraph again and check your answers with  a partner.

• Citiți din nou întregul paragraf și verificați răspunsurile voastre cu un coleg/partener.

4. Discuss these questions with other students.

• Discutați despre aceste chestiuni cu alți elevi.

Anumite puncte ale exercițiilor reprezintă discuții libere în clasă pe tema Barierei Tamisei, pe baza textului deja rezolvat mai sus. Am oferit și traducerea exercițiilor pentru a veni în ajutor cât mai mult.

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