1) Вставьте слово, которое грамматически будет соответствовать содержанию текста.

Air pollution and climate change Overloading of the atmosphere and of ocean waters with carbon. Atmospheric CO2 absorbs and re-emits infrared-wavelength radiation, leading to warmer air, soils, and ocean surface ___ (WATER) — which is good because the planet would be frozen solid without this.

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Unfortunately, there’s now too much carbon in the air. Burning of fossil fuels, deforestation for agriculture, and industrial activities ___ (PUSH) up atmospheric CO2 concentrations from 280 parts per million (ppm) 200 years ago, to about 400 ppm today. That’s an unprecedented rise, in both size and speed. The result: climate disruption.

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Carbon overloading is only one form of air pollution ___ (CAUSE) by burning coal, oil, gas and wood.

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The World Health Organization recently ___ (ESTIMATE) that one in nine deaths in 2012 were attributable to diseases caused by carcinogens and other poisons in polluted air.

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Solutions to be taken involve ___ (REPLACE) fossil fuels with renewable energy...

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...reducing emissions from agriculture as well as ___ (CHANGE) industrial processes.

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The good news is that clean energy is abundant — it just needs to be harvested. Many say a 100 percent renewable-energy future is feasible with existing technology now. But the bad news is that even though renewable energy infrastructure — solar panels, wind turbines, energy storage and distribution systems — are already widespread, and getting cheaper and more efficient all the time, experts say we ___ (NOT APPLY) them quickly enough to prevent catastrophic climate disruption. Barriers in policy and finance remain to be overcome.

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The need for change in our ___ (DAY) lives and the movements of our government is the and growing.

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Because so many ___ (DIFFER) factors come into play; voting, governmental issues, desire to stick to routine, many people don’t consider that what they do will affect future generations.

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If humans continue moving forward in such a ___ (HARM) way towards the future, then there will be no future to consider.

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Although it’s true that we cannot physically stop our ozone layer from ___ (THIN) (and scientists are still having trouble figuring out what is causing it exactly,) there are still so many things we can do to try put a dent in what we already know.

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By raising ___ (AWARE) in your local community and within your families about these issues...

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...you can help contribute to a more Environmentally conscious and ___ (FRIEND) place for you to live.

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14) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

Scientists call for protection of Canada’s boreal forest An ___ group of 23 biology and conservation scientists...

1) transnational
2) cosmopolitan
3) international
4) universal

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15) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

...is calling on the provincial governments and Ottawa to forever ___ the development of at least 50 per cent of the boreal forest that spans the Canadian north.

1) prevent
2) shut out
3) avoid
4) check

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The Boreal Conservation Science Panel, made up of scientific heavyweights from Canada, the United States, Australia and Great Britain, will present a paper on Monday at the world International Congress of Conservation BiologyinBaltimore that says the boreal’s value as a carbon store, fresh water source, and wildlife ___ is crucial to global ecology.

1) apartment
2) habitation
3) habitat
4) settlement

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Although 80 per cent of the boreal is intact, only 10 per cent of the 1,2 billion acres of forest, tundra, peat lands, rivers and lakes is protected. The new report, a copy of which was ___ by The Globe and Mail, says the ‘rules and regulations for managing industrial extraction of resources in Canada’s boreal forest have not kept pace with the rapidly expanding footprint of industrial activities and plans.’

1) оccupied
2) gathered
3) obtained
4) saved

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The boreal contains the world’s ___ densities of terrestrial carbon stores, has the largest surface of fresh water, is the nesting place for billions of song birds, and is home to viable populations of animals like caribou, grizzly bear, lynx and wolf.

1) best
2) top
3) highest
4) most

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19) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

‘The boreal forest overall has an overriding potential influence on the global climate, marine productivity, the wildlife in the case of birds that ___ the entire hemisphere.

1) move across
2) go across
3) pass over
4) meet

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20) Запишите в поле ответа цифру 1, 2, 3 или 4, соответствующую выбранному Вами варианту ответа.

So it actually has a huge influence on the rest of the world,’ said Jeff Wells, the science and policy director for the Boreal Songbird Initiative and one of the authors of the report. The science indicates that no less than half of the region should be protected from development, Dr. Wells said. ‘The exact specifics as to how ___ that out across different regions and so forth is beyond the scope of what we talked about in the report and obviously would need to be figured out by people working in those regions. But that is the basic overarching guidance.’ It is not the first pitch of this sort. Back in 2007, the International Boreal Conservation Campaign of the Pew Charitable Trusts also argued for expanding the protected area, saying it was one of the world’s five remaining regions that help preserve the global environmental balance.

1) to load
2) to pack
3) to parcel
4) to bundle