Copy the text. fill in the blanks using the words in the box. | wastes, throws away, drop, cans of drink, environment, glass, paper, kilos of plastic, recycled, domesdtic rubbish.| these days people have realized how important their is. they read newspapers and find out that in one year a european a lot : about 50 kilos of paper and about 60 . some people throw plastic packaging, their cigarette paskets without a thought . but many kinds of can be still useful. most kinds and , metal, plastic can be .

These days people have realized how important their environment is. they read newspapers and find out that in one year a european family throws away a lot of domestic rubbish: about 50 kilos of paper and about 60 kilos of plastic. some people throw away cans of drink, plastic packaging, drop their cigarette packets without a thought . but many kinds of wastes can be still useful. most kinds of paper and glass, metal, plastic can be recycled.

Books have been my companions since my childhood. the stories of adventure which excited me during my childhood period are no longer liked by me now-a-days. "alice in wonderland" was really one of the most interesting books for me at that time. as i grew in years some of the scientific stories of h.g. wells had a lot of appeal for me. his story "the truth about pyecraft" had amused me to a great extent. i still remember the way pyecraft used to come to the club and eat voraciously. i can recall with amusement the manner in which pyecraft was floating near the ceiling because he had taken medicine which reduced his weight.but recently i have read huxley's book "brave new world". the book opens with the description of the scientific laboratory where test tube babies were produced. he tells us that the babies are produced according to the demands of the society. some of them were extremely intelligent whereas others were extremely strong phy­sically. these children did not know anything about father and mother and they used to talk in a very mocking manner about the world when there used to be father and mother.he also tells us that the sex game was taught to the children in the schools more­over whenever they felt fatigued or bored they would take a special preparation to remove that boredom. otherwise also all the pro­blems of the people of this brave new world were mostly psychologi­cal problems. that is why generally the children were sent to the psychologists for suggesting the ways and means to correct them. in this world, religion had no place and spirituality was hated, when a religious person comes and he is called a savage by the people of the brave new world. but ultimately the savage was successful and the people of this brave new world realized that purely mechanical life cannot do any good to them.this book not only excited my imagination rather it filled my brain with strange type of ideas. 1 started thinking of the belief that only science can solve the problems of people. huxley has given a beautiful picture of the scientific world and has significantly pointed out that it is not possible for science to solve all the problems of life. life needs some faith, religion and not merely mechanical life can give it.this is an exciting book because i feel that it is a prophecy about the future. we find that the societies which were influenced by science have started feeling that they must be spiritual. there is a greet craze for spirituality among the americans and the scienti­fically more advanced countries. they have discovered that science makes them inhuman, mechanical and objective and so something dangerous for the society and the progress of the society. the exciting book has definitely left a permanent impact upon my mind. i discover that science may be able to change life of human beings, the nature of children but that would not be the pro­gress of mankind. recently hargobind khurana has been able to split a gene and that might revolutionize the use of science for human beings. but this tendency is not at all beneficial for the development of the world as well as the nations. we need out more of science but more of moral outlook and humanitarian feelings which science is incapable of giving. that is why huxley's book was very exciting for me.

1. to travel to     b) other galaxies 2. intergalactic     e) spaceship 3. to launch     d) a satellite  4. to wear         a) a spacesuit 5. to live in         c) a  space station 2.  1. damage       c) destroy 2. natural disaster     a) weather disaster 3. space flight       e) space travel 4. storm           b) hurricane 5. research     d) explore 3.  1. earthquake, flood, disaster, volcanic eruption, drought 2. mountains, geography, deserts, coastlines, plains 3. lizards, snakes, animals, crocodiles, whales, monkeys 4.    1. would you like to go round the earth if you had the chance? 2. neil armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon . 3. antarctica is the coldest place on the earth. 4. the earthquake destroyes many homes. 5. there are many active volcanoes in the world, such as mount etna. 5.  1. when it’s foggy you need sunglasses.     false 2. it gets quite cold in the desert in the evening.       true 3. a shower is a type of wind.       false 4. if it’s humid, the air will be very dry.       false 5. heavy rain means that it’s raining cats and dogs.     true 6.   1. accident 6. accident prone 2. poisonous 7. habitat 3.  harmless animals 8. quake with fear 4. exaggeration becomes the truth 9. cried and fainted 5. scorcher 10. climate changes fast 7.   1. двое детей утонули во время наводнения когда их лодку затопило. 2. это прекрасное место для ныряния (дайвинга) потому что вода чистая. 3. на обратном пути из женевы самолет пролетал над альпами. 4. говорят сегодня на острове может пройти ураган. 5. они собираются взбираться на южную сторону горы. 8.  1. the kiwi is a. new zealand’s emblem and the national bird. b. english spoken in australia. c. a human being. 2. australian animals are a. all amazing and harmless. b. an amazing group of wildlife. c. not dangerous companions to swimmers. 3. niagara falls a. means ‘the roaring waters’ in american english. b. is a mass of water falling over a cliff of twenty meters with terrible noise. c. is one of the most amazing sights in south america. 4. a national park is a. a place protected from industrial and urban development. b. an area 50 kilometers away from manchester. c. a place where there are many sheep.