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Nowfal Bin El-Hareth Inter. School Class :- 9/……………

Read the following passage , then answer the questions below: ( 6 marks )

The Amazon Forest and the future of the world The Amazon forest, in Brazil, covers five million square kilometres. It contains 1/3 of the world's trees. However, the trees are disappearing. By 1974, fourth of the forest had already been cut down. In the following year, 4% of the rest went. If the destruction continues at this speed, nothing will be left by the year 2005.Scientist say that the disappearance of trees is already causing changes in the climate. In Peru, there is less snow than before. In some parts of Brazil there is now very little rain.

What will happen if more of the Amazon forest is cut down? Two things are likely to happen. There will be serious effects on the climate, and the air we breathe will lose some of its oxygen. Why is this?. Trees are vital to our life. They absorb the gas carbon dioxide from cars and factories and give oxygen, which cleans the air we breathe. Some scientists believe that the trees in the Amazon forest provide 50% of the world's production of oxygen. If we lose these trees, the air will contain much less oxygen and much more carbon dioxide. It will become difficult--perhaps even impossible to breathe. With more dioxide in the air, the temperature will rise, the ice at the north and south poles will melt, the sea level will rise, and hundreds of coastal cities will be flooded.

A) Choose the right answers from a, b, c, or d.:- ( 4X½)

1. From the text we understand that the number of trees in the Amazon forest---------

a- is increasing b- is decreasing c- is small.

2. The message of the text is that we --------------------------------.

a- should cut down trees b- shouldn't cut down trees. C. should visit forests

3- Unless we stop cutting down the Amazon trees, there will be -------- in the air we breathe.

a- more oxygen b- less oxygen c- less carbon dioxide

4. The pronoun ‘They’ in line 10 refers to……………

a. trees b. north and south poles c. scientists

B) Tick the following statements as true or false:- ( 4X½ )

4. There was more snow in Peru in the past than there is now. { }

5. The more trees we cut, the more rain we get. { }

6. Trees are important because they produce carbon dioxide. { }

7. The disappearance of trees causes changes in the climate. { }

C) Answer the following questions :- ( 2X1 )

9. Why is the Amazon forest important to the future of the world?

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10. What will happen to some coastal cities if the Amazon forest disappears? Why?

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