QUESTIONS 1

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

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1. (Industries have to pay) A$1.25 (per ton of CO2 emitted).
INDUSTRIES PER TON OF CO2 EMITTED?

2. (The worst greenhouse gas emission rates are found) IN BRAZIL AND AUSTRALIA.
THE WORST GREEHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ?

3. (The forest they cleared was) 1,000 YEARS OLD
THE FOREST THEY CLEARED?

4. (Australia signed the Rio Summit Treaty) IN 1992.
AUSTRALIA THE RIO SUMMIT TREATY?

5. THE FARMING AND FORESTRY LOBBIES (put pressure on the Australian government).
PRESSURE ON THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT?

6. (The Australian Conservation Foundation had already criticized) THE PRIME MINISTER'S (position).
POSITION THE A.C.F ALREADY ?

7. (Keating’s admitted to destroying) 1 MILLION (hectares a year).
HECTARES KEATING TO DESTROYING A YEAR?

8. (The OECD has been monitoring CO2 emissions) FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
THE OECD CO2 EMISSIONS?

9. (One billion trees should be planted) TO COMPENSATE FOR EXTENSIVE CLEARING.
ONE BILLION TREES ?

10. (The clearing must stop) BECAUSE IT HAS AN IMPACT ON BOTH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE CLIMATE.
THE CLEARING ?

11. MILLIONS OF TONS OF (CO2 are released every day).
CO2 EVERY DAY?

12. (The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering publishes a report) TWICE A YEAR.
THE A.A.T.S.E. A REPORT?

13. (They should have chosen) THE MOST EFFICIENT solution.
SOLUTION THEY ?