СОР Английский язык 10 класс ОГН 1 четверть «Controversial issue» с ответами

Learning objectives

10.4.5Deduce meaning from context in extended texts on a wide range of familiar general and curricular topics, and some unfamiliar topics

10.5.8 Communicate and respond to news and feelings in correspondence through a variety of functions on a range of general and curricular topics

10.6.7 Use perfect continuous forms  and a variety of simple perfect active and passive forms  including time adverbials … so far, lately, all my life , on a wide range of familiar general and curricular topics

Assessment criteria

·      Identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in the reading texts on familiar and some unfamiliar topics

·      Respond to the given statement expressing personal opinion clarifying by supporting examples

·      Apply simple and continuous perfect forms using time adverbials such as so far, lately, all my life

Level of thinking skills

Knowledge and comprehension

Application

Higher order thinking skills

Duration

20  minutes

Reading

Task 1. Read the text and choose the correct synonym of the words in bold. Use the context clues in the sentences to help you.

Megacities

I’m definitely not a ‘country mouse’ but I grew up in a fairly tranquil town. I went to University in a city called Exeter. It is perhaps one of the smallest in the UK, surrounded by green hills and home to only 100,000 people.

Recently I have moved to a “megacity” called Guangzhou. Guangzhou is an area of South China that is home to an unbelievable number of people – at least 50 million people. As these cities expand they are bleeding into each other, and will eventually be part of a sprawling metropolis that also includes Hong Kong and Macau.

As farming becomes more efficient and less people are needed in agriculture, this urbanisation is the story all over the world. Recently, it was revealed that for the first time in history, more people live in cities than live in the countryside. Although they cover only 3% of the world’s surface, 51% of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. It is predicted that by 2050, 75% of the world’s population will live in the city.

Humans' migration and the effect it is having on our planet are inevitable, so much so that academics believe we have entered a new geological age. It’s called the Anthropogenic: the Age of Man. We are in a time when the biggest changes to the planet are not created by nature, but by human beings.

1. Tranquil

A) busy

B) noisy

C) quiet

D) remote

2. Metropolis

A) a rural area

B) a very large city

C) urbanisation

D) a village

3. Predicted

A) anticipated

B) discussed

C) solved

D) argued

4. Changes

A) development

B) innovation

C) alteration

D) order

Writing

Task 2. Write your ideas in response to the following statement:

“Gender equality is a human right, but our world faces inequality in access to opportunities and decision making power for women and men”.

You should:

·           write your response to the statement

·           express your opinion

·           consider different perspectives and state your position clearly

·           give supporting examples for ideas

·           use topic related vocabulary accurately

·           use accurate grammar structures to express simple and continuous perfect tenses

·           use time adverbials such as so far, lately, all my life