Match the beginnings with the endings:
SUVs have names like Excursions and Pathfinders …
Environmentalists dislike SUVs …
SUV drivers are proud of their vehicles …
SUVs use …
Americans use …
The communications director of SUVOA thinks that …
Sales of
SUVs ar
e …
The protests have not been very successful …
a. … more than 40% more fuel than normal cars.
b. … growing faster than any other type of car.
c. … because their names give us a picture of nature and outdoor life.
d. … because the US army used Hummers
in Iraq.
e. … because petrol is so cheap in the USA.
… environmentalists should stop complaining.
… 4.5 times more energy than people in other countries of the world.
… because they use a lot of petrol and damage the environment.
Find the words in the text that are the opposites of these words:
1. tiny
____________
2. unpopular
____________
3. love
____________
4. dishonest
____________
5. right
____________
6.
unsuccessful
____________
7. real
____________
8. poor
____________
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Find the following information in the text as quickly as possible:
What are SUVs?
What are Navigators, Excursions, Expeditions and Pathfinders?
What is SUVOA?
What is a Hummer?
How far does an SUV travel on a gallon of petrol?
How much does petrol (gasoline) cost in the USA?
How many litres are there in a gallon?
Match the words with their meanings:
fake
controversial
wealthy
patriotic
environmentalist
reputation
slogan
violation
someone who wants to
protect the environment
a short phrase used by a political party or movement
made to look like something real in order to trick people
an action that is in opposition to a law or principle
causing a lot of disagreement
very rich
the opinion people have about how good
or bad something is
feeling a lot of love and respect towards your country
©Macmillan Publishers Ltd
Taken from the News section in
www.onestopenglish.com
Axles of evil
Arnold Schwarzenegger has
five. Mike Tyson has four. A
third
of all cars sold in the US
are now sports utility vehicles,
or SUVs. But now
environmentalists are going
to war against the SUV.
It's Tuesday night on the
Upper
West Side in New York
and Adam Weinstock has a lot
of work to do. As we turn the
corner on 68th and Lexington,
we
see a whole street full of
sports utility vehicles. SUVs
are half car, half truck and they
have names like Navigators,
Excursions, Expeditions and
Pathfinders - names that
provide an image of the great
outdoors. But they are parked
in
the wealthy heart of New
York. Weinstock approaches
each vehicle critically. "Look at
the metal bars on the front of
the vehicle,
” he says. "They're
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