Tasks for the Summative Assessment for the term 2 Reading
Read the text about "How to save animals?"
Do people today do enough to protect animals?
Our life is closely connected with the animal world. Therefore, I think the
problem of animal protection is one of the most urgent nowadays There are
different views on this issue. Some people consider that the mankind is
successful enough in taking precautions to improve the situation. I support the
opinion of others who believe that the problem of animal protection should be
paid more attention to.
From my point of view, more should be done in order to protect animals.
Firstly, there are a great number of abandoned animals on the streets in cities. In
my opinion, the government should create new homes where stray animals are
taken care of, fed and provided with medical care. Secondly, people have deprived
animals of their natural habitats. Great areas of forests are still being cut down
and any species are under the treat of extinction. In contrast to this, opponents of
this view say that nowadays animals are protected in a proper way. I cannot agree
with it because all the problems seem to be far from solving yet. Animals are
widely used for testing drugs and cosmetics. Personally, I believe such cruel
methods to be unacceptable.
To sum up, I think that the problem of the animal protection should be treated
more carefully. There are a lot of organizations like Green Peace, WWF fighting for
the rights of animals but their work is not efficient enough to change the situation
considerably. Stricter laws need to be taken in order to save animal life on our
planet
Task 1. Read the text and match the statements with questions
1. Drugs and cosmetics
A. What is one of the most pressing
problem?
2. Fed and provided with medical
care
B. Where you can see a lot of abandoned
animals?
3. Green Peace, WWF
C. What does the government do for
homeless animals?
D. Why are animals used for testing?
4. On the streets
5. Saving animals
E. What organizations are there for animal
rights?​