№2.Подготовка к ЕГЭ. Present Simple, Present Continuous

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Put the verbs either in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

Leila Markham is an environmentalist. She is being interviewed on the               radio by Tony Hunt, a journalist.

Tony:   So tell me, Leila, why is it important to save the rainforests?

Leila:   There are a number of reasons. One is that many plants which

could be useful in medicine l                               in the rainforest.              GROW

We 2                             all the plants yet - there are thousands          NOT KNOW and thousands of them. Researchers 3                           to             TRY discover their secrets before they are destroyed.

Tony: Leila: Tony: Leila:

Tony:

Lcila: Tony: Leila:

Tony: Leila:

I see. What other reasons are there?

Well, I'm sure you’ve heard of global warming?

You mean, the idea that the world 4                             warmer?        GET

That's right. The rainforests 5                 an important effect on       HAVE

the earth's climate. They 6                            at a terrifying rate         DISAPPEAR and soon they will be gone. People 7                                                     enough         NOT DO

to save them.

But is global warming really such a problem? 1 8                                ENJOY

warm sunshine.

Well, what 9                             when you heat ice?                                 HAPPEN

It 10                                 of course.                                                              MELT OK. The polar ice caps l l                                               of millions of tons           CONSIST of ice. If they 12                                                    , the level of the sea will rise      MELT and cause terrible floods. Many scientists 13      that          BELIEVE temperatures 14          already. We must do everything RISE

we can to prevent global warming, and that 15                                 INCLUDE

preserving the rainforests!

Thank you, Leila, and good luck in your campaign.

Thank you.