English 3 · Unit 3: The desert · Cambridge Global English Stage 3

Questions

1. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   1. What do all deserts have in common?

   • They are sandy.
   • They are dry.
   • They are flat.
   • They are hot.
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2. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   2. How much rain or snow does a desert get each year?

   • less than 25 centimetres
   • exactly 1 metre
   • less than 1 centimetre a day
   • more than 1 metre
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3. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   3. What is the largest desert in the world?

   • the Atacama
   • the Gobi
   • the Sahara
   • Antarctica
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4. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   4. Do plants and animals live in deserts?

   • Only in cold deserts.
   • No, deserts are empty.
   • Only plants.
   • Yes, in every desert.
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5. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   5. Which plant has thick, waxy skin and sharp spines?

   • a palm tree
   • a rose
   • a saxaul
   • a cactus
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6. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   6. Where does the saxaul plant store water?

   • in its bark
   • in its roots only
   • in its flowers
   • in its leaves
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7. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   7. How much of the Earth's land is desert?

   • a third
   • a tenth
   • all of it
   • a half
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8. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   8. Why do deserts grow larger?

   • Trees are cut down and too many animals eat the grass.
   • People plant too many trees.
   • Snow falls in summer.
   • It rains too much.
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9. 9. Which is the largest hot desert?

   • the Sahara
   • the Sonoran
   • the Gobi
   • Antarctica
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10. 10. How do you say -5°?

    • fifty degrees
    • minus five degrees
    • five degrees
    • plus five degrees
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11. 11. It is 35°. Is the weather cold, cool, warm or hot?

    • hot
    • cold
    • cool
    • warm
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12. 12. Which desert is in Asia?

    • the Sonoran Desert
    • the Atacama Desert
    • the Gobi Desert
    • the Sahara Desert
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