TOPIC 4 : ENVIRONMENT AND DISASTERS

TEST 10
I. a/ Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.(0.5 pt)
1.A. typhoon B. cyclone C. sky D. sunny
2.A. destroyed B. collapsed C. caused D. laughed
b/ Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others: ( 0.5 pt)
3.A. conserve B. preserve C. rubbish D. supply
4.A. pollution B. pesticide C. dynamite D. poisonous
Answers: 1. ………… 2. ………… 3. ………… 4. …………
II. Choose the word/ phrase (A, B, C, D) that best fits the space in each sentence: (3pts)
5. When a tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers per hour, it is called a ________ in Asia.
A. cyclone B. tsunami C. typhoon D. hurricane
6. The most disastrous earthquake in Japanese history ____________ in 1923 damaged Tokyo and
Yokohama and killed about 150,000 people.
A. happens B. appeared C. occurred D. takes place7.
7.The government supplied the victims _______ food and water.
A. for B. to C. with D. on
8.The policy __________ smoking on school grounds.
A. protects B. allows C. permits D. prohibits
9.“Would you mind not littering, Mike?” – “____________.”
A. Yes, please B.Thanks a lot C. Not at all D.No, I mind
10. The policy __________ smoking on school grounds.
A. protects B. allows C. permits D. prohibits
11. ……………… I am really interested in protecting the environment, my students take no interest in it.
A. Therefore B. However C. Because D. Although
12. Plastic bags are very ……………… to dissolve, so they will cause pollution.
A. easy B. difficultly C. hard D. valuable
13.The policy __________ smoking on school grounds.
A. protects B. allows C. permits D. prohibits
14.They can’t stand ____________ natural disasters.
A. seeing B. see C. to see D.seen
15. If we keep _________ wasting water, there will be a shortage of fresh water in a few decades.
A. of B. at C. on D. in
16.The central coast has been seriously __________ because of the raw sewage from Formosa..
A. pollution B. polluted C. pullute D. pullutant
Answers: 5. ………… 6. ………… 7. ………… 8. ………… 9. ………….. 10. …………….
11. ………… 12. ………… 13. ………… 14. ………… 15. ………… 16. ……………
III. READING COMPREHENSION
A. Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow are True or False: (1.0 pt)
The weather is not beautiful all of the time. Perhaps you can remember a day when bad weather made
you afraid. One kind of bad weather that scares many people is called a thunderstorm. This is what
happens when there is a thunderstorm. First you see a sudden flash of bright light. A few seconds later
you hear a loud rumbling sound. This quick flash is called lightning, and the loud sound is called thunder.
Lighting is colorful, but it can cause serious problems. Lightning is electricity that is moving very rapidly.
It may be moving between a cloud and the ground, between two clouds, or between two parts of the same
cloud. The lightning heats the air around it. This hot air expands, or gets bigger, and it causes the air to
move in waves. The air waves pass you in a series, one after another. For this reason, you may hear many
rumbles and not just one sound.
17. Lightning may move between a cloud and the ground. TRUE
18. Thunder is a very bright light in a thunderstorm. FALSE
19. The air waves cause a series of loud sounds not just one big sound. TRUE
20. Lightning usually moves slowly. FALSE
B. Choose the correct answers: (0.5 pt)
21. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Lightning B. Clouds C. Thunder D. Thunderstorm
22. What is untrue about the text?
A. A thunderstorm comprises lightning and thunder.
 B. A quick flash of bright light is lightning.
C. A loud sound is heard before we see a sudden flash of light.
D. Lightning makes the air around it hot.
Answers: 17................................... 18................................... 19......................................
20................................... 21................................... 22....................................
IV. Choose the best word (A, B, C, D) that fits the space in the following passage: (1.5pts)
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in danger. Many species of animals
(23) …………, and could easily become extinct if we do not make an effort to protect (24) ………...
There are many reasons for this. In some cases, animals are hunted for their fur or for other valuable parts
of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are caught (25) …………, and sold as pets. For many
animals and birds, the problem is that their habitat- the (26) ……….. where they live- is disappearing.
More land is used for farms, for houses or industry and there are fewer open (27) …………. than there
once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute
the environment and harm wildlife. The most successful animals on earth- human beings- will soon be the
only ones left, (28) …………..we can solve this problem.
23. are threatening B. is threatened C. are threatened D. threaten
24. A. it B. him C. them D. us
25. A. for life B. for living C. lively D. alive
26. A.place B. spot C.point D. site
27. A. spaces B. air C. parts D.buildings
28. A. if B. unless C. or D. when
Answers: 23................................... 24................................... 25......................................
26................................... 27................................... 28..................................
V. Use the correct form of word given in each sentence: (1.5pts)
29. How many planets are there in solar system ? (sun)
30.Earthquakes, typhoons and volcanoes are natural disasters.(nature)
31. The air is seriously polluted by exhaust fume from cars and factories. (serious)
32. They are talking about the environmental problems. (environment)
33. We all learn about keeping the environment unpolluted. (pollute)
34. We should make the most efforts to stop deforestation. (forest)
Answers: 29...................................... 30...................................... 31.........................................
32...................................... 33...................................... 34.........................................
VI. Rearrange the groups of words in a correct order to make complete sentence: (0.5pt)
35. most affected by climate change, / South Viet Nam is / to be swallowed by water / which causes as
much as / one of the regions / half the farmland /./
South Viet Nam is one of the regions most affected by climate change, which causes as much as
half the farmland to be swallowed by water.
36.the water / go on / onto / littering / we / have no fresh / water / if / in a few years / people /. /
 People have no fresh water in a few years if we go on littering onto the water.
VII. Rewrite each of the following sentence in other way so that it means almost the same as the
sentence printed before it: (1pt)
37.Because of the disastrous damage of typhoon, people became homeless.
→ Since the typhoon damaged disastrously, people became homeless.
38. What about keeping our environment unpolluted?
 I suggest that we should keep our environment unpolluted.
39. She is always a better environmental conservationist than her father used to.
 Her father never used to conserve the environment as well as Lan does.
40. There was too much snow for us to go out.
 There was such a lot of snow that we couldn’t go out.