This document contains a reading passage and questions about pollution. It asks the reader to choose the best answer to complete sentences about environmental protection and destruction of rainforests. It also contains a passage about a class trip to a farm and questions about the causes and potential solutions to pollution, including what governments and scientists can do to reduce pollution and how individuals can cut down on garbage production through recycling.
This document contains a reading passage and questions about pollution. It asks the reader to choose the best answer to complete sentences about environmental protection and destruction of rainforests. It also contains a passage about a class trip to a farm and questions about the causes and potential solutions to pollution, including what governments and scientists can do to reduce pollution and how individuals can cut down on garbage production through recycling.
This document contains a reading passage and questions about pollution. It asks the reader to choose the best answer to complete sentences about environmental protection and destruction of rainforests. It also contains a passage about a class trip to a farm and questions about the causes and potential solutions to pollution, including what governments and scientists can do to reduce pollution and how individuals can cut down on garbage production through recycling.
This document contains a reading passage and questions about pollution. It asks the reader to choose the best answer to complete sentences about environmental protection and destruction of rainforests. It also contains a passage about a class trip to a farm and questions about the causes and potential solutions to pollution, including what governments and scientists can do to reduce pollution and how individuals can cut down on garbage production through recycling.
I. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
1. Governments are nowadays playing an ___ role in environmental protection.
A. active B.impossible C. inconvenient D. invalid 2. ___ rainforests leads to serious floods or droughts. A. Putting up B. Breaking up C. Throwing away D. Cutting down 3. ___ every effort to protect the environment, our next generations would suffer a lot. A. If we do not make B. If we did not make C. Unless we do not make D. Unless we did not make 4. I tried ____ you lots of times but couldn't get through. A. called B. call C. to call D. to calling 5. Since I left Vietnam six years ago, I ___ to visit friends and family several times. A. will return B. have returned C. am returning D. return 6. My classmates ___ more friends if they joined youth clubs. A. will make B. would make C. made D. make 7. Living in the countryside is ___ than in cities. A. more peaceful B. most peaceful C. less peaceful D. least peaceful 8. This house is ___ than that one. A. higher B. more higher C. more high D. high 9. Some farmers don’t realize that they are destroying the environment with too much ___. A. field B. medicine C. pesticide D. river 10. Mary passed her exam, ___ she ? A. wasn’t B. doesn’t C. did D. didn’t 11. She wishes she ___ his name. A. knows B. to know C. knew D. know 12. Not only Peter but also his friends ___ English very well. A. speak B. speaks C. is speaking D. has spoken 13. He ___ in Japan since June. A. had been B. has been C. been D. have been 14. Using public transport is a good way to ____ traffic jams and air pollution. A. increase B. reduce C. stop D. produce 15. The result will be better if he ___ harder. A. work B. works C. worked D. will work 16. Nobody understands you, ___? A. do they B. does he C. doesn’t he D. did they 17. Susan is seldom happy, ____? A. isn’t she B. is she C. isn’t Susan D. is Susan 18. He told me he ___ leave the city the following day. 1 A. has to B. had to C. would have to D. will have to II. Choose the correct answer ( A, B, C, or D ) to fill in each gap in the following passage. Last weekend, I had a day trip to the countryside with some of my classmates. We went to visit a farm on (19)__ Peter’s Uncle Tom works. We left early in the morning and went there by bus. Uncle Tom and some workers met us at the bus stop and (20)__ us to their farm. On the way, Uncle Tom showed us (21)__ of wheat, corn, and vegetables where some tractors were running up and down, plowing and breaking soil, distributing manure and (22)__ seeds. After lunch, we all went for a walk round the farm. In the large yard of the farm we saw a lot of (23)___ machinery. In the afternoon we went to the cattle farm. A lot of horses, sheep and cows were (24)___ here. We saw a new-born (25)__ in the cowshed when we helped the farmers to feed the cows. After having some tea and cakes we said goodbye and went home. It was an (26)__ day! 19. A. whom B. that C.which D. where 20. A. dropped B. picked C. brought D. took 21. A. areas B. fields C. forests D. meadows 22. A. planting B. plowing C. growing D. producing 23. A.farm B. farming C.farmer D. farmyard 24. A. trapped B. collected C. raised D. risen 25. A. calf B. puppy C. colt D. lamb 26. A. enjoy B. enjoying C. enjoyed D. enjoyable III. Read the passage and answer the questions below. Pollution happens when chemicals that are harmful to living things get into the environment. Chemicals that cause pollution are not easy to get rid of. They stay in the air, ground and water for a long time. The best way to fight against pollution is to stop producing it in the first place. Governments can pass laws that forbid or limit the use of chemicals that cause pollution. Laws can stop factories from dumping poisonous chemicals in lakes, river, and the oceans. Factories and power plants can clean up the smoke that they give off. Engineers can build cars that burn less gasoline. They can find ways for cars to give off cleaner exhaust gases. Scientists are looking for fuels to replace coal and oil. They are looking for ways to use the power in wind and rays from the Sun. They are also looking for safe ways to get rid of nuclear waste. We can cut down on the amount of garbage we produce by recycling paper, plastic, glass bottles and metal cans. Recycling helps cut down on pollution. 27. When does pollution occur? 28. What can governments do to prevent pollution? 29. Are scientists looking for ways to reduce pollution? 2 30. How can we cut down on the amount of garbage we produce? IV. Arrange the given words / phrases to make the meaningful sentences. 31. with / get lost/ he / unless / comes / I’ll / probably / me. 32. that / I / so / was / The hill / took / of it. / beautiful / a picture / 33. I / very well / used to / tennis / am / but now / I / play / busy. 34. enough / contest. / He / intelligent / is / participate in /to / this / 35. I / read. / It’s / that / novel / best / the / ever / have / 36. pleased / working / I / hard / that / you / am / are /. 37. the company / began / for / ten / work / years / Mr. Hai / to / ago /. 38. washing / you / forgot / on / switch / You / the / machine, / didn’t / to /? / 39. the teacher / explained / to / lesson / is / by / going / The / be /. 40. pronunciation / your / work / that / suggest / harder / should / I / you / on /.