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VOCABULARY TEST
READING - UNIT 1. ENVIRONMENT
Questions 1 - 8: Match the words with the correct picture
Fossil Contaminate Urbanization Deforestation
Sustainability Ecotourism Nature Conservation

1 - ……………… 2 - ……………… 3 - ……………… 4 - ………………

5 - ……………… 6 - ……………… 7 - ……………… 8 - ……………….

Question 9 - 13: Choose the odd one out

9. A. Hurricane B. Drought C. Storms D. Oil leakage
10. A. Earthquake B. Deforestation C. Rising sea level D. Climate change
11. A. Use clean energy B. Reuse plastic bags C. Put down tree D. Recycle bottles
12. A. Poor air quality B. Clean water C. Soil erosion D. Global warming
13. A. Make reusable boxes B. Put down trees C. Burn fossils D. Litter wastes

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Questions 14 - 18: Complete the words
14. Since the s_il er_sion has removed so much topsoil, the crop productivity is adversely
affected.
15. The company received a substantial state s_bs_dy for further investment.
16. Urb_n_zation has brought positive changes in poor areas.
17. It has a chronic waste problem with garbage and sewerage littering the edges of
the c_r_l reef that forms the island.
18. Costa Rica's national parks have made it a center for ec_tour_sm

Questions 19 - 23: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the given word
19. She feels that private businesses should not be ………………… by taxpayers. (SUBSIDY)
20. There is already a high level of environmental ………………………………. (CONTAMINATE)
21. We need food and water in order to ……………… life. (SUSTAINABILITY)
22. Life on earth probably began with simple chemical reactions that occurred ………………
(NATURE)
23. The fires are likely to permanently ………………… the land. (DEFORESTATION)

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