I.Fill in each blanket with a suitable word to complete the passage about the causes of visaul pollution
Visual pollution can happen outside or inside your house.When you are in the street, do you look around and see too __(1)__ telephone poles, overhead power lines or advertising billboard ? This is known as __(2)__ ‘negative visual environment’, and it causes visual pollution. For many communities, visual pollution also __(3)__ uncut weeds, graffiti, litter, and even badly cared-for buildings. This __(4)__ of pollution can be present in your house, too. If you dump clothes or school things on the floor, it causes visual pollution. A room with too much furniture placed in an untidy way is another __(5)__ of visual pollution in the house.
1.____________, 2.____________, 3.____________, 4.____________, 5._______ _____,
II. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete the following passage :
An American, Charles D. Seeberger, produced the first commercial moving staircase to transport people in the 1890s. He called this ___(1)____ an ‘escalator’, taking the name from the Latin word ‘scala’ which means ‘ladder’. Escalators move people up and down short ___(2)____. Lifts do the same, but only move a small number of people. Escalators have the capacity to move a lot of people at the same time, and they can be replaced in the same space as one ___(3)____install a staircase. A non-functioning escalator can be used as a normal staircase, whereas many other conveyances become ___(4)____when they break down.
Towards the end of the nineteenth century, cities were becoming more crowded and the first escalators were ___(5)____at railway stations and in big department stores so that people could move about more quickly. Today we see escalator everywhere.
1. A. creator | B. invention | C. exploration | D. revolution |
2. A. distances | B. directions | C. measurements | D. lengths |
3. A. should | B. must | C. will | D. might |
4. A. useful | B. unused | C. useless | D. uselessly |
5. A. built | B. designed | C. produced | D. advanced |
III. Read the passage and do the tasks bellow.
THE GREAT HANSHIN EARTHQUAKE
The Great Hanshin earthquake, or the Kobe earthquake as it is more commonly known ‘overseas’, was an earthquake in Japan that measured 7.3 on the Japan Meteorological Agency magnitude scale. It occurred on January 17th, 1995 at 5:46 a.m in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture, and lasted for approximately 20 seconds. The epicentre of the earthquake was on the northern end of Awaji Island near Kobe, a cosmopolitan city of over 1.5 million people. A total of 6,434 people, mainly in the city of Kobe, lost their lives. Additionally, it caused approximately ten trillion yen in damage. It was the worst earthquake in Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923, which claimed 140,000 lives.
Questions :
1. The word ‘overseas’ in the text is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. abroad | B. at sea | C. by sea |
2. The word ‘occurred’ in the text is closest in meaning to ____________.
A. ended | B. happened | C. started |
3. When did the Great Hashin earthquake occur?
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4. Where was the epicentre of the earthquake ?
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5. Was it the worst earthquake in Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 ?
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