UNIT 6 : THE ENVIRONMENT.
TEST 4
I. From each number, pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced
differently from the others.
1. A. naked B. decided C. hatred D. washed
2. A. that B. this C. think D. mother
3. A. quiet B. littered C. plastics D. bridge
4. A. customer B. truck C. include D. custard
5. A. comfortable B. coming C. covered D. continent
6. A. cities B. countries C. badies D. flies
7. A. pollution B. luggage C. lunar D. consuming
8. A. amount B. achieve C. dynamite D. deforestation
9. A. complain B. conserve C. cover D. environment
10. A. protect B. conservation C. secondhand D. cover
II. From each number, pick out one word which has the stress on the first syllable.
1. A. option B. chemistry C. parents D. compulsary
2. A. midday B. racket C. action D. complete
3. A. trandition B. chicken C. daughter D. married
4. A. protect B. package C. letter D. certain
5. A. military B. president C. invite D. shoulder
III. Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished
sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is
substituted
1. If people drive their cars _______, they won’t get hurt themselves and others.
A. careful B. carefully C. careless.
2. She _______ won the scholarship to study abroad.
A. success B. successful C. successfully.
3. If the weather gets worse , the children _______ school for some days
A. don’t have B. won’t have C. wouldn’t have .
4. If she _______ enough money, she will buy her son a motor bike.
A. earn B. will earn C. earns .
5. If everybody_______ all the trash in the trash can , the beach will not be so dirty like this .
A. put B. puts C. will put.
6. If she _______ the airport, I’ll let you know.
A. arrives B. arrive C. will arrive .
7. If people solve the problems of the smoke from vehicles and factories, the air _______
pure and fresh.
A. is B. will be C. would .
8. There is more pollution in the city _______ there is more traffic in the streets.
A. and B. because C. but
9. The kids didn’t go to the movie last night _______ it rain so heavily
A. and B. but C. as
10. The bus didn’t stop _______ it was full of passengers.
A. since B. but C. and
11. He hit the wall _______ he rode carelessly.
A. because B. but C. and
12. Children should drink milk _______ it’s good for their health .
A. and B. as C. but
13. People find the water dirty_______ there are some water waste chemicals in it.
A. and B. but C. as
14. The air is polluted _______ the factories produce a lot of smoke.
A. and B. since C. but.
15. The children stopped fighting _______ their parents came back home.
A. and B. when C. but
16. _______ it got dark, the students couldn’t find the ways out of the forest.
A. And B.As C. But.
17. The building was completely collapsed _______ the firefighter came.
A. and B. when C. but
18. Waster chemicals and smoke from vehicles and factories pollute not only the air
_______ the land and water as well.
A. and B. with C. but .
19. If she _______ hard , she’ll break past records and set new one.
A. try B. tries C. will try .
20. _______ it’s rainy, I walk home with umbrella.
A. When B. Though C. As
21. _______ you smoke too much, you’ll get respiratory problems.
A. If B. though C. as
22. If her father doesn’t drink too much wine , he _______ so sick .
A. won’t be B. doesn’t get C. isn’t.
23. This newspaper is _______ everyday. It’s a daily newspaper.
A. publishing B. published C. to publish
24. He shouted and looked _______ At me and angry when I broke the vase.
A. angry B. angrier C. angrily
25. He is tired _______ he stay up late watching TV.
A. so B. because C. but
26. we are talking about the preservation of _______ resources.
A. natural B. naturally. C. nature
27. Is he really _______ that you can’t come there.
A. disappoint B. disappointed C. disappointing
28. I think most children are creative enough to write_______ poems.
A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully
29. It is your policy to _______ forest and increase forestation.
A. protect B. protecting C. to protect
30. Everyone must take part in _______ deforestation
A. prevent B. preventing C. to prevent
31. I recommend that we _______ to the movies .
A. go B. to go C. going
32. They made their living by _______ fish in the ocean everyday.
A. catch B. catching C. to catch
33. They will put off holding their wedding party next week.
A. destroy B. postpone C. cancel D. wait
34. The Browns had to use all their_______ to buy their house.
A. expense B. savings C. reserves D. remains
35. If you take a train or a bus, you must pay a_______ .
A. trip B. fee C. fare D. commission
36. Your brother is very tall. What is his exact_______?
A. size B. length C. measure D. height
37. Another word for fortune is_______.
A. rich B. lucky C. foreign D. good
38. If Lan comes to England, it will be a good_______ for her to improve her English.
A. opportunity B. possibility C. advantage D. experience
39. Please_______ your hand if you want to ask the teacher a question.
A. rise B. push C. raise D. lift
40. All his children speak_______ English.
A. flowing B. fluent C. easy D. well
41. If a bomb goes off, it_______.
A. explodes B. fails C. strikes D. misses its object
42. We went to the airport to _______ off a friend who was leaving for London.
A. tell B. say C. join D. see
43. My sister is very_______ of spiders.
A. terror B. terrify C. terrified D. terrifying
44. The chameleon is very a strange_______.
A. creation B. creator C. creature D. creative
45. I like this essay because it’s very_______.
A imaginative B. imaginary C. imaginable D. imagination
46. Tam has a big_______ of foreign coins.
A. collector B. collection C. collecting D. collective
47. If we don’t_______ on electricity, there will be power cut.
A. economic B. economics C. economical D. economize
48. He is a person_______ friends trust him.
A. whom B. his C. whose D. who’s
49. I’ve always enjoyed traveling. My mother; _______, prefers to stay at home.
A. bit B. although C. however D. moreover
50. I’ll give you a lift to the station if_______ In a hurry.
A. you’re B. you were C. you’ll be D. you’d be
IV. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences.
Reading:
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Garbage ia a (1)________ problem in the U.S . Every year, Americans produce about
308 billion pounds. A lt of the garbage goes (2) ________the landfills. But many landfills do
not have room(3) ________all the garbage.
One (4) ________ to the garbage problem is recycling. Half of all the garbage in the
U.S can be (5) ________and use again.
Recycling helps the landfills problem and (6) ________ enough energy too. When
people recycling newpapers, they save (7) ________ When thye recycling glass, plastic, or
cans. They save oil and eceltricity. Recycling is good for (8) ________
1. A. difficultly B. serious C. pleased D. dangerously
2. A. at B. in C. into D. to
3. A. to B. for C. from D. in
4. A. talk B. tell C. answer D. ask
5. A. reused B. recycled C. product D. reduced.
6. A. save B. saving C. to save D. saves.
7. A. trees B. paper C. electricity D. water.
8. A. everything B. everyone C. something D. someone.
V. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each of the sentence needs correcting
1. She eats only little food that she weighs only 40 kilos .
2. What about play tennis in stead of going to the cinema?
3. Stay in bed all day is not good for our health , isn’t it ?
4. You know , the room is so tidy that it need clean without delay .
5. May of my students enjoy to surf the web in their free time .
6. Tell me what is wrong for doing this job .
7. You can see that the room has been beautiful decorated for Christmas .
8. Jill and Eric had all their money stealing while they were on holiday .
9. I rarely eat ice-cream now , but I use to eat when I was a child .
10. If I have been hungry, I would have eaten something .
11. James had to get used to drive on the left .
12. What do you do if you lost your passport ?
13. Mr. Miller doesn’t likes being kept waiting .
14. I have to meet Lam in ten minutes . I have better go now or I’ll be late .
15. Some friends of yours have just moved into a new flat on a busy street. It is noisy, They
used to the noise.
VI. Rewrite these following sentences keep meaning as the root one
1. John smoked a lot a year ago ,but now he doesn’t smoke any more.
->John used……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………
2. It’s time for you to go to school.
-> It’s time you……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..
3. How long is It since you saw Tom?
-> When……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………
4. please keep silent in the classroom.
-> I’d rather you……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..
5. He can’t pass the examination.
-> He wishes……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………
6. We can’t go out because of heavy rain.
-> We wish……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………
7. I don’t like you to come to class late.
-> I’d rather you……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..
8. What a pity! He can’t come here.
->I wish……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….
9. They often go to Vung Tau at the weekens.
->They used ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………..
10. I’m sorry I can’t help you.
-> I wish……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….
11. We have learnt english for 4 years.
->We started ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………….
12. My father started to give up smoking last year.
->My father……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………………..
13. They have worked in that factory since 2001.
->They started……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………
14. I haven’t seen her for a long time.
-> I didn’t……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………
15. How long have you learnt french?
-> How long ago……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….………..
1. Write a letter to complain about the polluted environment
1. I am / write / this letter / complain / some people / who / catch fish / in / public lakes.
2. What / make / me / worried / be / that / they / using / dynamite / catch / fish.
3. This / kill / only / fish / also / other water creatures.
4. I would suggest / you / fine / them / heavily.
5. I / look forward / see / your solution.
Sincerely,
People around here
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