Extreme Amazon

The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountain in Peru. It travels about 6,000 kilometers to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest river in the world. It is also the second longest. Most of the Amazon's water comes from rain. During the rainy season parts of the river are 190 kilometers wide.

The Amazon River goes through the world largest rain forest. The Amazon rain forest is home to the highest number of plant and animal species on Earth. There are around 2.5 millions kind of insects, such as the world's largest ant. At least, 3,000 kinds of fish live there, and one-fifth of all the bird species in the world.

Some of the Amazon's animals are dangerous, such the anaconda, the largest snake in the world.

The Amazon is very important to Earth. If we lose the Amazon, we will lose a big part of life on Earth

Fill each gap with a suitable word to complete the passage 

 The Amazon rainforest , also know as the Amazon Jungle , is a vast tropical rainforest lying next to the Amazon River ( 1 ) .........,, Brazil and the neighbouring countries . It is one of the natural ( 2 ) ......  of the world , and the largest rainforest . If you want to go to a place which has the ( 3 ) .......... kinds of plants and animals on Earth , you should to the Amazon Jungle . It contains an amazing number of plants and ( 4) ............. . The region idd home to about 2.5 milion insect species , tens of thousands of plants , and some 2,000 birds and mammals . Many useful plants ( 5) ........ in the Amazon rainforest . They provide food , building materials , rubber , medicines , and other products

Tropical rain forests are found in Amazon region of south America, central America, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Rain forests are very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about 30 to 40 % of the total rainfall on the earth and products about the same percentage of the world’s oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life. Saving our rain forests is an international problem. One country, or even a few countries can not solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late

1.Where are tropical rain forests found ?

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2.How are rain forests to the world's cliamate ?

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3.How much percent of the world's oxygen does the Amazon rain forest produce ?

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4.What do scientists think about the descreasing size of rain forests ?

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Tropical rain forests are found in Amazon region of South America, Central America, Africa,  South and Southeast Asia. Rain forests are very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about 30 to 40 % of the total rainfall on the earth and produces about the same percentage of the world’s oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life. Saving our rain forests is an international problem. One country or even a few countries can not solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late.

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57. How are rain forests to the world’s climate?

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58. How many percent of the world’s oxygen does Amazon rain forest produce?

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59. What do scientists think about the decreasing size of rain forests?

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60. Is saving our rain forests only a national problem?

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Rain forests cover less than six percent of the earth’s area, but they have 100,000 kinds of all the kinds of plants on the earth. Three-fourths of known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forest their home. Twenty percent of our different kinds of medicine comes from rain forests. The glues on an envelope and in shoes come from tropical plants. Rain forests provide materials for hundreds of other products.

Rain forests are also very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about thirty to forty percent of the total rainfall on the earth and products about the same percentage of the world oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life.

Saving rain forests is an international problem. One country, or even a few countries, cannot solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late.

What percent of the total rainfall on the earth does the Amazon rain forests receive?

A. exactly 30 to 40

B. about 30 to 40

C. about 20 to 30

D. less than 30

III. Read the passage below and answer each of questions
Tropical rain forests are found in Amazon region of south America, central America, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia. Rain forests are very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about 30 to 40 % of the total rainfall on the earth and products about the same percentage of the world’s oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life. Saving our rain forests is an international problem. One country, or even a few countries can not solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late
1. Where are the rain forests found?
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2. How much percent of the would's oxygen do the Amozon rain forests produce?
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3.How will the decrreasing size ò rain forests afect the climate on the earth?

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4.Is saving our rain forests only a national problem?

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1. Do you like to travel by public transportation? Why ?

2. Writing a letter to your friend, telling him about your childhood

3. Tell us about your dearest friend.

4. What do Vietnamese people using do during Tet festival ?

5. Your bicycle was stolen yesterday. Write to your parents, asking them to buy you another one.

6. Tell us about your mother.

7. Do you think education is important? Why?

8. Why do you think English is so popular?

9. Talk about the advantages of learning a foreign language.

10. Talk about the film you like best.

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1. Tell us about your dearest friend.

2. Tell us about your mother.

3. Tell us about your summer’s vacation.

4. What do Vietnamese people using do during Tet festival?

5. Talk about the advantages of learning a foreign language.

6. The advantages and disadvantages of being a member of a large family.

7. Is it necessary for children to go to school or they can study at home with a tutor.

8. Do you think education is important? Why?

9. Why do you think English is so popular? And how will you use English in the future?

10. What do you want to study when you go to university? Why 1. Do you like to travel by public transportation? Why ?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer to each of the question.

Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest? It's a special, dark place completely different from anywhere else. A rainforest is a place where the trees grow very tall. Millions of kinds of animals, insects, and plants live in the rainforest. It is hot and humid in a rainforest. It rains a lot in the rainforest, but sometimes you don‘t know it's raining. The trees grow so closely together that rain doesn't always reach the ground.

Rainforests make up only a small part of the Earth's surface, about six percent. They are found in tropical parts of the world. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon in South America. The Amazon covers 1.2 billion acres, or almost five million square kilometers. The second largest rainforest is in Western Africa. There are also rainforests in Central America, Southeast Asia, Northeastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

          Rainforests provide us with many things. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is called the “lungs of our planet” because it produces twenty percent of the world's oxygen. One fifth of the world's fresh water is also found in the Amazon Rainforest. Furthermore, one half of the world's species of animals, plants, and insects live in the Earth's rainforests. Eighty percent of the food we eat first grew in the rainforest. For example, pineapples, bananas, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, chocolate, coffee, and sugar all came from rainforests. Twenty-five percent of the drugs we take when we are sick are made of plants that grow only in rainforests. Some of these drugs are even used to fight and cure cancer. With all the good things we get from rainforests, it’s surprising to find that we are destroying our rainforests. In fact, 1.5 acres, or 6,000 square meters, of rainforest disappear every second. The forests are being cut down to make fields for cows, to harvest the plants, and to clear land for farms. Along with losing countless valuable species, the destruction of rainforests creates many problems worldwide. Destruction of rainforests results in more pollution, less rain, and less oxygen for the world.

What is the author's purpose in the passage?

A. To provide factual information about tropical rainforests for readers.

B. To prove that rainforests are indispensable in our lives.

C. To explain why people have destroyed a large area of tropical rainforests.

D. To prevent people from damaging tropical rainforests.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the answer to each of the question.

Have you ever entered a tropical rainforest? It's a special, dark place completely different from anywhere else. A rainforest is a place where the trees grow very tall. Millions of kinds of animals, insects, and plants live in the rainforest. It is hot and humid in a rainforest. It rains a lot in the rainforest, but sometimes you don‘t know it's raining. The trees grow so closely together that rain doesn't always reach the ground.

Rainforests make up only a small part of the Earth's surface, about six percent. They are found in tropical parts of the world. The largest rainforest in the world is the Amazon in South America. The Amazon covers 1.2 billion acres, or almost five million square kilometers. The second largest rainforest is in Western Africa. There are also rainforests in Central America, Southeast Asia, Northeastern Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

           Rainforests provide us with many things. In fact, the Amazon Rainforest is called the “lungs of our planet” because it produces twenty percent of the world's oxygen. One fifth of the world's fresh water is also found in the Amazon Rainforest. Furthermore, one half of the world's species of animals, plants, and insects live in the Earth's rainforests. Eighty percent of the food we eat first grew in the rainforest. For example, pineapples, bananas, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, chocolate, coffee, and sugar all came from rainforests. Twenty-five percent of the drugs we take when we are sick are made of plants that grow only in rainforests. Some of these drugs are even used to fight and cure cancer. With all the good things we get from rainforests, it’s surprising to find that we are destroying our rainforests. In fact, 1.5 acres, or 6,000 square meters, of rainforest disappear every second. The forests are being cut down to make fields for cows, to harvest the plants, and to clear land for farms. Along with losing countless valuable species, the destruction of rainforests creates many problems worldwide. Destruction of rainforests results in more pollution, less rain, and less oxygen for the world.

The word “that” in paragraph 3 refer to ___________.

A. plants

B. the drugs

C. rainforests

D. pineapples, bananas, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, chocolate, coffee, and sugar