Visual pollution can happen outside or inside your house.

When you are in the street, do you look around and see too (32) ………… telephone poles, overhead power lines, or advertising billboards? This is known as (33) …………  ‘negative visual environment’, and it causes visual pollution. For many communities, visual pollution also (34) …………  uncut weeds, graffiti, litter, and even badly cared-for buildings.

This kind of pollution can be present in your house, too. If you (35) ………… clothes or school things on the floor, it causes visual pollution. A room (36) …………  too much furniture placed in an untidy way is another example of visual pollution in the house.

You may not know that when you go out without wearing appropriate clothing, you can also cause this type of pollution.

Put in order

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3. destroyed /Hundreds/ shook /were completely /when the /the city. /of buildings /earthquake

4. in /village /The mudslide /the whole /while people /still sleeping /houses. /buried /were /their

5. or /hours and /The forest /for eight/ some animals /injured /killed. /fire raged /were badly/

6. into /We /to run /the house/ before /out of /collapsed./managed /the street /the walls

7. because there /in the /Noise /occurs /are too /sounds /environment. /pollution/ many loud

8. billboards, overhead /The sign of too /visual pollution. /advertising /power lines, /may cause/many telephone poles, /or shop signs

9. the Earth's /Soil /happens /activities /surface. /pollution /when human /destroy

10. steams, rivers, /When thermal pollution /temperature in /changes. /happens, the water /lakes, or oceans

11. idea about /She /up with an /the /project. /has come/ environmental

12. health /contaminated /If the /drink /they /have /problems. /local people /will/ water,

1. You can't have a good health unless you exercise more
-> If_____________________________________
2. Visual pollution happens when there are too many telephone poles, advertising billboards or shop signs
-> Too many _______________________________
3. Unless we take action immediately, the air will become completely polluted
->If we__________________________
4. Herbicides kill oth weeds and aquatic plants
-> Both weeds and aquatic plants die ____________________
5. The environment is now in danger because many people do not respect it
-> If many people _____________________________
6. The water is contaminated, so people get more diseases
-> Since___________________________
7. My uncle suffered from lung cancer because he breathed in unclean air
-> Because of _____________________________
8. Unless people stop throwing rubbish in street, the street won't look attractive
-> The street will look ______________________________
9. Because it rained heavily, the road in front of my house was flooded
-> Due _______________________________________
10. Too much use of electric lights in cities may cause light pollution
-> Light pollution many result ____________________

Choose the correct answer.

1. The fovernment sent rescue food, drink and medical supplies to __________ homes.

A. flood B. flooded C. flooding D. floods

2. The roof __________ under the weight of snow last night.

A. collapsed B. collapsing C. collapses D. collapse

3. Many people become __________ because of the natural disasters every year.

A. homeless B. homesick C. homeland D. homework

4. The __________ buried the whole village while people were sleeping in their houses.

A. mudslide B. tornado C. drought D. thunderstorm

5. The sight of too many advertising billboards, shop signs causes __________ pollution.

A. air B. light C. noise D. visual

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.

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 17^th, 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 ____________.

2. The word ‘occurred’ in the text is closest in meaning to ____________.

3. When did the Great Hashin earthquake occur?

__________________________________________________________________________

4. Where was the epicentre of the earthquake ?

__________________________________________________________________________

5. Was it the worst earthquake in Japan since the Great Kanto earthquake in 1923 ?

__________________________________________________________________________

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I. Choose the best answer (marked A, B, C ,D) to complete the following sentences or do as directed.

1. Do you think there would be less conflict in the world if all people ____________ the same language?

A. spoke B. speak C. had spoken D. will speak

2. If someone ___________ into our store, smile and say “May I help you?”

A. comes B. came C. will come D. should come

3. The death rate would decrease if hygienic conditions _________ improved.

A. be B. are C. were D. are being

4. If she him, she would be very happy.

A. meets B. will meet C. met D. should meet

5. Lisa ____________ the milk if she looked for it in the fridge.

A. will find B. found C. finds D. would find

8. The soil becomes ___________ because of the use of so many pesticides and fertilizers.

A. contaminate B. contaminated C. contaminant D. contamination

9. Forest fires ____________ the pollution of the air.

A. make B. result C. cause D. lead

10. The _________ are discussing solutions to the polluted atmosphere in our city.

A. pollutants B. environmentalists C. poisons D. fumes

11. She has come __________ with an idea about the environmental project.

A. up B. on C. to D. in

12. If the local people drink contaminated water, they _________ have health problems.

A. would B. should C. will D. ought to

13. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others:

A. dramatic B. unable C. national D. aquatic

14. Circle a mistake in the following sentence:

Water from power stations is able to cause water in rivers hotter.

A B C D

15. _______ many households throw garbage on the ground, the land is polluted.

A. Because B. So C. Therefore D. Due to

16. Scientists sometimes can't see the stars at night __________ light pollution.

A. due to B. because C. so D. since

17. The sight of too many telephone poles, advertising billboards, overhead power lines, or shop signs may cause _________ pollution.

A. visual B. thermal C. radioactive D. soil

18. ___________ pollution occurs when the atmosphere contains gases, dust, or fumes in harmful amounts.

A. Thermal B. Air C. Radioactive D. Water

19. If people _______ rubbish on the streets, they would look attractive.

A. threw B. didn’t throw C. don’t throw D. have thrown

20. __________ pollution is the contamination of lakes, rivers, oceans, or groundwater, usually by human activities.

A. Land B. Air C. Radioactive D. Water

II/ Rewrite the sentences, using the words in brackets. You can make some changes.

1. Aquatic creatures suffer or die because there is thermal pollution. (because of)

_____________________________________________________________

2. Many people in this area had cholera due to drinking untreated water. (since)

_____________________________________________________________

3. Mr. Nam works in the noisy environment. His hearing becomes worse. (if)

_____________________________________________________________

4. Turn the heat down or your cake will burn. (if)

_____________________________________________________________

Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences.

1. There’s no ______________in the results.                                     (Different).

2. Do you get many ______________?                                              (Visit)

3.Do you have any ideas? You’re the ______________one.              (Create)

4. I keep my socks in the bottom ______________.                          (Draw)

5. I don’t attach any ______________to these rumours.                   (Important)

6. Payment is ______________upon delivery of the goods.              (Condition)

7. This story is apparently a complete ______________.                  (Invent)

8. What a ______________thing to say!                                            (Beauty)

9. The road gradually ______________out.                                       (Wide)

10. This room is twice the ______________of the kitchen.                (Long)