Unit 7: Pollution
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose stress is different from the others.
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1. |
A. affect |
B. groundwater |
C. illustrate |
D. visual |
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2. |
A. botanical |
B. behaviour |
C. contaminant |
D. radiation |
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3. |
A. pollution |
B. aquatic |
C. chemical |
D. especial |
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4. |
A. medical |
B. contaminate |
C. atmosphere |
D. temperature |
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5. |
A. pollutant |
B. permanent |
C. untreated |
D. dramatic |
II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronounced differently.
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1. |
A. heroic |
B. government |
C. poetic |
D. radio |
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2. |
A. atmosphere |
B. national |
C. aquatic |
D. apartment |
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3. |
A. pollution |
B. herbicide |
C. poison |
D. patient |
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4. |
A. resident |
B. medical |
C. illustrate |
D. electric |
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5. |
A. dramatic |
B. poetry |
C. countryside |
D. triangle |
III. Choose the correct form of the words (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences.
1.Drinking water supplies are believed to have been_____
A. contaminate
B. contaminated
C. contamination
D. contaminating
2. The cost of_____control must be considered.
A. pollute
B. pollutant
C. pollution
D. polluted
3. Nuclear power may do more_____than good.
A. harm
B. harmful
C. harmed
D. harmless
4. The_____analysis of the soil shows the high rate of pollution.
A. chemistry
B. chemist
C. chemical
D. chemically
5. Thousands of people were_____by radiation.
A. poison
B. poisoned
C. poisoning
D. poisonous
IV. Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
1. The river has been polluted
A. with
B. within
C. without
D. at
2. The project’s aim is to this polluted land.
A. mess up
B. clean up
C. take up
D. wake up
3. The government is going to impose harsh punishment on the countries’ _____polluters.
A. best
B. better
C. worse
D. worst
4. The polluted water results the death of several creatures.
A. in
B. on
C. at
D. for
5. _____protect the environment, we should use eco-friendly products.
A. As
B. So as
C. So as to
D. In order
6. Pesticides cannot only kill insects and small animals that destroy crops butalso_____harm to human.
A. suffer
B. do
C. cause
D. make
7. Many pesticides are labeled . They are harmful to people’s health.
A. hazardous
B. polluted
C. friendly
D. nuclear
8. This area has become polluted that no one can live here.
A. such
B. so
C. too
D. enough
9. Air pollution is the most prominent and dangerous of pollution.
A. way
B. means
C.problem
D. form
10. If I_____you, I_____volunteer to clean the beach.
A. am/will
B. was/will
C. am/would
D. were/would
11. If our school the tree planting project, I join in.
A. organise /will
B. organises/would
C. organised /would
D. organised /will
12. _____the air pollution, there is noise pollution in the city.
A. With
B. Next
C. Beside
D. Besides
13. Without water, there_____no lives on the earth so we have to reduce water pollution.
A. was
B. were
C. will be
D. would be
14. She has experienced noise pollution for a long time. Now she suffers_____headaches and hearing loss.
A. to
B. with
C. from
D. toward
15. If this factory went on dumping raw sewage in the river, there wouldn’t be any creatures left. They are dying_____water pollution.
A. of
B. by
C. with
D. to
V. Choose the best response (A, B, C or D) to complete each conversation.
1.- Does something stink here?
– _________________________
A. I can’t hear anything.
B. Really? Show me what you see.
C. Everything is good.
D. It’s because of garbage littered into the river near here.
2. – _________________________
– That’s the reason why I usually have headaches.
A. This song sounds great.
B. The river is seriously contaminated.
C. Our city has too much noise pollution.
D. You ate too much raw meat tonight.
3. – ______________________
– Let’s clean it up.
A. The room is so dirty.
B. Air pollution does harm to our health.
C. Farmers use too much pesticide that badly affects soil and small animals.
D. What do you think about water pollution in our neighbourhood?
VI. Read the passage and choose the correct answers (A, B, C or D) to fill in the blanks.
Water is essential to life. However, in some parts of Africa, there are countless people who don’t have access to clean water. That’s why the WaterProject was created. Water pollution is a serious problem in Africa 1._____urbanisation, industrialization, limited water supplies… Our goal is 2._____clean, safe and reliable water to many families in need. We are not only supplyingpeople 3._____water but also investing in finding new water sources. Manywell pumps 4._____to bring water to different villages and we’re looking toexpand our amazing project. If you can’t financially support our projects, there are still other ways to help. Please 5._____our websites for more details.
1.A. because of
B. in spite of
C. even if
D. in order to
2. A. bring
B. brought
C. bringing
D. to bring
3. A. with
B. for
C. as
D. to
4. A. had been built
B. have been built
C. are being built
D. will be built
5. A. create
B. open
C. visit
D. log out
VI. Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
1.A. Air pollution is a problem in almost every city in the world. A research by the UK
B. government shows that air pollution causes at least 40000 early deaths and costs the
C. economy 20 billion British pounds every year. While there are measures to reduce air
D. pollution and limit its affect, the level of pollution still rises. Carbon tax is a suggested
2. A. solution to this problem. It’s a tax based on the amount of carbon dioxide releasing to
B. the environment by burning fossil fuels. The purpose is to discourage people from
C. using fuels. If carbon tax is imposed, researchers believe that air pollution will be
D. significantly reduced. However, the tax is recently met with resistance from the public as they believe it will damage the economy and cost many jobs.
3. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Air pollution around the world.
B. Carbon tax, a suggested solution to air pollution in the UK.
C. Burning fossil fuels.
D. Resistance of the public.
4. What are the effects of air pollution on the UK?
A. Thousands of people die soon.
B. Economy loses billions of pounds per year.
C. A and B are correct.
D. A and B are incorrect.
5. Why does the UK government propose the solution of carbon tax?
A. To stop the increase of air pollution.
B. To remove air pollution in the UK.
C. To charge money from residents.
D. To reduce the act of using fuels.
6. Which of the following is TRUE about carbon tax?
A. Carbon tax is an order from the US government.
B. The tax is measured in the usage of carbon dioxide.
C. The researchers said that all kinds of pollution would be reduced with carbon tax.
D. This solution prevents residents from burning fossil fuels.
7. Why do people refuse to apply carbon tax?
A. Because it affects economy and costs money.
B. Because it affects economy and workforce.
C. Because it prevents people from using fuels and consume workforce.
D. Because it costs money and prevents people from using fuels.
VIII. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, c or D) in each sentence that needs correcting.
1. The island has been serious polluted by a copper
A B CD
2. There was a dramatic decrease to the rate of our pollution last year.
A B C D
3. The river has become such polluted forusto
A B CD
4. Chemicals can effect the air quality and cause many health
A B CD
5. The factory secretly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage to the sea last year.
A BCD
6. There is a better and cleaner place if there was not pollution.
A B CD
7. These substances are poisonous with fish when they are pumped directly into water.
A B C D
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