Bài tập kiểm tra từ vựng chủ đề thiên nhiên đang lâm nguy (Natural in Danger)

PRACTICE EXERCISES

BÀI TẬP

Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 11: Rapid wouldcause frequent floods and leave little water during dry seasons.

A. run-off B. run-in C. run-out D. run-over

Question 12: These days it is impossible to open a newspaper without reading about the damage we are

to the environment.

A. taking B. doing C. making D. causing

Question 13: Opencast coal mining is among the most environmentally activities carried out in Wales.

A. destruction B. destructive C. destructor D. destroy

Question 14: Countries around the world have growing of trash because people are throwing out more trash than ever before.

A. mountains B. hills C. dumps D. dunes

Question 15: Many people do not know that polar ice is melting and sea levels are

A. raising B. rising C. degrading D. dissolving

Question 16: The coastal areas are being seriously contaminated, which from disposing harmful chemical rubbish into seas.

A. leads B. causes C. results D. escapes

Question 17: Overusing pesticides is also considered to be a of pollution.

A. cause B. reason C. origin D. threat

Question 18: Nowadays, we are facing many threats such as pollution, global warming and fossil fuel depletion.

A. afforestation B. reforestation C. forestation D. deforestation

Question 19: Dumping such as detergents, pesticides and other chemicals in lakes, rivers and

seas contaminates our water source.

A. pollution B. pollutants C. polluted D. pollute

Question 20: is very important to life, as no one can live long without it.

A. Clean water B. Fresh water C. pensions D. incomes

Question 21: Because non-renewable resources are being consumed at a rapid rate, human beings are likely to face fossil fuel

A. disappearance B. degradation C. depletion D. destruction

Question 22: In Africa, people’s interference in the rhino's leads to habitat loss.

A. sector B. territory C. domain D. country

Question 23: Soot comes from the combustion of fossil or other fuels.

A. completion B. complete C. incompletion D. incomplete

Question 24: is destroying larger areas of tropical rain forests.

A. Afforestation B. Deforestation C. Reforestation D. Forestry

Question 25: Environmental pollution is becoming an serious problem that needs to be taken care of as soon as possible.

A. increasingly B. increasing C. increase D. increased

Question 26: Most of the air pollution results the burning of fossil fuels, motor vehicles, factories, aircraft and rockets.

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

Question 27: Some scientists argue that the historical evidence Shows that over time the Earth heats

and cools naturally.

A. make B. away - down C. up - down D. down - up

Question 28: There's has been a steady rise in the average temperature around the planet over the last hundred years or so, and the majority of scientists put it to human activity.

A. down B. back C. up D. across

Question 29: Greenpeace is an international group that protests against anything which is a to the environment.

A. threat B. threaten C. threatening D. threatened

Question 30: Scientists have found holes in the particularly over Antarctica.

A. ice caps B. polar ice C. ozone layer D. greenhouse

Question 31: Make sure your car runs on unleaded petrol and your home uses sources of energy.

A. recycling B. reused C. renewable D. recyclable

Question 32: Many of the world's largest cities are and some are permanently covered by a

A. heavily polluted - polluted cloud B. heavy pollution - polluted cloud

C. heavy pollution - cloud of pollution D. heavily polluted - cloud of pollution

Question 33: Thousands of acres of forest are being cut down every year and the of many animals are being destroyed.

A. natural resources B. natural habitats C. ways of life D. living surroundings

Question 34: There will be too.Some areas will become wetter while others will become much drier.

A. weather changes B. weather forecasts C. climatic changes D. climate changes

Question 35: As the Earth gets hotter, the Arctic and Antarctic will slowly melt and the level of the oceans will rise.

A. snowballs B. avalanches C. ice caps D. icebergs

Question 36: The that are produced by factories and cars are allowing more from the sun to reach earth.

A. gases - radiation B. gases - light C. gas - light D. gas - radiation

Question 37: The gradual rise in the Earth's temperature is known as

A. greenhouse effect B. global warming C. ozone layer D. acid rain

Question 38: Farmers contribute to environmental damage by spraying with , which stay in the soil for years.

A. agriculture - pesticides B. agriculture - fertilizers

C. crops - fertilizers D. crops - pesticides

Question 39: During the last hundred years we have done great to the environment.

A. injury B. pollution C. damage D. destruction

Question 40: As towns grow, they tend to destroy the surrounding areas.

A. urban B. commercial C. land D. rural

Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 41: When the wastes are poured into the atmosphere, the air becomes contaminated. and unpleasant to breathe.

A. dense B. dirty C. decontaminated D. biotic

Question 42: Water pollution is a result of dumping pollutants such as detergents, pesticides, oil, and other chemicals in rivers, which makes the water unclean.

A. substances B. stuffs C. contaminants D. wastes

Question 43: The natural environment has been seriously influenced and degraded by human activities through many decades.

A. worsened B. damaged C. destroyed D. reduced