1. Farmers are applying new methods and new seeds to increase the rice _______ a. . produce b. product c. production d. productive 2. Can you manage _______ _______ the field in the morning? a. finishing/ to write b. to finish/ writing c. finishing/ writing d. to finish/ to write 3. Those farmers have been ________an area from the sea. a. getting b. claiming c. reclaiming d. rotating 4. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. retain b. certain c. again d. pain 5. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. future b. nature c. picture d. mature 6. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. mineral b. mine c. line d. find 7. The _________ of crops on the same land is a good way to avoid soil exhaustion. a. rotate b. rotation c. rotational d. rotating 8. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. root b. boot c. cool d. floor 9. We _________ natural resources or they will run out some day in the future. a. had better to economize b. had to better economize c. had to economize better d. had better economize 10. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. height b. eight c. weight d. eighteen 11. People say that playing football is the most interesting. a. The most important thing is playing football. b. It was said that playing football is the most interesting. c. . It is said that playing football was the most interesting. d. . Playing football is said to be the most interesting. 12. - I need some glue to fix my shoes I am afraid that it has been ________. a. out b. over c. spent d. used up 13. More and more people die of food _________ nowadays. a. poison b. poisonous c. poisonment d. poisoning 14. Preserving ________ resources is very important. a. internal b. natural c. underground d. central 15. He is used to _________ early in the morning. a. get up b. gets up c. got up d. getting up 16. Farmers get rid ________ weeds by spraying. a. off b. of c. out d. away 17. They had ever considered _________ , but they changed their mind later. a. not to go b. not going c. not go d. do not go 18. Pollution has bad effect _______ our life. a. of b. to c. on d. with 19. Farmers apply _________into their fields to make it productive. a. production b. conservation c. fertilization d. pollution 20. Drivers should slow _________ on this road because it is usually slippery after rains. a. on b. down c. up d. to 21. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. climate b. time c. timber d. climb 22. What __________ if there _______ a serious nuclear accident? a. will happen / was b. happens/ were c. would happen /were d. would happen / had been 23. The ___________ of crops on the same land can prevent soil from exhaustion. a. exchange b. growth c. rotation d. change 24. We usually have farm ___________ for meals when we spend our weekends on our uncle's farm. a. articles b. things c. goods d. products 25. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. discard b. popular c. particular d. regular 26. More and more people are concerned about the pollution of the _________. a. minerals b. resources c. environment d. neighbourhood 27. During along drought, farmers have to find ways to save their _________. a. shade b. plough c. crops d. manure 28. The city authority bans cars to wipe __________ smoke. a. in b. out c. with d. at 29. Conservation is _______ safeguarding and preservation of natural resources. a. . a b. an c. the d. no article 30. There is no _______ for them to do that. a. need b. needs c. needless d. needing 31. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. preserve b. sack c. reason d. poison 32. Most of the rivers flowing through big cities are _______ with chemical waste from factories. a. flooded b. eroded c. mixed d. polluted 33. The government invested a great deal of money in irrigation to protect fields _________ drought. a. out b. about c. from d. off 34. That beautiful girl _______ so much money to buy things thatshe did not really need. a. wasted b. used carefully c. economized d. exchanged 35. Peter told me that he had _______money. a. no b. none c. a d. the 36. He has lived in _________ United Kingdom. a. a b. an c. the d. no article 37. I regret _____ you that we cannot approve your application. a. inform b. to inform c. informed d. informing 38. The ________ development leads to our country's prosperity. a. industry b. industries c. industrial d. industrialize 39. Does the applicant __________? a. know how to compute b. know computing c. know to compute d. know how computing 40. Coal and iron are ______. a. metals b. minerals c. gasoline d. marines 41. Don't concern yourself _______ other people's affairs. a. at b. on c. about d. within 42. Remember _______ John a present. Today is his birthday. a. send b. to send c. sent d. sending 43. Farmers ________ their land to make it _______. a. fertilize / product b. fertilizer / productive c. fertilize / production d. fertilize/ productive 44. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. hunting b. honest c. high d. hill 45. The area is roped off because the water is contaminated. a. restricted b. polluted c. drained d. rotated 46. She is a biologist. She is interested in _________. a. conserves b. conservancy c. conservation d. conservative 47. We have found a way of ________ our money that is putting it into a bank. a. spending b. safeguarding c. risking d. losing 48. I would have helped you if ___________ a. you ask b. there was your asking c. you had asked me d. you asked me 49. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. plough b. laugh c. cough d. rough 50. She is late again. There is nothing to do but _______ a. to wait b. wait c. waited d. waiting 51. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. tired b. hire c. irregular d. nice 52. Feeling sleepy, the driver stopped ________ a coffee. a. to drink b. drank c. drinking d. drunk 53. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. success b. use c. united d. unit 54. Many communities are burning garbage and other biological waste products to produce________ a. electric b. electricity c. electrician d. electrify 55. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. writing b. written c. side d. beside 56. The government __________ the flood victims with food, clothes and money. a. gave b. provided c. offered d. carried 57. __________ poverty of people in the rural areas is not as visible as that of people in the city. a. a b. an c. the d. no article 58. Pupils and students enrich the mind _________ knowledge they get from class. a. without b. for c. with d. from 59. Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest a. prevent b. event c. depend d. basement 60. He used to ________ television every night. a. watch b. watches c. watched d. watching . computing 40 . Coal and iron are ______. a. metals b. minerals c. gasoline d. marines 41 . Don't concern yourself _______ other people's affairs. a. at b. on c. about d. within 42 sent d. sending 43 . Farmers ________ their land to make it _______. a. fertilize / product b. fertilizer / productive c. fertilize / production d. fertilize/ productive 44 . Pick out the. b. growth c. rotation d. change 24. We usually have farm ___________ for meals when we spend our weekends on our uncle's farm. a. articles b. things c. goods d. products 25. Pick