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The Hopi want a comfortable, modern life, but they don’t want to lose their traditions.. want modern things instead of traditional ones B9[r]
(1)REVISION 2 UNIT – 8 Gv: Tống Ngọc Anh Ex Circle the word whose stress pattern is different
1 A artistic B logical C pollutant D extinction A heroic B poetic C waterfall D botanic A pollute B thermal C destruct D destroy
4 A ozone B layer C nature D resource
5 A natural B dangerous C damaging D disaster
6 A legend B symbol C icon D trainee
7 A spectacle B employee C festival D history A Vietnamese B Cantonese C attraction D Japanese A festive B parade C native D castle 10 A unique B moment C station D country Ex Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets.
There are lots of (1 environment) ………problems nowadays , mainly because of (2 pollute) ……… It is the (3 contaminate) ………of air, water and soil by (4 differ) ………materials that interfere with human health and quality of life
The emissions from industries and engines, (5 include) ………cars, are big causes of air pollution and simple things that we at home, like using aerosols, have bad (6 effect) ………on the ozone layer, which protects life on Earth from ultraviolet radiation
Water is also suffering from pollution by domestic, municipal and also (7 industry) ………waste
It is up to us to stop damaging the environment We all should be environmentally (8 friend) ………
Ex Complete the sentences with the given words
accent brigade cattle fence football igloo loch monument native symbol
1 The silver fern is a national ……… of New Zealand
2 Mount Rushmore is a national ……… carved into a mountain in South Dakota, USA Trung speaks English like a ……… though he comes from Viet Nam
4 I sometimes thought John’s ……… sounded English, sometimes American
5 In Scotland, the word “……… ” is used to describe any large, enclosed expanse of water
6 It took six years to build the rabbit-proof ……… in Australia
7 England is the original home of ……… because the sport was invented there
8 Edinburgh, Scotland was the first city in the world to have its own fire ……… in 1824 Anna Creek Station in South Australia is the world’s largest ……… station with an area of 24,000km2
10 An ……… is a type of shelter built of snow by the Inuit, the Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Ex Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
1 An (office) ……… announcement is expected tomorrow
2 His dedication and Christina charity had made him a (legend) ……… figure It was a (spectacle) ……… achievement on their part
4 This case is about protecting our (free) ……… of speech
(2)6 According to scientific research, tiny species may help clean radioactive (pollute) ………
7 The have discovered an effective (treat) ……… for lung cancer The use of light and dark (symbol) ……… good and evil
9 Feeding the animals proved a popular (attract) ……… for visitors to the farm 10 (environment) ……… contamination resulting from human activities is a major health concern
Ex Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in present tenses. A koala (spend) ……….about 18-20 hours sleeping in tree forks
2 It’s only my first week in Wales, and I (see) ……….so many interesting things already The number of kiwis in this area (decrease) ……….quickly
4 The Aborigines (live) ……….in Australia for more than 40,000 years
5 Most European citizens (not have) ……….to apply for a visa to visit Canada
6 At the moment, thousands of people (gather) ……….in Trafalgar Square, London to celebrate St Patrick’s Day
7 The kangaroo (become) ……….a symbol of Australia since 1773
8 The bald eagle, an American symbol (not live) ……….in any other places besides North America
9 I think Mr Viet (not be) ……….to Northern Ireland yet
10 The Taylors (not stay) ……….in New York now They moved to San Francisco two months ago
Ex Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage The Hopi of Arizona
The Hopi live in the northwestern part of Arizona in the United States With modern things all around them, the Hopi keep their traditions
There are about ten thousand Hopi and they live in twelve villages in the desert The weather is very hot in the summer, but in winter it freezes The wind blows hard Farming is difficult Corn is the Hopi’s main food, but they plant vegetables, too They raise sheep, goats, and cattle They also eat hamburgers, ice cream and drink soft drinks They live in traditional stone houses, but many of them have telephones, radios, and television They have horses, but they have trucks too
Kachinas are an important part of the Hopi religion Kachinas are spirits of dead people, of rocks, plants, and animals, and of the stars Men dress as kachinas and religious dances People also make wooden kachinas No two wooden kachinas are ever alike
The children attend school, and they also learn the Hopi language, dances and stories The Hopi want a comfortable, modern life, but they don’t want to lose their traditions
1 The Hopi _
A want modern things instead of traditional ones B want traditional things instead of modern ones C don’t want to remember their traditions
D want both modern and traditional things
2 Winters in this part of Arizona are
A hot B warm C cool D cold
3 The main Hopi food is _
A corn B hamburgers C beef D vegetables
4 Kachinas are
A men B something to
eat
(3)A lose B hit C remember D learn The main idea of the passage is
A the Hopi raise crops and animals in the Arizona desert B kachinas are spirits of the things round the Hopi
C the Hopi keep their traditions even with modern life around them D the Hopi want a comfortable, modern life
Ex Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Light pollution is not (1) serious as water or air pollution (2) _, it is the type of pollution that (3) more in cities than in rural areas In the past, we could sit out at night and (4) at glittering stars in the sky and light from objects in the out space Nowadays, cities are covered with lights from buildings, streets, advertising displays, many of which direct the lights up into the sky and into many unwanted places The real problem is that it is very (5) _ to apply light to almost everything at night Millions of tons of oil and coal (6) to produce the power to light the sky Eye strain, (7) _ of vision and stress are what people may get from light pollution (8) _ light at night can harm our eyes and also harm the hormones that help us to see things properly
1 A more B as C much D only
2 A Moreover B However C Therefore D Nevertheless
3 A happen B occur C occurs D is occurred
4 A watch B see C spend D gaze
5 A waste B wastes C wasting D wasteful
6 A used B using C is used D are used
7 A use B lost C loss D losing
8 A Very much B Too much C Too many D So many
Ex Rewrite the sentences, using the words in brackets You can make some changes.
1 There are asthma, allergies and other respiratory illnesses when air pollution happens (leads to)
_ Aquatic life suffers or dies because there is thermal pollution (because of)
_ Water in the Cau River becomes brown and has terrible smell because the waste water is
released from the paper mill in Thai Nguyen City (so)
_
4 People use too much herbicide to treat weeds, so water in rivers, canals, lakes are extremely polluted and has bad effects on people’s health (because)
_ Many fish in the river die due to the increased temperature of water (because)
(4)6 Because plastic bags take so long to decompose, nearly all of them still exist in the environment today (so)
_
6 We are unable to see the stars in the sky Light pollution occurs (makes)
Contamination in the air happens There is acid rain which damages soil, vegetation and
aquatic life of the region (causes)