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I. Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with a suitable word.
About two hundred years ago, man lived in (1) greater harmony with his environment because/ since/ as (2) industry was not much developed. Today the situation is quite different (3). People all over the world are worried about what is happening to the environment (4), because of modern industry and the need for more and more energy. Newspapers and magazines write (5) about water pollution, air pollution, and land pollution.
Why is there so much discussion about pollution (6)? After all, people have been polluting the world around (7) them for thousands and thousands of years. But in the past (8), there were not many (9) people and there was lots of room in the world so people could move to another place when (10) their settlements became dirty.
Now, however, many parts of the world are crowded (11). People live in big cities and much of our waste, especially waste (12) from factories, electric power stations, the chemical industry and heavy industry is (13) very dangerous. Fish die in the lakes, rivers, and seas; forest trees die too. Much of this dangerous (14) waste goes into the air and is carried by the wind (15) for great distances.
I. Reading comprehension
It is very difficult for man to live without the animal's help. Their role in the balance of nature ranks as their most important service to man. Animals also help man by supplying him with many foods and other useful products. Man wouldn't have any meat, milk,eggs or silk,wool,fur,etc...without animals. For thousands of years man has caused changes in the animal kingdom greatly. He has tamed many kinds of animals and used them for food and clothing. He has killed or driven away animals but today he tries to protect animals that are in danger of extinction. Like man , most plants depend on animals for many of their basic needs. Without animals,many plants couldn't easily reproduce. For example, many plants with flowers depend on bees and other insects carry their pollen from plant to plantb or birds often fly from one place to another with see clinging to their feet.
1. Animal are very important to man because....
A. They make the earth really interesting
B. They play a role in the balance of nature
C. Man enjoys looking at them inthe zoos
D. Man likes hunting them for pleasure
2. Animals supply man with.....
A. Foods as meat,milk,eggs,...
B. Materials such as wool, fur or silk
C. Many different kinds of useful products
D. All are correct
3. In the long history for thousands of years....
A. Man and animals have been best friends
B. Man has caused big changes to animal life
C. Animals have affected greatly on man's life
D. Ther hasn't been relation between man and animals
4. In nature,animals.....trees and plants
A. Enjoy eating flowers of
B. Have destroyed many kinds of
C. Also help reproduce
D. Prevent the reproduction of
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PAPER RECYCLING
A Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. Unlike the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are replaceable. Paper is also biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. While 45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre from forests and plantations. By world standards, this is a good performance since the worldwide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting schemes and at the same time, the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that have paved the way for even greater utilization of used fibre. As a result, industry’s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.
B Already, waste paper constitutes 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology required to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled content in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also contribute. We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; for example, stationery may be less white and of a rougher texture. There also needs to support from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper available to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants such as staples, paperclips, string and other miscellaneous items.
C There are technical limitations to the amount of paper which can be recycled and some paper products cannot be collected for re-use. These include paper in the form of books and permanent records, photographic paper and paper which is badly contaminated. The four most common sources of paper for recycling are factories and retail stores which gather large amounts of packaging material in which goods are delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers and packaging material. The paper manufacturer pays a price for the paper and may also incur the collection cost.
D Once collected, the paper has to be sorted by hand by people trained to recognise various types of paper. This is necessary because some types of paper can only be made from particular kinds of recycled fibre. The sorted paper then has to be repulped or mixed with water and broken down into its individual fibres. This mixture is called stock and may contain a wide variety of contaminating materials, particularly if it is made from mixed waste paper which has had little sorting. Various machineries are used to remove other materials from the stock. After passing through the repulping process, the fibres from printed waste paper are grey in colour because the printing ink has soaked into the individual fibres. This recycled material can only be used in products where the grey colour does not matter, such as cardboard boxes but if the grey colour is not acceptable, the fibres must be de-inked. This involves adding chemicals such as caustic soda or other alkalis, soaps and detergents, water-hardening agents such as calcium chloride, frothing agents and bleaching agents. Before the recycled fibres can be made into paper they must be refined or treated in such a way that they bond together.
E Most paper products must contain some virgin fibre as well as recycled fibres and unlike glass, paper cannot be recycled indefinitely. Most paper is down-cycled which means that a product made from recycled paper is of an inferior quality to the original paper. Recycling paper is beneficial in that it saves some of the energy, labour and capital that go into producing virgin pulp. However, recycling requires the use of fossil fuel, a non-renewable energy source, to collect the waste paper from the community and to process it to produce new paper. And the recycling process still creates emissions which require treatment before they can be disposed of safely. Nevertheless, paper recycling is an important economical and environmental practice but one which must be carried out in a rational and viable manner for it to be useful to both industry and the community.
i. Process of paper recycling
ii. Less threat of waste paper to the environment
iii. Collection of paper for recycling
iv. Sources of paper for recycling
v. Bad sides of paper recycling
vi. Contribution of community to recycling paper
Your answer:
1. Paragraph A ...........iii. Collection of paper for recycling............
2. Paragraph B ..........vi. Contribution of community to recycling paper.............
3. Paragraph C ...........iv. Sources of paper for recycling............
4. Paragraph D ............i. Process of paper recycling...........
5. Paragraph E ...........v. Bad sides of paper recycling............
Marriage is an ancient religious and legal practice celebrated around the world. However, wedding customs vary from country to country.
The Wedding Dress: In many countries, it is customary for the bride to wear a white dress as a symbol of purity. The tradition of wearing a special white dress only for the wedding ceremony started around 150 years ago. Before that, most women could not afford to buy a dress that they would only wear once. Now, bridal dresses can be bought in a variety of styles. In some Asian countries and in the Middle East, colors of joy and happiness like red or orange other than white are worn by the bride or used as part of the wedding ceremony,
The Wedding Rings: In many cultures, couples exchange rings, usually made of golf or silver and worn on the third finger of the left or right hand, during the marriage ceremony. The circular shape of the ring is symbolic of the couple's eternal union. In Brazil, it is traditional to have the rings engraved with the bride's name on the groom’s ring, an vice versa.
Flowers: Flowers play an important role in most weddings. Roses are said to be the flowers of love, and because they usually bloom in June, this has become the most popular month for weddings in many countries. After the wedding ceremony, in many countries the bride throws her bouquet into a crowd of well-wishers – usually her single female friends. The person who catches this bouquet will be the next one to marry.
Gifts: In Chinese cultures, w edding guests give gifts of money to the newly-weds in small red envelopes. Money is also an appropriate gift at Korean and Japanese wedding. In many Western countries, for example in the U.K, wedding guests give the bride and groom household items that they may need for their new home. In Russia, rather than receiving gifts, the bride and groom provide gifts to their guests instead.
With the continued internationalization of the modern world, wedding customs that originated in one part of the world are crossing national boundaries and have been incorporated into marriage ceremonies in other countries.
111. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Wedding ceremoniesB. Wedding customsC. Wedding dayD. Wedding history
112. The tradition of wearing a special dress only on one’s wedding day is ____.
A. about 150 years agoB. over a century ago
C. less than 100 years agoD. less than 200 years ago
113. In some cultures, the bride wears a white dress as a traditional symbol of ____.
A. modestyB. secrecyC. purityD. security
114. In some Asian and Middle Eastern.countries, which colour is NOT considered to be suitable for a wedding?
A. redB. orangeC. whiteD. blue
115. The phrase “eternal union" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to____.
A. never-ending relationshipB. lovely relationship
C. temporary relationshipD. healthy relationship
116. The word “this" in paragraph 4 refers to which of the following?
A. roleB. loveC. JuneD. rose
117. According to the passage, in which country would the wedding guests give the bride and groom money as a present?
A. BrazilB. the U.KC. ChinaD. Russia
118. Which of the following information is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Nowadays, every bride can afford to buy a wedding dress to wear only once.
B. It is believed that any person who catches the bride’s bouquet will be the next to marry.
C . It is customary to write the groom's name on the bride’s wedding ring.
D. Thanks to globalization, one country’s wedding customs may be added to other countries’.
D. aquatic
This term describes the habitat or conditions that involve living in, happening in, or being connected with water. Aquatic ecosystems are diverse and can be found in both marine and freshwater environments. Examples of aquatic organisms include fish, marine mammals, seabirds, and various aquatic plants.
Plants supply man with food clothing, and shelter-his most important needs.
Many of our most useful medicines are also made (1).......plants.In addition,plants add beauty and pleasure to our lives.Most people enjoy the smell of flowers,the sight field of waving grain,and the quiet of a forest.Not (2)..........plants are helpful to man.Some species grow in fields and gardens as weed that choke off useful plants.Tiny hít of pollen from (3).......plants cause such (4)........as asthma and hay fever.other plants destroy millions of dollars (5)........of crops yearly.
1. A.of B.from C.by D.with
2. A.all B.every C.any D.some
3. A. any B.certain C. most D.all
4. A.accidents B.diseases C.misfortune D.disasters
5. A.worth B.value C.price D.money
Section III: Choose one of the words below to fill in each blank in the following passage (không đánh số)
development / employed / civilization / supplies / oldest / trades / used / plants / increased / medicines / almost / therefore / that / which / By / could
Agriculture is the world’s most important industry. It provides us with almost (1) all our food. It also supplies (2) materials for two other basic human needs – clothing and shelter. In addition, agriculture provides materials used (3) in making many industrial products such as paints and medicines (4). About half the world’s workers are employed (5) in agriculture – far more than in any other industry.
Agriculture is one of the world’s oldest (6) industries. It began about 10,000 years ago in the Middle East . By (7) that time, certain Middle Eastern tribes had discovered how to grow plants (8) from seeds and how to raise animals in captivity. Having mastered these skills, they could (9) begin to practise agriculture.
Before the development (10) of agriculture, people got all their food my gathering wild plants, hunting, and fishing. They had to search for food continually, which (11) left them little time for other activities. But as agriculture developed, and farm output increased (12), fewer people were needed to produce food. The non-farmers could then develop the arts, crafts, trades (13), and other activities of civilized-life. Agriculture therefore (14) not only greatly affected food supply but also made civilization (15) possible.