VII. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that fits the blank in the following passage. (2.0 points)The quality of the air we (1) ___________ is important because it affects our health and the length of our lives. Air pollution is a big problem in many of our cities and a lot of this is caused by motor vehicles. There are six main pollutants in the (2)___________ and four of these are produced in large quantities by motor engines. The gases that are (3)___________ into the air are affected by ...
Đọc tiếp
VII. Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) that fits the blank in the following passage. (2.0 points)
The quality of the air we (1) ___________ is important because it affects our health and the length of our lives. Air pollution is a big problem in many of our cities and a lot of this is caused by motor vehicles. There are six main pollutants in the (2)___________ and four of these are produced in large quantities by motor engines. The gases that are (3)___________ into the air are affected by sunlight and turned into ozone at ground level. Unlike the ozone that is high in the atmosphere and protects us from radiation. The ozone on the ground is a health (4)___________.
Many countries have (5)___________the level of lead pollution by banning the use of metal in (6)___________. In other countries, its use is very strictly controlled. We have to (7)___________or get rid of the three other harmful gases produced by the 630 million vehicles worldwide- a(n) (8)___________that is likely to double in the next twenty to thirty years.
Concern about the environment has led to the invention of a device known as “the three way catalytic converter”, so-called because of the three poisonous gases it (9)___________ to produce. More efficient engines reduce the formation of these gases and the converter reduces them still further. Harmful gases in engine exhausts are burned up by passing them over a metal catalyst which (10)___________ up the reaction. The catalyst is rather expensive, but what price do we put on good health?
1. A. inhale B. breathe C. breath D. respire
2. A. environment B. surroundings C. ozone D. atmosphere
3. A. unconfined B. delivered C. liberated D. released
4. A. peril B. risk C. exposure D. danger
5. A. hacked B. chopped C. cut D. sliced
6. A. petrol B. coal C. grease D. energy
7. A. reduce B. shrink C. condense D. ease
8. A. form B. shape C. figure D. amount
9. A. assists B. facilitates C. aids D. helps
10. A. speeds B. rates C. paces D. accelerates
Read the following passage and choose the correct option A, B, C, D that best fits each of the blank in the incomplete passage. JACK LONDON Jack London (1876 – 1916) is an American writer whose work combined powerful realism and humanitarian sentiment. He was (1) ........ in San Francisco. After finishing grammar (2) ..........., Jack London worked at various jobs and in 1897 and 1898 he participated (3)........... the Alaska Gold Rush. Upon his return to the San Francisco area, he began to (4) ............ about his experiences. A collection of his short stories, The Son of the Golf, was (5) ............ in 1900. Jack’s colourful life, during which he wrote more than 50 books and which included enormous popular successes as an (6) .........., ended in his suicide at the (7) ........... of 40.
Many of his stories including his masterpiece The Call of the Wild deal with the reversion of a civilized creature to the primitive state. Jack London’s style – brutal, vivid and exciting – (8) ........... him enormously popular outside the United States; His (9) ........ were translated into many languages. Jack’s important works include People of the Abyss about the poor in London; the Sea Wolf, a novel based on the author’s experiences on a seal hunting ship; John Barleycorn , an autobiographical novel about Jack’s struggle (10)............. alcoholism.
1: A. grown B. born C. developed D. lived
2: A. lessons B. course C. notes D. school
3: A. in B. to C. at D. of
4: A. speak B. read C. talk D. write
5: A. printed B. ordered C. sold D. published
6: A. architect B. author C. actor D. orator
7: A. moment B. age C. time D. year
8: A. gave B. let C. made D. did
9: A. speeches B. sayings C. words D. works
10: A. to B. for C. against D. of
Read the following passage and choose the correct option A, B, C, D that best fits each of the blank in the incomplete passage.
JACK LONDON
Jack London (1876 – 1916) is an American writer whose work combined powerful realism and humanitarian sentiment. He was (1) ........ in San Francisco. After finishing grammar (2) ..........., Jack London worked at various jobs and in 1897 and 1898 he participated (3)........... the Alaska Gold Rush. Upon his return to the San Francisco area, he began to (4) ............ about his experiences. A collection of his short stories, The Son of the Golf, was (5) ............ in 1900. Jack’s colourful life, during which he wrote more than 50 books and which included enormous popular successes as an (6) .........., ended in his suicide at the (7) ........... of 40.
Many of his stories including his masterpiece The Call of the Wilddeal with the reversion of a civilized creature to the primitive state. Jack London’s style – brutal, vivid and exciting – (8) ........... him enormously popular outside the United States; His (9) ........ were translated into many languages. Jack’s important works include People of the Abyss about the poor in London; the Sea Wolf, a novel based on the author’s experiences on a seal hunting ship; John Barleycorn , an autobiographical novel about Jack’s struggle (10)............. alcoholism.
1: A. grown B. born C. developed D. lived
2: A. lessons B. course C. notes D. school
3: A. in B. to C. at D. of
4: A. speak B. read C. talk D. write
5: A. printed B. ordered C. sold D. published
6: A. architect B. author C. actor D. orator
7: A. moment B. age C. time D. year
8: A. gave B. let C. made D. did
9: A. speeches B. sayings C. words D. works
10: A. to B. for C. against D. of
Good luck!