The sheds where the aircraff were kept had been opened and the great machines were being manhandled out onto the tarmac.. Environment pollution is a term that 1 ______ to all the ways by
Trang 1ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG HKI – ĐỀ SỐ 15
Exercise 1 Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer
April the 3rd was the day we attemped to reach Mount Everest The morning saw us all up and rushing about the bungalow at daybreak We bumped down the nine miles of dusty track, each clutching a camera or one of the more delicate instruments to our chests in an endeavour to make our bodies absorb as many of the shocks from the bumpy track as possible The ground staff were already busy on our arrival The sheds where the aircraff were kept had been opened and the great machines were being manhandled out onto the tarmac The bottles of oxygen were carefully placed in their clips and connected to the system The vertical cameras were fitted and tested, air frames and engines were inspected and tested in every detail
Notes : bungalow (n) : nhµ gç endeavour (n) : nç lùc manhandle(v) : khiªng tarmac: ®êng b¨ng
1 The author and his colleagues held their instruments close to their bodies because :
a there were so many people in the car c the surface of the track was very uneven
b The dust might have obscured their cameras d they wanted to protect themselves from bumps
2 When the members of the expedition arrived at the aerodrome, the ground staff were :
a manoeuvring the aircraff into position on the runway c.attaching the clips to the bottles of oxygen
b waiting to remove the machines from the sheds d making final adjustment to the vertical cameras
Exercise 2 Fill in the blank with suitable word
Environment pollution is a term that (1) to all the ways by which man contaminates his surroundings Man (2) the air he (3) with harmful gases and smoke, (4) the water with chemicals and other substances and damages the soil with fertilizers and pesticides Man also pollutes his surroundings (5) _ various other ways (6) , he operates machines and motor vehicles that fill the air (7) disturbing noise
The pollution is (8) of the most serious problems facing mankind today
Everyone wants to lessen pollution But the pollution (9) is as complicated as it is serious It is complicated (10) as much pollution is caused by things that benifit people (11) from automobiles causes a large percentage of all air pollution The automobile (12) _ transportation for millions of people Factories discharge much of material that contaminates air and water but factories (13) _ employment to a large number of people
Thus, to end (14) _ reduce pollution immediately, people would have to stop using many things that (15) them Most of people do not want to do that, of course But pollution can be (15) _ reduced in several ways
Exercise 3 Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning
1 The noise next door did not stop until after midnight
It was not
2 The car was so rusty that it couldn’t be repaired
The car was too _
3 “ Don’t move or I will shoot!” the bank robber said to the clerk
The bank robber _
4 The drama critic of the “ Daily News” regards the new play as a major breakthrough
According
5 Galiles is considered to be the father of modern astronomy
Galiles is regarded
6 Industrial smoke stacks throw out sulphur and nitrogen dioxides
Sulphur and nitrogen dioxides
7 That factory is producing more and more pollution
More and more
8 You can’t say anything that would persuade me to live overseas
Nothing
9 They said he had left Paris secretly in his private car
He
10 We enjoy writing letters
We enjoy
Exercise 4 Fill in the blank with suitable preposition
The growth (1) _ population has its problems as we shall see As there are more and more mouths to be fed, there comes a great strain (2) _ the resources (3) a country: this is real (4) the case (5) _ developing countries (6) the result they are unable to push (7) _ economically As food is not
Trang 2sufficient there is chronic malnutrition (8) these countries especially (9) women and children, resulting (10) weaker population who would only economically be drain (11) the country as their productive years will be short As health and education are the State’s affair, they effect the country’s finance
So (12) _ developing countries, health and illiteracy continue to be the problem The unwieldy growth (13) _ population leads (14) the problem (15) housing and sanitation In many countries the slums are a sore (16) _ the eyes Slums grow round big cities and are found (17) all the drawbacks These are the areas (18) _ diseases, filth and crime
Exercise 5 Fill in the blank with suitable noun to make idiomatic expressions
1 He sat taking _ of everything that was said
2 The enemy set to the whole village before making a retreat
3 Don’t take any _ of what he says
4 The government is determined to put an _ to terrorism
5 Make full of every chance you have to speak English
6 Can you make on that shelf for more books ?
7 Are wages keeping _ with inflation ?
8 Give _ to traffic coming from the right
9 We must not give _ to their demands
10 He caught _ of her through the window
11 He watched her until he lost of her
12 The police lost every sight _ of the thief
13 We have lost _ with him since 1975
14 She often takes of the house and her children when her husband goes away
15 You must make for him because he has been ill
16 Please pay _ to what I’m saying
17 When judging his performance, don’t take _ of his age
18 She often takes of my generosity
19 He had a _ in his back
20 We keep in _ with them although we are a long way far from their place
21 We kept an on a stranger
22 His parents take in their son’s talents
23 Our neighbours take no _ in politics at all
24 What a talkative lady ! She often makes a over trifles
25 I hate people laughing at me I hate being made _ of
26 I must pay a _ for parking my car at a wrong place
27 He takes a great _ in teasing her
28 It’s unwise to put _ in unreliable people
29 Try to keep _ with your friend about that matter
30 He lost of his car and crashed into the lamp post
31 Good health makes a great to this athlete’s success
32 The customers make no about the new product
Exercise 6 Give the correct form of word in bracket
NASA (1 – office ) _ have expressed a great deal of (2 – concern ) recently over the descent of Skylab, a satellite which is (3 – slow ) _ making its way back to earth and expected to ( 4 – enter ) our atmosphere within the next two weeks The aluminum Skylab is not expected to ( 5 – integrate ) on
re – entry In fact, it is ( 6 – fear ) that some 400 to 500 pieces, some weighing up to 1000 pounds, could ( 7 – survival ) _ re – entry These pieces would not all land in one area, but would be ( 8 – spread ) _ over hundreds of miles ( 9 – cause ) a great deal of damage to property and ( 10 – danger ) human lives At this point, we just don’t know where or when it will come down or how much ( 11 – damage ) it might cause
Exercise 7 Put in the correct forms of the infinitive or V - ing
This way ! That way
In a split second, when no one was paying attention, the two prisoners escaped from the back of a police van They were handcuffed to each other It was minutes before a policeman saw them ( 1 – run ) _ down the street “ We’ll follow”, two policemen said, “ Have the driver ( 2 – bring ) the van to the end of the road Tell him ( 3 – not let ) _ them ( 4 – go ) away If we’re not careful, we’ll have the whole neighbourhood ( 5 – complain ) that we’ve been careless” The prisoners were still running side by side The policemen saw them ( 6 – race ) _ up the hill and ( 7 – disappear ) round a corner “
Trang 3We’ll never catch them now! One of the policemen said, “ I told you ( 8 – not leave ) them unattended” The prisoners were running up at top speed Suddenly they saw a lamp post in front of them “ Go left! Go right!”, they shouted at the same time They ran on either side of the lamp post It just took time for police ( 9 – find ) _ them, flying on the pavement, unhurt, dazed, and with silly grins on their faces