Read the passage and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False (1pt) Recycling means taking used materials and waste and then turning it into new, us[r]
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Read the passage carefully and choose the correct words:
RECYCLING FACTS
In the USA, millions of old car tires are thrown away ever year (1) _tires can be recycled to make pipes and floor coverings In Britain, the milkman brings bottles of milk to houses and collects the empty ones which are cleaned and (2) In industry, most glass is recycled The glass is broken up, melted and made into new (3) In Oregon, the government said that there must be a deposit on all drink cans The (4) is returned when people bring the cans back (5) _ recycling
So as to recycle waste, farmers grow food for their animals and use the dung for (6) their fields Household and garden waste is also made into compost It is a wonderful (7) _ fertilizer Thought for the week: One ton of recycled paper saves (8) eight trees
2 A recycled B refilled C reduced D reviewed
3 A dung B fertilizer C government D glassware
4 A deposit B industry C appliance D environment
6 A making B refilling C fertilizing D recycling
7 A delightful B natural C representative D over packaged
8 A naturally B environmentally C frequently D approximately
Read the passage carefully and decide the sentences are TRUE or FALSE:
People pollute the environment by throwing litter or garbage all over the places every day They also dump empty bottles or cans into the rivers, lakes and seas, making the water unclean They also cut a lot of trees to get good pulp for making paper To protect the environment, everyone should classify and put the garbage in a certain bag for making compost and they should recycle waste paper to avoid cutting a lot of trees We can protect the environment by doing like that We also should plant more and more green trees because trees help to hold the soil, prevent us from floods and give us fresh air and shade in summer
1 Throwing litter or garbage everywhere makes our environment polluted seriously TRUE
2 Planting more and more trees cannot help us prevent floods FALSE
3 Recycling waste paper makes us waste a lot trees FALSE
4 Dividing garbage into different groups also takes an important role in protecting the environment TRUE
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LANGUAGE FOCUS
MORE EXERCISE
Change these sentences into passive voice:
1 People use milk for making butter and cheese
2 The milkman brings bottles of milk to houses
3 Careless driver causes many accidents
4 People speak English all over the world
5 They don’t use this house very often
6 Do they teach French in this school?
7 Somebody will clean the floor tonight
8 You mustn’t open this parcel until Christmas Day
9 We can use the garbage to make fertilizer
10 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
Rewrite the sentences using the adjective + to infinitive:
1 Keeping people from littering is very difficult
2 She must empty the kitchen garbage She is not pleased
3 Being able to live in a clean environment is lucky
4 They hear about the plan to collect the used boxes They are surprised
5 Saving money from reused things made them very happy
Rewrite the sentences using the adjective + noun clause:
1 You are interested in protecting environment He is delighted
→ He is delighted that you are interested in protecting environment
2 They could save some money from reused things They are very happy
→ They are very happy that they could save some money from reused things
Trang 33 My class won the first prize in collecting cans My teachers feel pleased
→ My teachers feel pleased that my class won the first prize in collecting cans
4 The rivers are becoming heavily polluted We are worried
→ We are worried that the rivers are becoming heavily polluted
5 The Y & Y is having a plan on recycling used paper I am very glad
→ I am very glad that the Y & Y is having a plan on recycling used paper
TEST UNIT 10 - RECYCLING
Choose the most appropriate word or phrase to fill in each blank (3pts)
1 Some people refuse to buy goods that are _ because they fell that it is harmful to the
environment
A overpaid B over packaged C overheated D overloaded
2 Wine is often made grapes
3 There are huge price in many shops during Coronavirus disease
A injections B introductions C instructions D reductions
4 The journey took seven hours
5 That kind of motorbike is of fuel You shouldn’t buy it
6 We were delighted your letter last week
7 The glass pieces are dried completely
8 It’s dangerous _ in this river
9 They fill the bucket with water from the river
10 He brought the books back to the library after two days
11 It’s too cold outside _? - Sure I’ll do it right now
12 One ton of paper saves approximately eight trees
Word form / verb tense (1.5pts)
13 This tin can is recyclable Don’t throw it away (recycle)
14 He spent his free time _wastefully _ on surfing Internet 3 hours last night (waste)
15 Add sugar, water and flour to the beaten eggs and stir the _mixture well (mix)
16 The policeman gave me very good _direction(s) and I was able to find the house easily
(direct)
Trang 417 Dead leaves fall to the ground and _decompose very quickly in wet weather (compose)
18 We were delighted to get your letter yesterday (delight)
Rearrange the words and phrases given in the
correct order (0.5pt)
19 / natural fertilizer / Compost / / to help plants
grow / is / a wonderful //
Compost is a wonderful natural fertilizer to
help plants grow
20 / interesting / to you / school life / about / It’s
/ / to talk //
It’s interesting to talk to you about school life
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that
best fits the blank space in the following
passage (1.5pts)
Don’t use disposable products In a
single year, (21) in the United State use
enough disposable diapers (22) to the moon
and back seven times If you (23) _
disposable products, use products made from (24) _materials Also, recycle whenever possible Recycling on aluminum can save (25) _energy to run a TV (26) three hours
Disposable (adj): dùng một lần diaper (n): tã lót
Aluminum (n) : nhôm
Read the passage and then decide whether the statements that follow are True or False (1pt)
Recycling means taking used materials and waste and then turning it into new, useful
products Recycling waste into new products reduces the amount of materials that would have been needed if the products had to be made all over again
There are three important steps for recycling to be successful:
First, the items to be recycled must be collected Many communities require residents to recycle and collect the materials using large bins or cans The recyclables are picked up regularly, just like the other trash and waste products
Second, the recyclables must be sorted into the different materials The most common
materials include paper, plastic, glass and aluminum, which must be separated from each other
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materials that need to be recycled, each has its own method of turning the old into the renewed
In summary, three steps for recycling include collecting, sorting and processing Each
material also has more steps that must occur in order that it can be reused as a useful product
27 The amount of materials will be reduced by recycling waste into new products TRUE
28 Sorting step involves recyclables being picked up regularly, just like the other trash
and waste products FALSE
29 The final step in recycling which occurs at a plant is processing TRUE
30 There is only one kind of material that needs to be recycled FALSE
Read text again and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) (0.5pt)
31 The word “it” in the last line refers to:
A the material B the step C the product D the method
32 This passage is mainly about:
A Collecting trash and waste products C Recycling used materials and waste
B Sorting common and different materials D Processing items and recyclables
Rewrite the sentences so that they are nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before
them (2pts)
33 It’s wonderful to see our old friends again
34 They didn’t clean the room carefully yesterday
35 They also speak German at EU meetings
36 All the villagers respect the old man
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