Review Unit 9

MORE EXERCISES 4 (E 9 - Unit 6)
Question 1 : Pick out the word that has the main stressed syllable different from the others
A B C D
1. dynamite garbage environment pesticide
2. pollute prevent provide cover
3. persuade protect reduce scatter
4.documentary limitation unpolluted deforestation
Question 2 : Pick out the word that has the underlined syllable pronounced differently
from the others.
A B C D
1. mass trash spray wrap
2. prevent fence hedge deny
3. unpolluted junk-yard dump adult
4. folk flow foam frog
Question 3: Read the passage below then pick out one best option.
More than two hundred years ago, the term “ environment pollution” was quite strange to
people. They lived healthily, drank pure water, and breathed fresh air. Nowadays, the
situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about things that are
happening to environment. Actually it is man that is destroying the surroundings with
many kinds of wastes. Everybody knows that motorbikes and cars emit dangerous gases
that cause poisonous air and cancer, but no one wants to travel on foot or by bicycle.
Manufactures know that wastes from factories make water and soil polluted, but they do
not want to spend a lot of their money on treating the wastes safely. Scattering rubbish is
bad for our health, but no one wants to spend time burying them . Is it worth talking a lot
about pollution?
1. More than two hundred years ago ___
a) the environment was polluted as much as it is today.
b) People knew nothing about environmental pollution.
c) Air was polluted badly. d) People were faced with pollution.
2. In former days, people___
a. led a healthy life

b. lived in polluted environment.
c. were polluted about pollution.
d. drank contaminated water
3.Nowadays, many people are concerned about ___
a. the polluted water.
b. the wastes from factories.
c. dangerous gases emitted by cars and motorbikes.
d. all are correct.
4. Everybody knows that emit dangerous gases ___
a. so they do not travel by car.
b. so they prefer traveling by bicycle.
c. but they still prefer traveling by car.
d. but they prefer traveling on foot.
5. Factory owners ___
a. know nothing about pollution.
b. have no awareness of pollution
c. treat wastes from factories safely.
d. do not want to spend money on treating the wastes safely.
6. It’s harmful to our health ___
a. if rubbish is spread over our area.
b. if we don’t scatter our rubbish.
c. if we spend time on gathering rubbish.
d. if rubbish is buried.
Question 4 : True / False
For some last decades, the environment on our earth has been polluted seriously,
especially in large industrial cities. Millions of factories and vehicles pour smoke and
exhaust fume into the air. They not only harm people’s health but they also increase
the earth’s temperature. Sources of water in rivers, lakes and seas are badly polluted
with all kinds of garbage, pesticide, chemical and sewage. Farming lands are
becoming junk-yards with trash, bottles, cans…

However, people can save the earth’s environment in many ways. Everyone is
responsible for the earth’s pollution. If people are not interested in this serious
problem, in a few decades, they won’t have enough pure water to drink and fresh air to
breathe. A lot of natural disasters will happen. If the pollution continues, we don’t
know for sure what will happen to man’s life. People throughout the world have to join
their hands to save the environment.
1) For some last decades, there has been a complete protection.
2) The water pollution is mainly caused by garbage, pesticide, chemical, sewage.
3) The air pollution increases the earth’s temperature.
4) the air pollution is mainly caused by exhaust fume from vehicles, smoke from
factories.
5) If the earth’s environment is not protected, there won’t be any disasters come to
man’s life.
6) Only owners of factories and local authorities are responsible the pollution to our
environment.
Question 5 : Multiple choice
1. Nowadays, people are ___ our environment seriously by many ways.
a. reducing b. enriching c. polluting d. preventing
2. My grand parents hated ___ in a noisy section.
a. to live b. living c. lived d. live
3. If people don’t protect the environment,____
a. they don’t have a clean source of water to drink.
b. They don’t have air pollution on our earth.
c. They will have lots of green forests.
d. Their children will have better heath.
4. If we go on littering, the ___ will become seriously polluted.
a. environment b. internet. c. forum d. media
5. __ the area around the beach is full of trash , no one wants to go swimming or
sunbathing there.
a. If b. Because of c. Because d. so

6. ___ air is one of many problems we have to solve.
a. pure b. polluted c.dust d. fresh
7.Are you lookingh forward ___ my letter ?
a. to see b. to seeing c. saw d. seeing
8. “ ____” means a piece of land full of rubbish.
a. junkyard b. treasure c. hedge d. stream
9. I suggest __ to the movies.
a. go b. going c. went d. gone
10. They made their living by ___ fish in the ocean everyday.
a. catch b. caught c. to catch d. catching
Question 6 : Words
( pollution / pumped / spills / land / only / materials / directly / carelessness / sewage / guilty )
Our oceans are becoming extremely polluted. Most of this (1)_____ comes from the land,
which means it comes from people. Firstly, there is raw sewage, which is (2)_____
directly into the sea. Many countries, both developed and developing, are (3)____ of
doing this. Secondly, ships drop about 6 million tons of garbage into the sea each year.
Thirdly, there are oil (4)____ from ships. A ship has an accident and oil leaks from the
vessel. This not (5) ____ pollutes the water, but also kills marine life. Next, there are
waste (6)____ from factories. Without proper regulations, factory owners let the waste run
(7)_____ into the rivers, which then lead to the sea. And finally, oil is washed from the
(8)_____ . This can be the result of carelessness or a deliberate dumping of waste
Question 7 : Writing : Write a complaint letter
- I / write / the noise caused / Karaoke shop / near / house.
- They / play / music / loudly / so / I / not study / evening / sleep / night
- They / should lower / volume / when / it / 9:00
- I / look forward / hear / you / see / how you / solve this problem.
- Sincerely
- Tom Baker