TEST YOURSELF 3

I. Choose the word whose underlined port is pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. icon b. visual c. scenic d. disaster
2. a. predict b. property c. natural d. tornado
3. a. parade b. rage c. earthquake d. climate
4. a. source b. visit c. castle d. station
5. a. dead b. health c. great d. heavy
II. Choose the word that has different stress pattern.
1. a. paradise b. exhibit c. invention d. performance
2. a. medical b. natural c. arrival d. national
3. a. volcanic b. volunteer c. pollution d. tsunami
4. a. festival b. practical c. marvellous d. disastrous
5. a. rescue b. damage c. erupt d. tremble
III. Complete each sentence with an appropriate word. The first letter is given.
1. How terrible! The beach is full of p________________ rubbish.
2. What should we do to minimize our carbon f________________?
3. The l________________ was serious. Big rocks and mud buried many houses.
4. Whenever I’m hungry, I go to the c________________ store in my apartment complex.
5. Habitat loss is one of the most serious e________________ problems at present.
6. When a t________________ touches down, it can destroy everything in its path.
7. The fish in this lake all died because of severe water p________________.
8. My friend Susan is a s________________. She buys all sort of things she doesn’t need.
9. Most c________________ are pleased with the service at this shopping mall.
10. Did you see the new a________________ of Coca-Cola? It’s very creative.
IV. Choose the best answer a, b, c or d to complete the sentence.
1. Air pollution has many effects _______ the environment and living organisms.
a. in b. of c. for d. on
2. The villagers are reinforcing their houses to prepare _______ the hurricane.
a. for b. in c. from d. with
3. The _______ flooded the entire port city, and many people became homeless.
a. earthquake b. tsunami c. landslide d. tornado
4. The volunteers spent the whole day _______ litter along the river.
a. putting out b. picking up c. giving away d. turning off
5. _______ plastic takes so long to break down, it pollutes the land and water.
a. Even though b. While c. Since d. Because of
6. Tourists love buying traditional handicrafts _______ they visit Vietnam.
a. while b. before c. until d. when
7. _______ do earthquakes usually last? ~ Less than one minute.
a. How strong b. How long c. How often d. How far
8. The open-air market offers many home-grown products, and buyers can _______.
a. discount b. browse c. bargain d. sell
9. The 2010 Haiti earthquake was the most _______ natural disaster in the history of this country.
a. destructive b. permanent c. unique d. awesome
10. ‘A hurricane is heading toward our home town.’ - ‘_______’
a. That’s a relief. b. How interesting! c. Glad to hear. d. Oh my God!
V. Choose the underlined word or phrase, A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
1. A heatwave can lead in widespread drought and increase the risk of wildfires.
A. read B. drought C. increase D. risk of
2. A lot of customers shopped when the ground started trembling violently.
A. stopped B. when C. started D. trembling
3. The price at the supermarket is fixed, so you never can bargain for more discount.
A. at B. fixed C. never can D. more discount
4. People think that noise pollution has less damage to humans then water pollution.
A. that B. less C. to D. then
5. If people keep cutting down trees and they wipe out forests, there will be more floods.
A. cutting B. they wipe C. will be D. floods
6. I hope we will reach the shelter before the tornado will touch down this afternoon.
A. will reach B. before C. will touch down D. this afternoon
7. The timetable shows that the next bus will leave in ten minutes.
A. The B. shows C. will leave D. in ten minutes
8. Everyone was running when the volcano was spewing red hot lava.
A. was running B. when C. was spewing D. lava
9. Despite of their usefulness, pesticides could pose potential risks to food safety.
A. Despite of B. usefulness C. potential D. to
10. The children learned a lot about wildlife protection when they visit the national park.
A. about B. when C. visit D. the
VI. Write the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Look at the timetable. Our flight ________________ (take) off at 10 a.m.
2. The amount of plastic in the ocean ________________ (increase) if we ________________ (not
take) action now.
3. Outdoor air pollution ________________ (cause) more than 3 million deaths a year.
4. There ________________ (be) more than 80,000 wildfires last year.
5. What ________________ (you / do) when the hurricane hit the city?
6. Yesterday’s landslide ________________ (happen) while those people ________________ (hike) in
the jungle.
7. Heavy rains ________________ (lash) the coast of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh in 2013.
8. The local authorities in Oklahoma ________________ (issue) tornado warnings for storms in the
early morning hours.
9. Water pollution makes aquatic plants and animals ________________ (die).
10. Survivors said that many people managed ________________ (escape), but they could not run
away fast enough.
VII. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. A natural disaster can cause ________________ of life or property damage. (lose)
2. Human greenhouse gas emissions are causing ________________ warming. (globe)
3. I decided to buy those sneakers as they were really ________________. (comfort)
4. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most ________________ hurricanes ever to hit the United States.
(disaster)
5. Filters do not remove all ________________ from water. (pollute)
6. Freak tornado leaves trail of ________________ in its wake. (destroy)
7. appeal to the government to enact laws to stop factories from discharging toxic chemicals into the
sea. (environment)
8. Toxic pollution is contaminated water, soil, and air that is ________________. (poison)
9. Pollution kills more people than both war and ________________. (violent)
10. Shopping centres actually offer many forms of ________________. (entertain)
VIII. Complete the dialogue with the appropriate sentences. Write the letters of the sentences (A -
H).
A. I visited three shopping centres, and the one I like most is IconSiam.
B. I spent the whole morning shopping, then I had lunch at the food court and took a look at
the floating market in the afternoon.
C. Well, it depends. But all shops have fixed price, so you cannot bargain.
D. It's a good idea. I’ll give you a list of shops and restaurants that you should go.
E. They are much bigger than those In Viet Nam, and they have a wide range of entertainment.
F. It's one of the biggest shopping centres in Thailand.
G. It was awesome. The shopping centres there are really impressive.
H. It has more than 7,000 shops, 100 restaurants and even a floating market!
Nga: How was your trip to Bangkok?
Lien: (1) ___________________________________________________________________________
Nga: Really? What do you like about them?
Lien: (2) ___________________________________________________________________________
Nga: Wow! What’s your favourite shopping centre there?
Lien: (3) ___________________________________________________________________________
Nga: I’ve never heard of that name before.
Lien: (4) ___________________________________________________________________________
Nga: Oh, I see. Why do you find it impressive?
Lien: (5) ___________________________________________________________________________
Nga: A floating market inside the mall? How wonderful! What did you do there?
Lien: (6) ___________________________________________________________________________
Nga: You seemed to have a lot of fun. Was the price reasonable?
Lien: (7) ___________________________________________________________________________
Nga: Hmm... Interesting. I think I’ll visit IconSiam when I travel to Bangkok.
Lien: (8) ___________________________________________________________________________
Nga: Wow! Thank you!
IX. Choose the word or phrase which best fits each gap.
 What is pollution? Stinky stuff? Muck? Poison? Yes, all those things... and more. Some is
obvious like smoke (1) _______________ you can see but much of it is not obvious at all. Yet you’re
eating it and it and breathing it most of the time. And what is worse is that all this muck (2)
_______________ all other life on Earth. You can find pollution made by people just about (3)
_______________ on the planet. Even (4) _______________ places like the Arctic are badly polluted
by nasty chemicals made by people. The polar bears and seals there have poisonous chemicals made
by people in their bodies and (5) _______________ do the Inuit people who live with them. These
nasty things kill many animals and make others sick - including penguins (6) _______________ the
Antarctic. They also kill people and make them ill too. There’s nowhere on the planet (7)
_______________ with no pollution; (8) _______________ the bottom of the sea or high up in the air.
1. a. what b. where c. when d. which
2. a. pollutes b. affects c. results d. attracts
3. a. everywhere b. nowhere c. wherever d. somewhere
4. a. remote b. quiet c. interesting d. crowded
5. a. either b. also c. neither d. so
6. a. of b. on c. in d. at
7. a. made b. left c. taken d. led
8. a. now that b. but for c. not even d. no ever
X. Read the passage carefully, then do the tasks.
A magnitude-9.0 earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, struck in the
Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of Japan’s Honshu island on March 11, 2011. It was the most
powerful earthquake ever to hit Japan and the fourth largest ever recorded in the world. The
earthquake triggered a massive tsunami that flooded more than 200 square miles of coastal land.
Waves estimated to be as high as 38 meters, the height of a 12-story building, tore apart
coastal towns and villages, carrying ships inland as thousands of homes were flattened, then washed
tons of debris and vehicles back out to sea. Damage to the reactors at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Plant then caused a third disaster, contaminating a wide area that still forces nearly
100,000 residents to live as evacuees. Tsunami waves also swept across the Pacific, causing damage
or disruptions in Hawaii, California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
 Casualties from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan may be 30,000 and close to 500,000
people were forced to evacuate. More than 125,000 buildings have been washed away or seriously
damaged; property damage is estimated to be more than $310 billion.
A. Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1. ____ A magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck offshore of Japan on March 11, 2011.
2. ____ This earthquake was the world’s largest recorded quake.
3. ____ Tsunami waves caused by the earthquake smashed the coast, causing massive damage and
flooding.
4. ____ As the waves retreated back to the sea, they carried ships with them.
5. ____ The tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear disaster.
6. ____ About 500,000 people within the nuclear evacuation zone were evacuated.
7. ____ An estimated 30,000 people were killed by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
8. ____ Property damage from the earthquake and tsunami is estimated over $310 billion.
B. Answer the questions.
1. Where did the earthquake strike?
__________________________________________________________________________________
2. What caused the tsunami?
__________________________________________________________________________________
3. What was the height of tsunami waves?
__________________________________________________________________________________
4. How many people were evacuated?
__________________________________________________________________________________
5. What regions did the tsunami also affect?
__________________________________________________________________________________
XI. Choose the correct answer a, b, c, or d to indicate the sentence that Is closest in meaning to the
sentence given.
1. Don’t go outside now, or else you will get caught up in the storm.
a. You should go outside now; otherwise, you will get caught up in the storm.
b. You shouldn’t go outside now; however, you will get caught up in the storm.
c. If you don’t go outside now, you will get caught up in the storm.
d. You will get caught up in the storm if you go outside now.
2. Unless farmers stop overusing chemicals in their crops, pollutants will affect both animals and
humans.
a. If farmers stop overusing chemicals in their crops, pollutants will affect both animals and humans.
b. If farmers don’t stop overusing chemicals in their crops, pollutants won’t affect both animals and
humans.
c. If farmers don’t stop overusing chemicals in their crops, pollutants will affect both animals and
humans.
d. If farmers stop overusing chemicals in their crops, pollutants won’t affect both animals and
humans.
3. The drought was so severe that all the water in the lake dried up.
a. It was such a severe drought that all the water in the lake dried up.
b. It was so severe that the drought made all the water in the lake dry up.
c. All the water in the lake dried up when the drought was so severe.
d. The drought was so severe; however, all the water in the lake dried up.
4. The vegetables are fresh and safe to eat because they are home-grown.
a. Although the vegetables are home-grown, they are fresh and safe to eat.
b. The vegetables are home-grown, so they are fresh and safe to eat.
c. If the vegetables are fresh and safe to eat, they will be home-grown.
d. The vegetables are fresh and safe to eat despite being home-grown.
5. The firefighters spent a week putting out the bush fires.
a. Putting out the bush fires in a week was the firefighters’ job.
b. It took the firefighters a week to put out the bush fires.
c. The firefighters needed to put out the bush fires in a week.
d. A week was what the firefighters needed to put out the bush fires.
II. Write the second sentence so that It has the same meaning to the first one.
1. They’ll release the koala back into the wild after they heal its wound.
 Before they
2. It’s impossible for us to predict when the earthquake will happen.
 We
3. Susan wasn’t injured in the earthquake, and her family wasn’t injured, either.
 Neither Susan
4. Don’t leave the tap running while brushing your teeth, or you will waste water.
 If you
5. What was the height of the waves in the Japan tsunami 2011?
 How