TRUNG TÂM LUYỆN THI HP.

EDU UNIT 2: HUMANS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

LUYỆN THI TIẾNG ANH CÙNG Ms.HUONG KIEU ĐỀ SỐ 1
Exercise 1: Choose a word that has a different stress pattern from others.
1. A. issue B. welcome C. damage D. increase
2. A. improve B. healthy C. lifestyle D. billion
3. A. ceremony B. dangerous C. environment D. temperature
4. A. activity B. interesting C. literature D. carefully
5. A. organize B. awareness C. protection D. tomorrow
6. A. memory B. effective C. oxygen D. yesterday
Exercise 2: Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. youth B. together C. thunder D.thousand
2. A. public B. rubbish C. union D. lucky
3. A. pollute B. struggle C. product D. discuss
4.A. helicopter B. event C. protect D. reduce
5. A. tough B. ghost C. laugh D. cough
6. A. achieve B. chemical C. architect D. character
7. A. collected B. finished C. provided D. attracted
8. A. dangerous B. damage C. playground D. energy
9. A. decision B. resource C. separate D. elephant
10. A. cinema B. silence C. celebrate D. discuss
Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences with the words / phrase from the box.
organic adopt set up energy
eco-friendly awareness litter protect

1. More and more people ___________________ a green lifestyle, which is good for themselves and the environment.
2. ________________________ farming is better for the environment because it doesn't use harmful chemicals.
3. The club hopes to raise public ______________________ of the environmental issues.
4. Students are reminded not to drop _____________________ in the street.
5. Bamboo is considered to be one of the most _________________________________ building materials.
6. A way to save _________________________ is to reduce the amount of electricity used at home.
7. Simple actions like putting rubbish in the bin can help to _________________________________ the environment.
8. The club was __________________________ to encourage people to recycle more.
Exercise 4: Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.
1. You can save a lot of energy by turning off unnecessary household appliances/chores.
2. Natural / Nature resources are materials from the Earth used to support life and meet people's needs.
3. More people turn to organic products because they do not contain harmful chemicals / chemistry.
4. The club members hope to raise / rise people's awareness of environmental protection.
5. There are many simple ways to reduce the negative impact of using plastic on the environment/environmental
6. We are going to set up/attend the first meeting with our new partners tomorrow morning.
7. The children will clean up/down the classroom right after the ceremony.
8. The leader hopes that the local peole will be able to do more to protect/support the environment.
9. They have already done/made an important decision to buy a new house in the big city.
10. The teacher told/said the students to put all the rubbish in the bins after the party yesterday.
11. It is a choice we make/do to change our daily habits to a greener lifestyle.
12. It is one of the easiest way to protect/save the energy and reduce pollution.
13. It makes/takes many years for plastic waste to break down into smaller pieces.
14. Our group is going to pick up/down rubbish in the city center after the lesson.
15. I am going to give/do a presentation on climate change next week.
Exercise 5: Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word provided.
1. More activities should be organized to raise people’s awareness of ..……….......................………….problems.
(ENVIRONMENT)
2. Many new car models have attracted great ……….................................………..at the exhibitions.(ATTEND)
3. Turning off all household appliances can prevent ………….............................………situations such as a fire or an
explosion. (DANGER)
4. Recycling can protect natural resources and prevent …………....................……….. (POLLUTE)
5. They are ……................................……… to put more rubbish bins in public places such as parks or bus stations. (ASK)
6. The activities can keep our environment clean, ………....................................……..and safe for every citizen. (BEAUTY)
7. I totally agree that our small actions can make a big……...............................………….(DIFFERENT)
8. Too many vehicles on the roads can lead to …….........................……….global temperatures and air pollution.
(INCREASE)
9. Our teacher is very ……….........................……of the results of our final test done last week.(PRIDE)
10. Carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide …………..................……by the activities of a person or an
organization. (PRODUCE)
Exercise 6: Match the verbs/phrasal verbs in column A with suitable nouns or noun phrases in column B.
A Answer B
1. set up 1- a. the classroom
2. adopt 2- b. the rubbish
3. clean up 3- c. Go Green Club
4. make 4- d. the electricity usage
5. raise 5- e. clean-up activities
6. turn off 6- f. a greener lifestyle
7. pick up 7- g. the volunteer program
8. organize 8- i. a big difference
9. cut down on 9- j. electrical appliances
10. take part in 10- k. people’s awareness
Exercise 7: Choose the best answer.
1. We shouldn’t ……… litter in the street because this will make the street dirty.
A. pick B. drop C. throw D. give
2. If you have to ………………a green activity in your living area, what will you do?
A. increase B. attend C. achieve D. organize
3. The teachers encourage students to …………… more trees and flowers in the school garden.
A. plant B. develop C. produce D. provide
4. Many modern houses today are built ………….. eco-friendly materials.
A. of B. from C. with D. over
5. We are advised to cut ……………on electricity usage to reduce carbon footprint.
A. up B. over C. down D. with
6. The children are ………………on how to recycle the used items in their homes.
A. instructed B. asked C. told D. said
7. We always try to recycle plastic items instead of throwing them away in the rubbish…………….
A. box B. bin C. basket D. bag
8. The most obvious advantage of living green is that it helps reduce …………...
A. pollute B. polluting C. polluted D. pollution
9. Reducing the use of energy can help save money ………….household bills.
A. in B. on C. of D. with
10. Going green can make the air we breathe cleaner and ……………….
A. healthy B. healthier C. healthily D. more healthy
11. The council wants to ____ the character of the city while reconstructing the Old Quarter. 
A. preserve B. store C. defense D. abandon 
12. Heavy traffic ____ us so we came to the meeting rather late. 
A. promoted B. arrested C. canceled D. delayed 
13. It turned out to be a ____ journey when the weather became bad. 
A. hazard B. hazardous C. hazarded D. hazarding 
14. Poaching ____ the greatest threat to many species. 
A. creates B. presents C. poses D. produces 
15. In Africa, people's interference in the rhino's ____ leads to habitat loss. 
A. sector B. territory C. domain D. country 
16. ____ the wild, giant pandas eat bamboo. 
A. On B. Into C. Onto D. In 
17. This species of African elephants is ____.
A. dying out B. dying of C. dying on D. dying down 
18. ____ is wiping out many kinds of plants and animals. 
A. Defoliation B. Deforestation C. Deformation D. Degradation 
19. The tiger is ____ of extinction. It is difficult to find them in the wild. 
A. on the wing B. on the rocks C. on the verge D. on the ground
20. Switching to ____ eco light bulb is one way to protect the environment. 
A. energy-wasting B. energy-expending C. energy-lacking D. energy-saving 
Exercise 8: Choose the word or phrase from the box that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
 
especially    relies  which  infrastructure  transform    environmentally

CITIES GOING GREEN

As more and more people concentrate in cities, planners are looking for ways to (1) _____________________
cities into better living spaces. This can be done by improving existing (2) ___________________________ while also
creating more public spaces that are both beautiful and green. This can be hard to accomplish, (3) ________________
in cities with a haphazard fashion. 
Some cities have been created with the idea of a green city as the goal. One such city, Masdar City in the
United Arab Emirates, aims to become a model for other cities to follow. It is being known as a truly green city that
(4) ____________________________ strictly on renewable sources such as solar energy to provide all of its energy needs. In
addition, it will be a zero waste city in (5) ____________________________ everything that is used can be recycled.
Whether it will truly accomplish its goal remains to be seen, but it will also act as an experiment for (6)
_______________________ -friendly areas to be tested. 
Exercise 9: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions. 
1. For environmental safety, we need to find ways to reduce emission of fumes and smoke of factories. 
A. leak B. release C. poison D. pollutant 
2. Nylon is a man-made fibre, the use of which has helped more people to have cheaper and more colourful clothes
to wear. 
A. natural B. plastic C. synthetic D. artificial 
3. The advances of commercial airplanes resulted in a shrinking world. 
A. decreasing B. reduced C. smaller D. compressing 
4. We have to suffer from traffic congestion and pollution every day. 
A. accident B. fullness C. mass D. crowd 
5. Many animals were born in captivity. Resultantly, they do not always breed well. 
A. imprisonment B. lock C. detention D. freedom
6. The African rhino is an endangered species and needs protecting. 
A. unstable B. dangerous C. insecure D. indefensible 
7. We can protect many species by keeping them in wildlife reserves. 
A. protected land B. saved land C. park D. Zoo
8. Scientists are trying to find an energy that consumes less fuel. 
A. waste B. destroy C. eat up D. use 
9. Modern buildings are designed to maximize natural light. 
A. absorb B. increase C. let D. diminish 
10. It's wise to use local fresh produce which is in season. 
A. cars B. restaurants C. crops D. water
Exercise 10: Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. 
Overpopulation, the situation of having large numbers of people with too resources and too little space, is
closely associated with: liên quan đến poverty(1). It can result from: do high population density: mật độ dân số, or
from low amounts of resources, or from both. Excessively: quá mức high population densities put stress on
available resources(2). Only a certain number of people can be supported on a given area of land, and that number
depends on how much food and other resources the land can provide. In countries where people live primarily by
means of simple farming: canh tác đơn giản, gardening, herding: chăn gia súc, hunting and gathering: săn bắt và hái
lượm, even large areas of land can support only small numbers of people because these labor-intensive subsistence
activities: hoạt động tự cung tự cấp produce only small amounts of food.(4) 
 In developed countries such as the United States, Japan and the countries of Western Europe,
overpopulation generally is not considered a major cause of poverty. These countries produce large quantities of
food through mechanized farming: canh tác cơ giới(8B), which depends on commercial fertilizers, large-scale
irrigation: hệ thống tưới tiêu quy mô lớn and agricultural machinery. This form of production provides enough
food to support the high densities of people in metropolitan areas: khu vực đô thị. 

A country's level of poverty can depend greatly on its mix of population density and agricultural
productivity(5). Bangladesh, for example, has one of the world's highest population densities, with 1,147 persons
per sq. km. A large majority of the people of Bangladesh engage in low-productivity manual farming: canh tác thủ
công với năng suất thấp, which contributes to the country's extremely high level of poverty. Some of the smaller
(8A) countries in Western Europe, such as the Netherlands: Hà Lan and Belgium, have high population densities as
well. These countries practice mechanized farming: canh tác cơ giới hóa and are involved in high-tech industries,
however, and therefore have high standards of living. 

At the other end of the spectrum: ở thái cực khác, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have population
densities of less than 30 persons per sq. km. Many people in these countries practice manual subsistence farming:
canh tác sinh kế thủ công these countries also have infertile land, and lack the economic resources and technology
to boost productivity(8C). As a consequence, these nations are very poor. The United States has both relatively low
population density and high agricultural productivity, it is one of the world's wealthiest nations. 

High birth rates contribute to overpopulation in many developing countries(9). Children are assets: tài
sản to many poor families because they provide labor, usually for farming. Cultural norms: chuẩn mực in
traditionally rural societies commonly sanction: quy định the value of large families(8D). Also, the governments of
developing countries often provide little or no support, financial or political, for family planning; even people who
wish to keep their families small have difficulty doing so. For all these reasons, developing countries tend to have
high rates of population growth. 

1. Which of the following is given a definition in paragraph 1? 

A. Poverty  B. Simple farming  C. Overpopulation  D. Population density 
2. What will suffer when there are excessively high population densities? 
A. Farming methods  B. Skilled labor  C. Land area  D. Available resources 
3. The phrase "that number" in paragraph 1 refers to the number of ____.
A. densities B. countries C. people D. resources 
4. In certain countries, large areas of land can only yield small amounts of food because ____.
A. there is an abundance of resources B. there is no shortage of skilled labor 
C. there is lack of mechanization D. there are small numbers of laborers 
5. Bangladesh is a country where the level of poverty depends greatly on ____. 
A. population density in metropolitan areas  B. its population density only 
C. its high agricultural productivity  D. both population density and agricultural productivity 
6. The phrase "engage in" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ____.
A. look into B. give up C. escape from D. participate in 
7. The word "infertile" in paragraph 4 probably means ____.
A. impossible B. unproductive C. inaccessible D. disused 
8. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage? 
A. All small countries in Western Europe have high population densities. 
B. In certain developed countries, mechanized farming is applied. 
C. In sub-Saharan African countries, productivity is boosted by technology. 
D. There is no connection between a country's culture and overpopulation.
9. Which of the following is a contributor to overpopulation in many developing countries? 
A. High birth rates  B. High-tech facilities 
C. Sufficient financial support D. Economic resources 
10. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? 
A. Overpopulation: A Worldwide Problem B. High Birth Rate and its Consequences
C. Poverty in Developing countries D. Overpopular: quá phổ biến