TEST 3 (UNIT 7-UNIT 9)

Exercise 1. Circle the word whose underlined part differs from the others in pronunciation in
each of the following questions.
1. A. paddy B. sand C. travel D. tribal
2. A. buffalo B. photo C. limestone D. botanical
3. A. jungle B. luggage C. sunbathe D. sugar
4. A. around B. various C. sound D. mountains
5. A. heritage B. giant C. garden D. village
6. A. twice B. flight C. piece D. mind
7. A. about B. around C. sound D. young
8. A. cover B. oven C. coffee D. company
9. A. plates B. cakes C. mates D. places
10. A. laughed B. learned C. changed D. arrived
Exercise 2. Circle the word that differs from the others in the position of primary stress in each
of the following questions.
1. A. definition B. electricity C. contaminate D. radiation
2. A. dramatic B. overhead C. century D. groundwater
3. A. thermal B. beneath C. rubbish D. earplug
4. A. affect B. billboard C. visual D. substance
5. A. aquatic B. behaviour C. pollution D. permanent
6. A. relief B. debris C. typhoon D. severe
7. A. erupt B. victim C. forest D. message
8. A. volcano B. tropical C. government D. property
9. A. geography B. evacuate C. emergency D. temporary
10. A. scatter B. earthquake C. collapse D. mudslide
Exercise 3. Choose the word that doesn't belong to the group in each sentence.
A. accommodation B. bury C. destruction D. evacuation
A. flood B. storm C. earthquake D. land
 A. locate B. risk C. kit D. shelter
A. tag B. technology C. trap D. victim
A. volcano B. disastrous C. mudslide D. earthquake
A. disaster B. storm C. tornado D. thunderstorm
A. drought B. flood C. mudslide D. climate
A. thunderstorm B. pollutant C. typhoon D. tsunami
A. emergency B. collapse C. erupt D. destroy
A. groundwater B. flow C. fresh water D. mineral water
Exercise 4. Choose the correct answers.
1. The field trip to Con Dao National Park aims to ___________ the awareness of local students
about environmental protection.
A. contain B. rise C. cover D. raise
2. In this shop, there is a wide ___________ of decorative products that customers can buy before
Christmas.
A. range B. sale C. convenience D. access
3. She is ___________ aimlessly around the shops to enjoy the hustle and bustle of city life.
A. complaining B. offering C. reducing D. wandering
4. When she was playing on the beach, she saw the ocean drain away suddenly causing her to
think of an imminent ___________.
A. tornado B. tsunami C. earthquake D. volcanic eruption
5. It would be very hard to ___________ a natural disaster without the help of advanced
technology.
A. foretell B. predict C. imagine D. concentrate
6. After the tornado occurred, many people ___________ all their valuable property.
A. lost B. loses C. lose D. losing
7. She often ___________ home-grown vegetables online when they are excessive.
A. sell B. sell C. selling D. sold
8. - ___________ you ___________ in Paris when I called you last week? - Yes, I was.
A. Are / travelling B. Did / travel C. Were / travel D. Were / travelling
9. According to his schedule, he ___________ an important speech on Saturday.
A. will have B. is having C. has D. have
10. Don't worry. I ___________ a leave of absence for you tomorrow.
A. will take B. take C. takes D. taking
11. Before the big sale started, Nancy ___________ a shopping list carefully.
A. makes B. was making C. made D. make
12. While I ___________ in the sea, I saw a beautiful turtle.
A. am snorkeling B. was snorkeling C. snorkeled D. were snorkeling
13. Jim’s club ___________ many meaningful activities to celebrate Earth Day last year.
A. will hold B. holding C. hold D. held
14. There ___________ any plastic bottles on the beach after we cleaned it up.
A. were B. not be C. weren’t D. aren’t
15. My mother is very good at ___________, so she can purchase goods at cheaper prices.
A. bargaining B. reducing C. talking D. selling
16. Emma was a ___________. She’s extremely keen on shopping and spends a lot of time on
this expensive hobby.
A. shoppers B. shopaholic C. shoper D. shop
17, The speciality shop is famous for its scented candles, ___________ many foreign tourists
often drop by there to get some.
A. because of B. so that C. because D. so
18. After trying ___________ the blue dress, the customer decided to buy it.
A. on B. out C. in D. with
19. Kate doesn’t often buy food and drinks in the supermarket. She prefers to buy them at the
___________ market.
A. open-aired B. airy C. open-air D. opened-air
20. ___________ my father is chopping wood in the back garden, I am slicing beef in the chicken.
A. Before B. While C. When D. As soon as
21. As soon as Peter gathers enough information about the protection of endangered species, he
___________ doing his wildlife project.
A. started B. start C. starts D. will start
22. I turned off the electrical appliances, and then I ___________ home.
A. leaving B. left C. leave D. will leave
23. What did you do after you ___________ around the boutiques?
A. browsed B. browse C. will browse D. browsing
24. I returned home ___________ watched my favourite TV show.
A. so B. but C. and D. or
25. My father ___________ throws away rubbish in public. He’s very responsible.
A. often B. sometimes C. always D. never
26. There were bumpy roads ___________ I came back to my hometown.
A. when B. while C. as soon as D. so
27. I caught the bus to my office instead ___________ using my car this morning.
A. by B. in C. of D. on
28. There was a ___________, so we couldn’t go to Ha Giang.
A. drought B. landslide C. tsunami D. volcano
29. The pilot suddenly saw a volcanic eruption while he ___________ across Stromboli, Italy.
A. was flying B. is flying C. flew D. flies
30. We ___________ home when it began to rain torrentially.
A. was driving B. drove C. were driving D. was drive
31. What ___________ you ___________ at 7 p.m. yesterday?
A. was – doing B. were - doing C. did - do D. do – do
32. I ___________ out with some of my friends at this time last Monday.
A. was ate B. eating C. was eat D. was eating
33. A magnitude-8 earthquake ___________ his town abruptly, and then many houses and public
facilities collapsed.
A. shook B. shake C. shaking D. shakes
34. It’s necessary to prepare an emergency kit before a tropical storm ___________.
A. was breaking B. broke C. breaks D. break
35. The flood victims are collecting their personal ___________.
A. thing B. property C. proper D. belonging
36. Natural disasters result ___________ natural processes of the Earth.
A. from B. in C. with D. by
37. We were driving to the mountains for our vacation ___________ we got stuck in traffic.
A. after B. before C. as soon as D. when
38. I was having dinner at 7 p.m. yesterday when the storm suddenly ___________.
A. comes B. came C. come D. was coming
39. The concert ___________ at 9 o’clock tonight.
A. is starting B. starts C. will start D. start
40. People should always ___________ awareness of protecting the environment.
A. contain B. rise C. cover D. raise
41. Hien was going window-shopping when the shopping centre ___________ shaking violently.
A. became B. become C. was become D. was becoming
42. When there is a ___________ eruption, hot gases and liquid rock pour out from a mountain.
A. volcanics B. vocal C. volcanic D. volcano
43. Using public transport is one of the effective ways to ___________ our carbon footprint.
A. release B. reduce C. increase D. get
44. When Helen goes to the supermarket, she usually avoids buying ___________ products such
as plastic containers.
A. use-single B. singled-use C. single-used D. single-use
45. Their local rainforest is diverse with thousands of ___________ animals and plants.
A. endanger B. rared C. rare D. rarely
46. The chief engineer was ___________ all the workers of the plant at this time yesterday.
A. instructs B. instructing C. instinct D. instructed
47. Residents in skyscrapers were frightened when they ___________ a slight shaking for about
a few seconds last night.
A. feel B. feeled C. was feeling D. felt
48. To prepare for a ___________ disaster, we should make an emergency kit.
A. natures B. nature C. natural D. naturally
49. We almost can’t ___________ when earthquakes will happen.
A. predict B. prediction C. predictable D. predicts
50. The conservationists are worried about the increase in endangered species ___________.
A. losing B. loss C. lost D. lose
Exercise 5. Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words.
Ex: There are twenty classes in our school.
 Our school has twenty classes.
1. I will pick you up right after you get off the bus.
 I will pick you up _____________________________ you get off the bus. (soon)
2. By supporting green products, you will reduce harm to the environment.
 When you _____________________________ green products, you will reduce harm to the
environment. (support)
3. The rich girl _____________________________ doesn’t often check price tags when buying
brand-name clothes.
 The rich girl price tags when buying brand-name clothes. (rarely)
4. During their dinner time, a flash flood swept through their house.
 _________________________ having dinner, a flash flood swept through their house, (while)
5. There was heavy snow between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. yesterday.
 It _____________________________ at 10 p.m. yesterday. (snowing)
6. I will pick you up. I leave the shopping mall. (as soon as)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
7. It rains. My mother usually shops at the supermarket. (when)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
8. Emily was browsing online for items. Her sister was playing the piano. (While)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
9. The eruption of a volcano also causes a tsunami. (results)
 ___________________________________________________________________________
10. Where did the flood happen? (occur)
 ___________________________________________________________________________