UNIT 10: CONSERVATION
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. eliminate b. elephant c. endanger d. erosion
2. a. pollute b. species c. accept d. receipt
3. a. environment b. hydroelectric c. circulation d. wild
a. club b. lamb c. doubt d. bomber
5. a. disease b. spread c. breed d. treat
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others,
1. a. disappearance b. circulation c. conservation d. environment
2. a. conserve b. pollute c. circulate d. eliminate
3. a. nature b. power c. damage d. defence
4. a. vegetation b. destruction c. variety d. erosion
5. a. injured b. valuable c. forest d. protect
III. Choose one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1. Half the world`s rain forests have already been ___________.
a. endangered b. eroded c. found d. destroyed
2. Try to eliminate fatty foods from your diet.
a. limit b. get rid of c. move d. add
Endangered animals should be bred in _______ areas.
a. conservative b. conservable c. conservation d. conservanc)
Acid rain has caused severe _______ on the hillside.
a. erosion b. pollution c. destruction d. floods
5. This channel allows rainwater to run off.
a. keep inside b. move around c. flow into d. flow out of
A large hydroelectric __________was built on the River Danube.
a. power b. dam c. bank d. wall
Water can be held on the land by vegetation.
a. plants used as food b. grown trees c. the growth of plants d. plants and trees
8._________ take the train instead of the bus? It`s faster.
a. How about b. Let`s c. Why don`t d. Why not
9. _________air makes people unpleasant to breathe.
a. Pollute . b. Pollution. c. Polluted d. Polluting
10. We are now facing the possible________ of several rare species.
a. danger b. variety c. existence d. disappearance
IV. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. `Would you like ……….. lunch with us?` `Yes, I`d love to.`
a. have b. to have c. having, d. had
2. `Are you interested in scuba diving ?’. ‘Undersea life is very……………’
a. fascinated b. fascinating c. being fascinating d. being fascinate
3. `Ms. Jones, please type those letters before noon’.
`They`ve already ……….. sir. They`re on your desk.`
a. typed b. been typed c. being typed d. been being typed
4. Both domestic and imported automobiles must ……… anti-pollution devices.
a. equip with b. be equipped with c. equip by d. be equipped
5. `Has the committee made its decision yet?`
`Not yet. They ………. the proposal.`
a. are still considering b. are still being considered
c. are still considered d. have been considered
6. `What a beautiful dress you`re wearing!`
Thank you. It ……….. especially for me by a French tailor.`
a. is made b. has made c. made d. was made
7. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ………. everything in its path.
a. was destroy b. was being destroyed c. destroyed d. had been destroyed
8. In some areas, water ……….. from the ground faster than nature can replenish the supply.
a. is being taken b. has been taking c. is taking d. has taken
9. An announcement about the eight o`clock flight to Chicago ........................
a. has been already made b. has already made c. has already been mad d. already made
10. ……… during the storm.
a. They were collapsed the fence b. The fence was collapsed
c. `They collapsed the fence d