Q3 - LESSON 15.1 Student’s name:............................................Class: 8B................

Corrector’s name:..........................................

LISTENING
You will hear an interview with a biology student called Gail Koch, who is spending a year in the rainforest
working as a field scientist. For questions 24 – 30, choose the best answer A, B or C.
24. What does Gail say about being a field scientist?
A. She sometimes fears she will never be a proper one.
B. Being so keen compensates for what she does not know.
C. It can be difficult to do a job that is rarely understood.
25. What does Gail enjoy about her life in the rainforest?
A. the early evenings B. the varied wildlife C. the pleasant climate
26. Gail’s research involves
A. finding out about lizards from local guides.
B. more excitement than other field researchers experience.
C. moving carefully through the rainforest.
27. What does Gail find most inspiring about her work?
A. the chance of winning an academic prize
B. the opportunity to contribute to scientific knowledge
C. the hope that she will make a discovery before others do
28. According to Gail, working as a field scientist is
A. a popular career choice.
B. well paid after people have qualified.
C. good preparation for work in other scientific areas.
29. What does Gail say about her time at the research station?
A. She has developed her ability to analyse statistics.
B. It has improved her chances of doing another course.
C. She has learned how to complete each of her projects on time.
30. What disadvantage of being at the research station does Gail mention?
A. She sometimes feels she has too much work to get through.
B. She has spent a lot of time trying to make herself more comfortable.
C. She may not be keeping up to date with new developments.

A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group.
1. A. effect B. faucet C. freedom D. liquid
2. A. protect B. standard C. nuclear D. paper
II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
3. A. examine B. wine C. combine D. shine
4. A. honey B. money C. son D. skeleton
5. A. comprised B. surprised C. produced D. annoyed

II. Choose the correct answer.

6. A ………… is sudden flooding that occurs when water rises quickly within several hours of a heavy rain.
A. quick flood B. rapid flood C. flash flood D. hot flood
7. Monsoon rains across Thailand ………… millions of people in 61 of its provinces.
A. has affected B. have affected C. have effect D. have influenced
8. Typhoon Haiyan made the damage, and ………… of life became great in the Philippines.
A. lose B. loses C. losing D. loss

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 9. Thanks to the extensive ………… measures taken, the loss of life in Typhoon Xangsane in Da Nang and
other provinces seemed to be relatively low.
A. prevent B. preventive C. prevention D. preventing
10. A number of other provinces will declare drought ………… in the coming weeks.
A. accident B. emergency C. event D. situation
11. In some areas, human ………… can be a contributing factor in causing landslides.
A. acts B. actions C. acting D. activities
12. The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent ………… and volcanic …………, encircling the basin of the
Pacific Ocean.
A. floods - eruptions B. earthquake - flood
C. flood - eruption D. earthquakes – eruptions
13. Magma is the liquid rock inside a volcano, but lava is magma that ………… a volcano,.
A. flows B. flows into C. flows out D. flows out of
14. A soft, loose soil may ………… more intensely than hard rock at the same distance from the same
earthquake.
A. erupt B. rage C. shake D. collapse
15. During the next 24 hours, the storm will be moving north, around 10 km per hour and is expected to …………
the southeastern part of China’s Guangdong Province.
A. strike B. scatter C. bury D. struck

V. Choose the answer A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the passage.
El Nino is a weather phenomenon of the Pacific Ocean which is caused by an abnormal (41) …………. of water
on the surface of the ocean. It has the (42) …………. to influence global weather patterns as it brings drought to
some continents and (43) …………. rain to others.
It was first noticed by fishermen coming from Spanish ports in the Pacific in the 17 th century. It got its name
(Spanish for ‘boy child’) because it usually takes (44) …………. near Christmas time.
It can cause catastrophic (45) …………. The 1982 El Nino (46) …………. in 1,500 deaths, but it can be a lot
worse than that. Sea animals, (47) …………. fish and birds, also die in large numbers. It is said that sailors in the
Pacific can smell the dead sea-life during El Nino.
41. A. increase B. extra C. heater D. warming
42. A. proficiency B. power C. practice D. performance
43. A. wet B. shower C. plenty D. heavy
44. A. away B. care C. part D. place
45. A. damage B. difficulty C. hurt D. problem
46. A. resulted B. led C. caused D. gave
47. A. containing B. holding C. including D. involving

VI. Fill in the correct preposition.

48. If you insist …on…. going against their orders, you must be prepared to face the consequences.
49. Don’t disturb him as he’s busy …with…. his assignment.
50. His openness and sincerity are the key …to…. his political success.
51. Factories have a negative impact …on…. the environment.
52. I am always being mistaken ……for…. my cousin.
53. They were very impressed ……about…. his ability.
54. I didn’t expect so many people to object ……to……. the scheme.
55. We hoped you would be more obedient ……to…. the rules.

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