MIDTERM REVISION

LISTENING:
For each question, fill in the missing information in the numbered space. (2.0pt.s)
Ecotourism is booming and tour operators say this helps nature. Every year, millions of people visit (1)………….
areas to look at animals in the wild However, a new report says this ecotourism (2)……..nature more than it helps it.
Researchers believe tourists stop animals behaving naturally in their natural (3)……….. Recently in Costa Rica, (4)
……………… had problems laying their eggs because of the many tourists who were on the beach to watch them.
The report says that ecotourism is making (5)…….bolder. Animals who often see humans will become tamer.
They become less (6)………about other animals. This puts them at risk of being (7)……………..by their natural
predators, so more of them will be killed The report also said it was essential to understand more about how different
(8)………..respond to humans, and how this might put them at risk.
Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. energy B. extinct C. endanger D. secure
2. A. swimmer B. sword C. swallow D. switch
Choose the most suitable word or phrase to complete each of the following sentences:
3. The man ______ by the tiger still survived.
A. attack B. attacking C. that attacking D. attacked
4. The sun, water and the wind are ________sources of energy.
A. exchanged B. limited C. infinite D. possessed
5. The chemical______ from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty.
A. pollutants(n) B. pollute(v) C. pollution(n) D. polluted(a)
Polluter (n)
6. Can you remember the girl……………..you the way?
A. to show B. show C. showing D. showed
7. Could everybody……………luggage has got lost please stay here?
A. whom B. that C. which D. whose
8. Tom: “ Don’t forget to ring me at 3p.m” – Mary: “……………”
A. I don’t B. I won’t C. I couldn’t D. I needn’t
9. Many people still believe that our ……(a)……….. resources will never be used up.
A. naturally B. nature C. natural D. natures
10. Geometry is one branch of mathematics which/that is concerned with the properties of lines, curves, shapes,
and surfaces
A. that concerned with B. it is concerned with C. concerned with D. its concerns are
11. ______ is your children’s needs.
A. What you must know B. That you must know C. Whom you must know D. Which you must know
12. He is the boy _____ I went to school.
A. with which B. to whom C. with whom D. to which
Identify the one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect in standard English:
13. I think killing endangered animals for fur, skin and food should ban => be banned
A B C D
14. The chart shows the energy consumps in Highland in 2005. => consumption
A B C D
Read the following passage and choose the best answer:
A recent investigation by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey shows that strange animal behavior might help
predict further earthquakes. Investigators found such occurrences in a ten kilometer radius of the epicenter of a fairly
recent quake. Some birds screeched and flew about wildly, dogs yelped and ran around uncontrollably.
Scientists believe that animals can perceive the environmental changes as early as several days before the mishap . In
1976 after observing animal behavior, the Chinese were able to predict a devastating quake. Although hundreds of
thousands of people were killed, the government was able to evacuate millions of other people and thus keep the
death toll at a lower level.

15. What prediction may be made by observing animal behavior?

A. an impending earthquake B. the number of people who will die
C. the ten kilometer radius of the epicenter D. environmental changes
16. Why can animals perceive these changes when human cannot?
A. Animals are smarter than humans. B. Animals have certain instincts that humans don’t possess.
C. Humans don’t know where to look. D. By running around the house, they can feel the vibrations.
17. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Some animals may be able to sense an approaching earthquake.
B. By observing animal behavior scientists perhaps can predict earthquake.
C. The Chinese have successfully predicted an earthquake and save many lives.
D. All birds and dogs in a ten kilometer radius of the epicenter went wild before the earthquake.
18. In this passage, the word “evacuate” mostly means_______.
A. remove B. exile C. destroy D. emaciate
19. If scientists can accurately predict earthquake, there will be ______.
A. fewer animals going crazy B. a lower death rate
C. fewer people evacuated D. fewer environmental changes
Read the passage carefully and choose the best word to fill in each blank:
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (20)………. Many species of animals
are threatened, and could easily become (21)………..if we do not make an effort to protect them. There are many
reasons for this. In some cases, animals are (22) ………….for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies.
Some birds, such as parrots, are caught alive, and sold as pets. For many animals and birds, the problems is that their
habitat-the place where they live-is disappearing. More (23)……..is used for farms, for houses and industry, and there
are fewer open spaces than there are once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them grow better crops, but
these chemicals pollute the environment and (24)…………..wildlife. The most successful animals on earth-human
beings-will soon be the only one left, unless we can solve this problem.
20. A. danger B. threat C. problem D. vanishing

21. A. disappeared B. vanished C. empty D. extinct

22. A. extinct B. hunted C. chased D. game

23. A. earth B. soil C. land D. area

24. A. spoil B. harm C. would D. wrong

Rewrite of the following sentences
25.The girl who sat next the window was my neighbor. (Reduce the relative clause)
The girl sitting next the window was my neighbor.

26. She is the only person who was interviewed for the scholarship. (Reduce the relative clause)
She is the only person to be interviewed for the scholarship

27. Zurich tried on seven pairs of trousers. He doesn’t like three of them. (Combine two sentences, using an Adjective
clause)
→ Zurich tried on seven pairs of trousers, three of which he doesn’t like.
28. We are talking about Tom. His father is the manager of a big company. (Combine two sentences, using relative
clause)

We are talking about Tom, whose father is the manager of a big company

Write a paragraph of 120 words about the measures to protect the environment, using the cues given below.
We / try / find solutions / environmental pollution problem.
People should stop/ cut / trees for timber. Instead, they / plant / trees and forests.
They /reduce /use/ cars and motorbikes / cause noise and air pollution.
We / prevent farmers / use fertilizers and pesticides/ damage the soil.
We / prohibit / factories /dump/ industrial wastes / rivers and lakes.
It / be/ high time /governments / have measures / that require companies and individuals/ stop polluting activities.

We are trying to find solutions to environmental pollution problem.

People should stop cutting trees for timber, Instead, they should plant more trees and forests.
They should reduce using cars and motorbikes that cause noise and air pollution.
We should prevent farmers from using fertilizers and pesticides that damage the soil.
We should prohibit factories from dumping industrial wastes into rivers and lakes.
It is high time governments over the world had measures that require companies and individuals to stop polluting
activities.
It’s (about/high) time s.o did sth ( )

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Keys:
1. natural 2. damages 3. habitat 4. turtles
5. animals 6. cautious 7. attacked 8. species