UNIT 2 – PRACTICE

I/ GRAMMAR
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Listen! There's someone at the door. I ____ the door for you.
A. am going to open B. am opening C. open D. will open
2. “Look at those dark clouds!“ - “Yes, it ____ in some minutes.”
A. will rain B. is going to rain C. are going to rain D. is raining
3. It‘s very hot. ____ the window. please?
A. Are you opening B. Are you going to open C. Will you open D. Won’t you open
4. Although I have taken some aspirin, the headache ________ away.
A. isn‘t going B. isn’t going to C. not go D. won’t go
5. On Sunday at 8 o‘clock I ____ my friend.
A. meet B. am going to meet C. will be meeting D. will meet
6. Wait! I ____ you to the station.
A. am driving B. drive C. is going to drive D. will drive
7. I ____ my sister in April as planned.
A. have seen B. will see C. am going to see D. see
8. Perhaps I ____ New York one day.
A. am visiting B. am going to visit C. visit D. will visit
9. What time ____ tomorrow?
A. are you going to leave B. do you leave C. will you leave D. would you leave
10. Who ____ the next World Cup?
A. is going to win B. is wining C. will win D. win
1l. He ____ to the theatre tonight. He has got a free ticket.
A. goes B. is going C. went D. will go
12. I ____ my parents at the weekend. I already bought a train ticket.
A. visit B. am going to visit C. visited D. will visit
13. Don‘t touch that dog. It ____ you.
A. bites B. is biting C. is going to bite D. will bite
14. It ____ that half of your plate should consist of vegetables and fruit.
A. is suggested B. is suggesting C. suggesting D. suggests
15. Foods ____ into energy in the digestive system.
A. are broke down and converted B. are broken down and converted
C. break down and convert D. broken down and converted
16. Stephen William Hawking ____ on 8 January, 1942 in Oxford, England.
A. born B. has born C. is born D. was born
17. ____ by your father?
A. Did that book write B. Did that book written
C. Was that book writing D. Was that book written
18. Acupuncture is part of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) and ____ in China for thousands of years.
A. has been used B. has using C. has used D. has been using
19. Mr. Snow ____ that course since 1985.
A. hasn’t taught B. haven’t taught C. have been taught D. taught
20. The acupuncturist decides which and how many needles will ____.
A. be use B. be used C. Use D. used
21. The teacher ____ the student for lying.
A. was punished B. is punished C. punished D. has been punished
22. As the patient could not walk he ____ home in a wheel chair.
A. has carried B. was carrying C. was carried D. has been carried
23. The injured ____ to the hospital in an ambulance.
A. have taken B. was taking C. were taken D. were taking
24. It ____ that the painting is a fake.
A. believed B. is believed C. is believing D. was believing
25. Most studies ____ that acupuncture does not reduce nausea and vomiting caused by radiation therapy.
A. are shown B. were shown C. have shown D. have been shown
26. Acupuncture may not ____ if you have low white blood cell counts or low platelet counts.
A. recommend B. recommended C. is recommended D. be recommended

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following
questions.
27. Despite of its general safety, acupuncture isn’t for everyone.
A B C D
28. Look at the dark clouds. I’m sure it will rain soon.
A B C D
29. Acupuncture is one of the oldest medical treatment in the world.
A B C D
30. Many accidents is caused by careless driving.
A B C D
31. She was gave a box full of chocolate.
A B C D
32. Measles are an infectious disease that causes fever and small red spots.
A B C D
33. Alternative therapies often dismiss by orthodox medicine because they are sometimes administered by
A B C
people with no formal medical training.
D
34. The practice of acupuncture is rooted in the idea of promoting harmony among human and the world around
A B C
them.
D
35. Human infants born with about 270 bones, some ot which fuse together as their body develops.
A B C D
36. More research is needed to find out if acupuncture is helped with other side effects such as pain, anxiety or
A B C D
shortness of breath.
37. A man with advanced prostate cancer is believed to cured after doctors shocked his tumour to death with
A B C D
huge amounts of testosterone.
38. Norovirus is a common stomach bug. It also called the Winter Vomiting Bug because it is more prevalent in
A B C D
winter.
39. You can be put yourself at risk if you don't usually get many physical activities and then all of a sudden do
A B C
vigorous-intensity aerobic activity, like shovelling snow.
D
40. Although the research is not yet final, some findings suggest that your risk of endometrial cancer and lung
A
cancer may be lower if you get regular physical activity is compared to people who are not active.
B C D

II/ VOCABULARY
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. The council wants to ____ the character of the city while reconstructing the Old Quarter.
A. preserve B. store C. defense D. abandon
2. Heavy traffic ____ us so we came to the meeting rather late.
A. promoted B. arrested C. canceled D. delayed
3. It turned out to be a ____ journey when the weather became bad.
A. hazard B. hazardous C. hazarded D. hazarding
4. Poaching ____ the greatest threat to many species.
A. creates B. presents C. poses D. produces
5. In Africa, people's interference in the rhino's ____ leads to habitat loss.
A. sector B. territory C. domain D. country
6. ____ the wild, giant pandas eat bamboo.
A. On B. Into C. Onto D. In
7. This species of African elephants is ____.
A. dying out B. dying of C. dying on D. dying down
8. ____ is wiping out many kinds of plants and animals.
A. Defoliation B. Deforestation C. Deformation D. Degradation
9. 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
10. Switching to ____ eco light bulb is one way to protect the environment.
A. energy-wasting B. energy-expending C. energy-lacking D. energy-saving
11. ____ batteries or solar chargers are some of the solutions to the lack of energy.
A. Rechargeable B. Reversible C. Repeatable D. Returnable
12. I never leave any electrical appliances on standby and I think it is a good way to ____ energy in the home.
A. take care of B. use C. keep D. conserve
13. Nowadays, people are searching for more ____ materials to build their houses.
A. environment-friendly B. environmentally-friendly
C. environmental-friendly D. environmental-friend
14. Every ____ piece of equipment was sent to the fire.
A. consumable B. spendable C. available D. disposable
15. In the ____ agriculture, farmers try to limit the use of chemicals and fertilizers.
A. sustainable B. conserving C. preserving D. supporting
16. In Singapore, people try to ____ 80% of all waste.
A. reprocess B. reclaim C. recycle D. reuse
17. A good leader in globalization is not to impose but ____ change.
A. facilitate B. cause C. show D. oppose
18. Information technology has ____ our lives.
A. evolved B. reserved C. assimilated D. transformed
19. We need to act quickly to ____ to climate change, or it will be a disaster for the whole planet.
A. adapt B. go back C. reverse D. transit
20. There is little ____ of things improving soon.
A. probability B. probably C. probable D. probabilities
Exercise 3. 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.
21. 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
22. 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
23. The advances of commercial airplanes resulted in a shrinking world.
A. decreasing B. reduced C. smaller D. compressing
24. We have to suffer from traffic congestion and pollution every day.
A. accident B. fullness C. mass D. crowd
25. Many animals were born in captivity. Resultantly, they do not always breed well.
A. imprisonment B. lock C. detention D. freedom
26. The African rhino is an endangered species and needs protecting.
 A. unstable B. dangerous C. insecure D. indefensible
27. We can protect many species by keeping them in wildlife reserves.
A. protected land B. saved land C. park D. Zoo
28. Scientists are trying to find an energy that consumes less fuel.
A. waste B. destroy C. eat up D. use
29. Modern buildings are designed to maximize natural light.
A. absorb B. increase C. let D. diminish
30. It's wise to use local fresh produce which is in season.
A. cars B. restaurants C. crops D. water
Exercise 4. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
31. The new policy will help generate more jobs.
A. bring out B. form C. produce D. terminate
32. Her only problem is the limited experience because she is too young.
A. narrow B. considerable C. insufficient D . restricted
33. The river is badly polluted with toxic chemicals from that factory.
A. poisonous B. harmful C. all right D. deadly
34. I don't believe in anything he says, he is unreliable.
A. inaccurate B. unstable C. trustworthy D. irresponsible
35. 'If we continue to deplete our planets natural resources, we will damage the environment significantly.
A. use up B. add to C. reduce D. exhaust
36. She stays incredibly focused and is never distracted by others.
A. disturbed B. confused C. bewildered D. concentrated
37. Globally, farmers encroach on forest land to grow crops.
A. leave B. invade C. make road to D. intrude
38. Poverty in many African countries increases the likelihood that people poach animals to earn their living.
A. chance B. prospect C . possibility D. improbability
39. Funds are diverted from conservation to military because of war.
A. redirected B. shifted C. stayed D. turned aside
40. The number of rhinos is in steady decline. There are fewer rhinos than ever before.
A. occasional B. constant C. stable D. Persistent

III/ READING
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that
best fits each of the numbered blanks.
A NEW APPROACH TO DESIGNING BUILDINGS
Some experts fear that many people are becoming overweight. Adults are encouraged to exercise for a
minimum of thirty minutes, five times a week, and the average person is (1) ____ to take 10,000 steps per day to
maintain basic (2) ____, but it is a fact that few office workers manage to take more than 5,000.
Now architects have (3) ____ 'fit' office buildings which encourage employees to become healthier
because they have to walk while they are at work. In these buildings, meeting rooms and car parks are placed a
long way from office desks so that workers have to walk to (4) ____ them. In one building the cafe is (5) ____ in
the furthest section so that some workers have to walk as (6) ____ as half a kilometer to and from lunch. There is
special emphasis on (7) ____ people to use stairs instead of lifts, and long staircases are broken into flights of no
more than nine stairs, so that they don't look so difficult to climb. There are also large windows which provide
attractive (8) ____over the city. (9) ____, the lifts are not easy to get access to, and in some buildings, they only
stop at one floor in three.
It's a design policy for a fitter environment which encourages people to walk without making it appear to
be (10) ____ work - but will it be successful? Only time will tell.
1. A. recommended B. suggested C. proposed D. approved
2. A. condition B. fitness C. shape D. size
3. A. invented B. modelled C. schemed D. designed
4. A. arrive B. get C. reach D. come
5. A. located B. settled C. discovered D. set
6. A. well B. far C. soon D. little
7. A. making B. letting C. persuading D. bringing
8. A. looks B. sights C. pictures D. views
9. A. On the other hand B. Although C. In spite of D. So that
10. A. tough B. difficult C. hard D. bad

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions.
After years of hype and false starts, the shift to clean power has begun to accelerate at a pace that has
taken the most experienced experts by surprise. Even leaders in the oil and gas sector have been forced to
confront an existential question: will the 21st century be the last one for fossil fuels?
It is early, but the evidence is mounting. Wind and solar parks are being built at unprecedented rates,
threatening the business models of established power companies. Electric cars that were hard to even buy eight
years ago are selling at an exponential rate, in the process driving down the price of batteries that hold the key to
unleashing new levels of green growth.
“This clean energy disruption has just started and what is striking is how much of a financial impact it is
already having on some companies,” says Per Lekander, a portfolio manager at London's Lansdowne Partners
hedge fund, who has tracked global energy markets for more than 25 years.
“It hit the electricity sector first, in Europe in 2013 and then the US two years later. Now it has spread to
the auto sector and I think the oil industry is next.”
The shift has come as increased government efforts to curb climate change and smog have driven down
costs and spurred technical advances, creating a green energy industry that looks nothing like it did a decade ago:
expensive and sluggish.
Today, China and India have picked up the baton and are driving a sector that has spread to every
continent. The result was a banner year for green energy in 2016.
1. It is stated in the passage that in the past, green energy ____.
A. used internationally with great efficacy
B. received huge investment from goverment
C. was disfavoured at the beginning
D. was the main sources of energy using by humans
2. The fear of leaders from oil and gas sector company comes from ____.
A. the likelihood of fossil fuel to exhaust by the end of the 21st century
B. the sufficiency of enerygy produced by green power
C. the changes in manufacturing oil and gas
D. green power companies enjoying huge investment from the government
3. The price of electric cars has been ____.
A. rising rapidly B. increasing steadily C. falling exponentially D. fluctuating wildly
4. In which year was the electricity sector in US hit by the use of green energy?
A. 2013 B.2014 C. 2015 D. 2016
5. The word "sluggish" is closest in meaning to ____.
A. inactive B. developed C. promising D. ineffective

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the
questions.
Scientists believe that something very serious is happening to the Earth. It is becoming warmer. Scientists
predict that there will be major changes in the climate during the 21st century. Coastal waters will have higher
temperatures. This will have a serious effect on agriculture. Farmers will have trouble producing good crops. In
warm regions, the weather will be too dry. The amount of water could decrease by 50 per cent. This would cause
a large decrease in agricultural production.
World temperatures could increase from 1.5 to 5.6 degrees Celsius by the middle of the 21st century.
And the increase in temperature could be even greater in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. A rise in temperature
could cause the great ice sheets to melt, which, in turn would raise the level of oceans by one to two meters.
Many coastal cities would be underwater. Why is all this happening?
The Earth and its atmosphere are kept warm by the Sun. The atmosphere lets most of the light from the
Sun pass through to warm the Earth. The Earth is warmer by the sunlight and sends heat energy back into the
atmosphere. Much of this energy escapes from the Earth's atmosphere. However, some of it remains. Gases such
as carbon dioxide, ozone and water vapor absorb this energy and create more heat. Then, this heat is sent back
down to Earth, and the Earth becomes warmer.
Recently, however, an increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing serious problems. Too
much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere prevents heat energy from escaping. Too much heat is sent back down to
the Earth, and the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues to increase. When oil, gas, and coal
burn, they create large amounts of carbon dioxide. The destruction of rain forests that absorb carbon dioxide also
helps to increase the amount of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Some scientists believe that the amount of
carbon dioxide in the air will double by the late 2000s.
Scientists call this warming of the Earth and its atmosphere “the greenhouse effect”. A greenhouse, made
of glass and plastic, is a special place where plants are grown. The sunlight passes through the glass or plastic
and warms the air inside. The heat inside escapes very slowly, so the greenhouse remains very warm. This is
exactly what is happening on the Earth.
Another reason why the Earth is growing warmer is because of the amount of ozone in our atmosphere.
Ozone is a form of oxygen. In the upper atmosphere, very far from the Earth, a layer of ozone helps to protect
the Earth from 95 percent of the harmful light that comes from the sun. If your skin receives too much of this
light, you would develop skin cancer. We need the ozone layer to protect ourselves. But the ozone layer is in
trouble. Scientists have observed that the ozone layer is becoming thin, and above Antarctica there is a hole. This
allows too much of the sun's dangerous light into our atmosphere and makes the Earth warmer.
Scientists say we must start making changes and planning now. We need to continue to do research, so
we can predict what will happen in the future. We must burn less coal, oil, and gas. Other scientists believe that
the problem is not so serious. They think that the Earth is growing warmer naturally, that we don't need to worry
about it now, and that we should just get ready for life in the warmer climate. Most scientists agree that the
causes of the world's climate are very complicated. They say that we must continue to measure the amount of
carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere. Scientists also encourage people to learn about the changes that are
occurring in the world and how we can all help protect our atmosphere.
1. Which of the following will be one of the consequences of a warmer earth?
A. Crops will be poor unless they are grown in the green house.
B. The amount of water will be decreased by half.
C. Farmer will get into trouble because of the heat.
D. There will be no winter on earth.
2. A rise in temperature will be more remarkable ____.
A. in the Arctic and Antarctic regions B. in the coastal cities
C. by the year 2050 D. under the great ice sheets
3. The melting of the polar ice sheets will probably lead to ____.
A. a rise in global temperature B. the extinction of many polar animals
C. flooding of many coastal cities D. a serve winter all over the world
4. The Earth wouldn't become warmer if ____.
A. the heat energy didn't escape from the earth's atmosphere
B. sunlight didn't pass through the atmosphere
C. the earth didn't send heat energy back into the atmosphere
D. carbon dioxide, ozone and water vapor didn't retain the heat energy
5. When the rainforests are destroyed ____.
A. people have to burn coal, oil, gas instead of wood for fuel
B. heat energy fails to escape from the atmosphere
C. there is nothing to absorb carbon dioxide
D. serious problems are caused for the scientists
6. It is obvious that ____.
A. greenhouses are responsible for the warming of the earth
 B. what is happening on the earth is comparable to what happens in a greenhouse
C. greenhouses should be banned to prevent the warming of the earth
D. things wouldn't be so bad if greenhouses were not made of glass or plastic
7. How useful is the ozone layer?
A. It protects the earth from the harmful radiation from the sun.
B. It absorbs much of the carbon dioxide.
C. It sends the extra heat energy back into space and thus keeps the earth cool.
D. It helps treat skin cancer.
8. The two factors that directly cause the greenhouse effects are ____.
A. the destruction of rain forests and the melting of the polar ice
B. the burning of fossil fuels and the changes of the climate
C. the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the decrease of the ozone layer
D. the ignorance of greenhouse owners and the development of skin cancer
9. There seems to be ____.
A. a solution to the problem by the middle of the 21st century
B. no need to worry about fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas
C. other undiscovered causes of the greenhouse effects
D. some disagreement among the scientists as to the danger of the greenhouse effect
10. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. The global warming B. The greenhouse effect
C. The heat energy D. The change of climate in the poles