UNIT 4 LISTENING QUIZ

Name: ____Trần Doãn Hoàng Lê___________________________ Date: ___20/03/2024___________

PART A KEY SKILLS

DISTINGUISHING MAIN IDEAS FROM DETAILS
1 4.1 Listen to a talk about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). Match the main ideas (a–e) with the
parts of the talk (1–3) in which they appear.

Part of the talk Main ideas

1 Giving background information a,c,d
2 Explaining a problem e
3 Offering a solution b

a The discovery of the GPGP

b How to clean up the GPGP
c The size of the GPGP
d How the GPGP was created
e The effect of plastic on marine animals

2 4.1 Listen again. Then match the details below with the main ideas (a–e) in Exercise 1.

1 Moore decided to take a shortcut to get home. __a___

2 The California Current carries a plastic water bottle from Los Angeles to Mexico. _d____

3 The birds think bits of plastic are fish eggs. __e___

4 From outer space, the GPGP looks like the Great Wall of China. __c___

5 The platforms could be made of wood or metal. __b___

PART B PRONUNCIATION FOR LISTENING

SENTENCE STRESS
3 4.2 Listen to the excerpts from the talk. Underline the words the speaker stresses.
1 What he found in this wild, lonely area was trash: miles and miles of plastic waste.
2 No matter what time of day I looked, plastic debris was floating everywhere.
3 Do the actions of one person really impact the world?
4 Now, the problem with plastic is that it does not biodegrade.
5 The plastic waste is breaking down into tiny pieces, full of toxic chemicals, that marine animals are eating.
6 There really is no way for these animals to adapt to changes like these in their environment.

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UNIT 4 LANGUAGE QUIZ

Name: ___ Trần Doãn Hoàng Lê___________________________ Date: ___20/03/2024___________

PART A KEY VOCABULARY

1 Complete the text with the correct form of the words in the box.

adapt coastal conservation exploit habitat impact modify waste

wilderness

Help us protect our natural resources!

Our goal at Lakeside Villages is the (1)

conservation of marine (2) __wilderness__ in Lake Congee. We
are fortunate to have more than 500 miles of (3)
__coastal__ property here and we want to make sure that
we control the (4)
____impact_ that we have on our natural environment. Our goal is to (5) _adapt__ to our
environment, not to change it.

Accordingly, we have (6) ___modified___ our regulations to include the following:

● All plastic, glass, paper, and metal (7) waste must be recycled.

● No fishing is allowed. We cannot (8) ____exploit_____ our natural reserves of marine wildlife by
fishing.

● There will be no development of (9)

___habitat___ along the north shore of the lake. We want to keep
this area in its natural state.

Thank you for your cooperation.

2 Match the words in bold with their definitions.

1 Copper has been used in electrical wiring since the invention of the telegraph in the 1800s. f

2 Animals, like humans, need vitamins and minerals to survive a

3 The diamond in this ring was created in a laboratory. e

4 Burning natural gas produces fewer toxins than burning other types of fossil fuels. b

5 Many birds fly south to avoid the harsh conditions of winter. c

6 Underground mining can damage the environment d

a natural substances found in the earth such as coal or gold

b fuel for heating or cooking that is found underground
c severe and unpleasant
d the industry or activity of removing valuable substances from the earth
e a very hard, valuable stone, often used in jewelry

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Name: ___ Trần Doãn Hoàng Lê___________________________ Date: ___20/03/2024___________

f a reddish-brown metal, used in electrical equipment and for making wires and coins

PART B LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

MULTI-WORD PREPOSITIONS
3 Complete the paragraph with the correct prepositions.

According (1) to a recent report, the populations of around 75% of animal species in this country are declining
due (2) to human activities. Apart (3) from obvious causes such as hunting, the main reasons for the decline
appear to be habitat destruction, together (4) with pollution. This problem affects all parts of the country,
except for the mountains in the far north, where few animals or people live.

THE PAST PERFECT

4 Complete the text with the past perfect form of the verbs in parentheses.
About 20 years ago – in early 1997 – a man named Charles Moore was sailing home across the North Pacific
Ocean. He (1) ____had finished__ (finish) a sailing race and was heading back from Hawaii to Santa
Barbara, California. Rather than taking the usual route, he (2) had decided (decide) to take a thousand-mile
“shortcut” through a high-pressure area in the central Pacific Ocean, where few people
(3)
_had gone (go).

What he found in this wild, lonely area was trash: miles and miles of plastic waste. As he reported, “In the
week it took to cross the subtropical high, no matter what time of day I looked, plastic debris was floating
everywhere: bottles, bottle caps, wrappers … parts of TVs, volleyballs, truck tires.” Based on what he
(4)
_had found_ (find), he calculated the total weight of the trash to be about three million tons. The area
Moore (5) ___discovered__ (discover) is now called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or GPGP.

VERBS TO DESCRIBE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

5 Complete the summary with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

adapt affect decline exploit survive

We are only beginning to comprehend how our actions (1) affect the world. We know that the populations of
certain animals, such as polar bears, have (2) declined in recent years. We believe that these bears cannot (3)
adapt to a warmer climate. Other animals, such as the Javan rhinoceros, have been (4) exploited by hunters
for huge profits. Today only 40–60 Javan rhinoceros still (5) survive on the island of Java.

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