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Monday, March 30th , 2009
Exercises. No. 1
I / Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences:
1. I want everybody to listen ______. (care / careful/ careless/ carefully)
2. We fell very _____ today. (happy/ happiness/ happily/ happen)
3. I’ve looked _____ my new pen everywhere and I can’t find it anywhere (at/ for/ up/ on)
4. Solar energy doesn’t cause ______.(pollution/ polluted/ pollute/ pollutant)
5. Where _____ you go if you have a car?(would/ have/ will/ did)
6.A(n) _____ is a person who installs and repairs water pipes.(electrician/ carpenter/ locksmith/ plumber)
7. He got bad mark ____ he didn’t study hard.(so/ because/ but/ and)
8. I suggest ____ to the movies.(going/ to/ go/ went)
9. All the classes were ____ painted.(bad/ badly/ worse/ good)
10. My parents saw me ____ at the railway station. (in/ for/ up/ off)
11. Mount Pinatubo, ____ is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991.(which/ who/ whom/ whose)
12. Tornadoes and funnel-shaped storms can suck up anything __ is in their path.(who/ whom/ that/whose)
13. We ____ since we left school. (don’t meet/ didn’t meet/ won’t meet/ haven’t met)
14. I’ll bring some raincoat just in case, I hope my friends ____ laugh at me. (didn’t/ won’t/ don’t/ haven’t)
15. In 1995, a huge earthquake ____ the city of Kobe in Japan.(strike/ struck/ striking/ striked)
16. Tidal waves ___ the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.(are/were/is/ was)
17. I can’t hear what you are saying. Can you ____ the radio. (turn on/turn off/ turn up/ turn over)
18. Neil Armstrong, _____ walked on the moon, lived in the USA. (which/ whom/ who/ whose)
19. Marie Curie,___is one of the greatest women in our time, discovered radium. (whom/whose/which/ who)
20. The men and the elephants ____ you saw on TV last night are from Africa. (which/ that/ whom/ who)
II / Fill in the blanks with proper words:
countries – polluted – land – water – rivers – people – garbage – sea

Our oceans are becoming extremely (1) __________. Most of this pollution come from the land, which means it comes from (2) ________. First, there is raw sewerage, which is pumped directly into the sea. Many (3) _______, both developed and developing, are guilty of doing this. Secondly, ships drop about 6 million tons of (4) _______ into the sea each year. Thirdly, there are oil spills from ships. A ship has an accident and oil leaks from the vessel. This not only pollutes the (5) ______, but it also kills marine life. Next, there are waste materials from factories. Without proper regulations, factory owners let the waste run into the (6) _______ which then leads into the (7) _______. And finally, oil is waste from (8) _______. This can be the result of carelessness or a deliberate dumping of waste.
III/ Read the passage and choose A, B, C or D for each of the following gaps:
Drought is a condition that becomes (1) ___the average rainfall for the fertile area drops far (2) ___the normal amount for a long period of time. In areas which are not irrigated, the lack of (3) __ causes farm crops to wither and dead. (4) __ than normal temperatures usually accompany periods (5) ____ drought. They add to the crop damage. Forest (6) __ start (7) ____ during drought. The soil of a drought area becomes (8) ____ and crumbles. Often the rich topsoil is blown away by the hot, dry (9) ____. Streams, ponds, and wells often dry up during a drought, and animals suffer and may even die because of the lack of (10) ____
1. A. when B. where C. what D. who
2. A. under B. up C. below D. down
3. A. wind B. rain C. fog D. storm
4. A. High B. Highest C. Higher D. Height
5. A. in B. at C. on D. of
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