Ôn tập HKII lớp 11

UNIT 6: GLOBAL WARMING
Part I. PHONETICS
Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. genius
B. gorilla
C. global
D. gases

2. A. pollution
B. poaching
C. physical
D. pesticide

3. A. warming
B. warn
C. walk
D. wasn’t

4. A. floor
B. flood
C. moorland
D. door

5. A. increase
B. release
C. please
D. grease

Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, c, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
6. A. campaign
B. global
C. balance
D. carbon

7. A. natural
B. endangered
C. dangerous
D. habitat

8. A. rainforest
B. tropical
C. discover
D. animal

9. A. pollution
B. continue
C. enormous
D. disappear

10. A. devastated
B. environment
C. diversity
D. ecology

Part II. VOCABULARY
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.   
11. We need to cut down on the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
A. Intake                   B. retake                  C. uptake               D. discharge
12. Land erosion is mainly caused by widespread deforestation.
A. Afforestation             B. refbrestation           C. logging               D. lawn mowing
13. In the past, a lot of countries denied having contributed to global warming.
A. Agreed                    B. refuted                   C. approved                  D. avoided
14. Most people admit that they contribute to global warming.
A. Be partly responsible for                    B. disapprove
C. Neglect                                                   D. cause
15. We must admit that people are heavily polluting the environment.
A. Decline                   B. rebut                 C. deny                D. accept
16. In the polluted environment, infectious diseases can be passed easily from one person to another.
A. Fatal               B. safe                C. contagious                D. immune
17. Global warning has severe impact on water supplies.
A. Very good                 B. very bad               C. normal               D. long-lasting
18. Global warming occurs when the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere trap the heat from the sun.
A. Catch                 B.discharge               C. dispose                  D. release
19. Such unhygienic conditions encourage the spread of diseases.
A. Decline                B. stability               C. decrease                  D. increase
20. Deforestation is one of the biggest environmental threats to the ecological balance in the world.
A. Sureties                 B.certainties                     C. dangers          D. safety
21. As fossil fuel resources are running out, it is important for the government to fínd some types of alternative energy.
A. Irreplaceable             B. substitute           C. impossible              D. practical
22. Local people have cut down the íbrests to make way for farming.
A. Allow farming to take place B. Lose way in farming
C. Have a way of farming D. Give way to farming
23. Because farmers had been informed about the bad effects of chemical fertilisers, they started using them sparinglyon their farms.
A. Carelessly               B.moderately             C. recklessly              D. irresponsibly
24. Global warming is one of the biggest issues facing humans nowadays.
A. Causes                 B. factors             C. concems               D. agreements
25. The biggest cause of global warming is carbon dioxide emissions from coal burning power plants.
A. Fauna               B. flora                C. trees                D. factories
26. Global warming effects on people and nature are catastrophic.
A. Destmctive             B.constructive             C. evaluative               D. Creative
27. Coal buming releases a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
A. Discourages             B. reduces          C. relaxes               D. discharges
28. The demand for cars is increasing rapidly in the modem world.
A. Need               B.offer                C. reply                   D. discovery
29. Forests absorb and capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
A. Take up                 B.take in               C. take over                  D. take to
30. The process of forests absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been disrupted by the current alarming rate of deíòrestation.
A. Discussed              B.discovered             C. disturbed            D. distributed
31. Flood and drought are two major causes of famine.
A. Family                  B.obesity                 C. hygiene              D. hunger
32. Water shortages are likely to delay economic growth and damage ecosystems.
A. Aid                    B. advance                    C. deter