21. A. on
22. A. coming up
C. in
C. come up
B. at
B. upcoming
B/ The environment is the (23)
natural environment has been (24)
world in which people, animals and plants live. The
decades. For instance, the burning of fossil fuels by factories and motor vehicles has led (25)
affected and degraded by human activities through many
pollution and resulted in acid rains, greenhouse effect and health problems.
air
We should do something immediately to protect (26)
should control the burning of fossil (27)
addition, there should be appropriate places to dump harmful rubbish and chemicals to reduce the rate of
water pollution, a threat to human health and a danger to aquatic animals.
............... environment. For instance, we
and encourage forestation to replace deforestation. In
To minimize the rate of environmental degradation and to raise awareness of its threats, the
preservation of the environment should be included in education and mass media. People should make every
effort to preserve the environment (28)
23. A. nature
24. A. danger
25. A. of
B. natural
B. dangerous
B. for
26. A. us
27. A. fuels
the next generation.
C. animal
C. serious
B. our
B. oil
C. to
C. ourselves
C. water
28. A. to
B. on
C. for
C/ New Year is one of the most important festivals in the United States. On New Year's Eve,
most people go to the parties. At twelve o'clock (23)
New Year" and they (24)
C. quality
C. in
C. get rid of
C. indefinitely
D. by
D. upcome
night, everyone says "Happy
their friends and relatives good luck. Halloween's Eve is
usually a long night to this holiday children (25)
as witches, ghosts or others. Most
children go from house to house asking for candy or fruit. (26)
house do not give (27)
candy, the children will (28)
this hardly ever happens. Many people give them candy or fruit.
23. A. on
B. at
C. in
24. A. wish
C. dream
25. A. wear
C. put on
B. greet
B. dress
B. So
B. their
26. A. Whether
27. A. they
GO
C. If
C. theirs
C. play
28. A. say
B. tell
D. speak
D/ Recycling is beneficial in two ways: it reduces the inputs (energy and raw materials) to a production
system and reduces the (17) of waste produced for disposal. A study conducted (18)
the
Technical University of Denmark found that in 80% of cases, recycling is the most efficient method to
(19)
household waste.
Some materials like aluminum can be recycled (20) as there is no change to the materials. Recycling
aluminum saves 95% of the energy cost of processing new aluminum because the melting temperature is
(21)
from 900°C to 600°C. It is by far the most efficient material to recycle. Recycling plastic saves
70% of the energy used in creating new plastic, and paper recycling saves 40% of the energy required to
make a new (22)
17. A. number
18. A. via
B. amount
B. with
B. store
19. A. add
20. A. indefinite
B. definite
21. A. reduced
B. increased
22. A. producing.
B. product.
E/ Earthquakes are the most destructive natural disasters. They usually (23) ......... without any warning
and result in a great loss of life and an enormous demolition of building Add onally, they may cause
devastating landslides or create gigantic tidal waves which, in (24) ........., are colossal walls of wate
smashing into seashores with such force that they are capable of destroying coastal cities. However, the vas
majority of fatalities and serious injuries (25).
when buildings collapse.
C. grew
C. products
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D. plant
D. seriously
D.
about
D. we
D. coal
D. with
the people at the
a trick on them. But
D. for
D. congratulate
D. take off
D. Although
D. them
D. gone up
D. produce
D. numbers
D. by
D. maintain
D. indefinable