I.Đọc và chọn một từ thích hợp đã cho trong khung điền vào mỗi chổ trống
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When waste is sent to landfill, air cannot get to the organic waste. Therefore as the waste breaks down it (1)……… a harmful greenhouse gas, methane, which damages the Earth's atmosphere. However, when this same waste is composted above ground at home, oxygen helps the waste to decompose aerobically which (2)…………hardly any methane is produced, which is good news for the planet. And what's more, after nine to twelve months, you (3)………a free fertiliser for your garden and plant pots to keep them looking beautiful. Your compost is a nutrient-rich food product for your garden and will help (4)……….. soil structure, maintain moisture levels, and keep your soil's pH balance in check while helping to suppress plant disease. It will have everything your plants need including nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and it will help buffer soils that are very acidic or alkaline. Compost improves your soil's condition and your plants and flowers will (5)………..it!
II. Chọn một đáp án trong số A, B, C hoặc D điền vào mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành đoạn văn sau.
I (1)_______my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years (2)_______in a remote village where the villagers were very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very disappointed (3)_______bad living condition and low pay. I was really homesick. However, at that time with my youth enthusiasm, I tried my best to devote myself to the noblest career, which was "teaching". I loved my poor little students. They (4)_______living in poverty but they could not suffer from empty mind. I am proud (5)_______ myself to be a teacher, a hard working "boatman" taking my students to the "destination" of knowledge.
1. A. begin B. had begun C. have begun D. began
2. A. having taught B. taught C. teaching D. to teach
3. A. because of B. because C. so D. despite
4. A. was B. were C. are D. is
5. A. on B. of C. about D. in
III. Đọc đoạn văn sau và chọn câu trả lời đúng cho các câu hỏi.
Britain is now a highly industrialized country and there are only 238,000 farms in the UK. More and more farmers leave the land because they cannot earn enough money to survive. Only large farms are economic and because of this, most British farms are big. They usually grow cereals in the east of England and raise sheep and cows in the north of England and Scotland. The small family farms often have to earn more money by offering bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists.
Farming methods in Britain have also changed. Fields used to be quite small, divided by hedges which were sometimes a thousand years old and full of wild flowers and birds. Many hedges were pulled up to allow farmers to use modern machinery. Now most fields in England are large by European standards.
1. British farmers give up working on their farms because ________.
A. they don’t want to continue to live there B. they are forced to leave the land
C. they can’t earn their own living by farming D. they are bored of the farm work
2. Most British farms are big because ________.
A. most British farmers are rich B. farming is now industrialized
C. small farms are uneconomic D. there are plenty of abandoned land
3. The small family farms often offer bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists ___.
A. so as to improve their earnings B. to show their friendship
C. so that the tourists will return in their farm the next time
D. because they want to have more tourists to their farms
4. Fields on British farms used to be ________.
A. large forests B. separated from each other by hedges
C. full of the tall plants D. full of flowers grown by farmers
5. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. Many hedges are pulled down for farmers to use modern machinery.
B. Breeding farms are usually in the north of England.
C. Cereals are usually grown in the east of England and Scotland.
D. Most fields in England are now larger than they used to be.