Find each blank with a word/phrase in the box

1,if this factory continues....... into the lake ,all the fish anh other aquatic animals will die

2,I think there is....... around here because all trees and plants turn yellow and dry

3,when thermal pollution happens,the........in rivers,lakes and oceans changes

4,soil pollution happens when people destroy the........

5,poison is a......that can make people or animals ill or kill them if they eat or drink it

6,they are all........ to see that all the fish they grow on their farm are dead

7,you can see stars at night on the countryside because there isn't any........ there

8,many households around the West lake dump......into it so the water is polluted

9,the vegetable price is increasing because the....... rain has caused damage to almost vegetable in this area

10,the.......chemical waste in this factory is dumped into the river so its water now becomes almost black

I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence

1. What is the main_______of visual pollution? - Because there are too many advertising billboards.

A. effect B. affect C. result D. cause

2. Households________waste into the river so it is polluted.

A. damage B. lead C. lose D. dump

3. If the factory ________ dumping poison into the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.

A. continues B. to continue C. continued D. will continue

4. Water pollution is the ________________ in the lake has made the fish die.

A. contaminating B. contaminate C. contaminated D. contamination

5. If I were you, I ______________ that car .

A. would buy B. buy C. bought D. buying

6. If the factorycontinues dumping poison _______ the lake, all the fish and other aquatic animals will die.

A. into B. to C. about D. in

II. Word form

7. The polluted water results in the _________of many aquatic animals DIE

8. If we use water __________________ . more people will have fresh water. CARE

9. Are all types of pollution ____________________ to the health of humans and animals? HARM

10. The music club made so much noise that the_________________ complained to its owner. RESIDE

III. Rewrite the sentences below without changing their original meaning

11. Leaves are damaged. The tree cannot get enough food energy to stay healthy. (because)

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12. Light pollution happens. There is a change in animals’ living patterns. (If)

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13. Factories release fumes. The air breathe gets polluted. (due to)

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*Combine each pải ò sentences, using the words given

l. People eat dirty food. They can be cancer. (If)

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2. A factory directly discharges a large volume of waste water into the Thi Vai River. The river is

polluted. (If)

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3. Farmers use polluted water to water their plants. People eat these plants, they become sick with

diseases such as diarrhea, bacterial inflections even cancer. (If)

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4. Thermal pollution takes place. The water temperature in streams, rivers, lakes and oceans will increase

or decrease suddenly. (If)

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5. People live in radioactive pollution area. They can be skin cancer. (If)

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6. One effect of global warming is that sea levels are rising. The polar icecaps are melting. (because)

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7. The global population has increased. There are much better levels of nutrition. (because of)

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8. Nuclear explosions and detonations of nuclear weapons cause radioactive pollution. (lead to)

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9. More and more roads are being built. Air pollution is rising. (as a consequence)

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10. The fish and other aquatic animals have died. The water is polluted. (due to)

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Rewrite the sentences, using the words in brackets.

1. The noise from the music club is loud, so the residents of the street cannot sleep. (because of)

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2. Vy had a stomachache because she ate a big dinner. (since)

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3. Because it rained heavily, the road in front of my house was flooded. (due to)

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4. His room is untidy, so his mother is unhappy. (because)

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5. Global warming happens when there is too much carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. (causes)

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6. Noise pollution happens. There is a change in animals living pattern. (causes)

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7. Radioactive pollution is very dangerous. It can cause abnormal growth. (since)

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8. The area is uninhabirable. The Chernobyl nuclear accident happened. (made)

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9. Fossil fuels such as coal or oil are burned. Acid gases are produced. (so)

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10. Acid rain is dangerous. Tree'leaves are damaged. (because of)

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11. Leaves are damaged. The tree cannot get enough food energy to stay healthy. (because)

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12. There are asthma, allergies and other respiratory illness when air pollution happens. (lead to)

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13. Aquatic life suffers of dies because there is thermal pollution. (because of)

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14. Water in the Cau River becomes brown and has terrible smell because the waste water is released from the paper mill in Thai Nguyen City. (so)

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15. People use too much herbicide to treat weeds, so water in rivers, canals, lakes are axtremely polluted and has bad effects on people's health. (because)

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16. Many fish in the river die due to the increased temperature of water. (because)

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17. Because plastic bags take so long to decompose, nearly all of them still exist in the environment today. (so)

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18. We are unable to see the stars in the sky. Light pollution occurs. (make)

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19. Glass panels, windows, lawns and roofs make light pollution worse. They reflect both artificial and sun light. (because)

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20. All sounds are not noise. Noise is any sound that is unwanted and goes beyond its certain limit, for example, above 80 decibels. (because)

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21. More and more noise is created by modern civilization. It has now become a major environmental pollutant, especially in urban areas. (so)

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22. Contamination in the air happens. There is acid rain which damages soil, vegetation and aquatic life of the region. (cause)

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I. Fill in each blank with the correct preposition.

1. Thousands of people were exposed... radiation when the nuclear plant exploded.

2. Waste water from many factories which is dumped... water bodies directly causes water pollution.

3. Land pollution is responsible for damage done ... natural habitat of animals.

4. Americans throw... twenty-eight and a half million tons of plastic in landfills every year.

5. Scientist have come up ... new ways of saving energy.

II. Circle the mistake in each sentence, and then correct it.

1. Long exposure to loud noise results permanent hearing loss.

2. The misuse of resources and improper dumping of waste make land pollution.

3. The soil becomes contaminated because the use of so many pesticides and other farming chemicals.

4. Oil slicks from boats or ships pollute the sea, because many fish and sea birds die.

5. In many developing countries, water pollution is usually a leading cause of death if people drink from polluted water sources.

6. We should plant trees in our neighbourhood so trees help cool the planet.

III

The major cause of water pollution in Vietnam is the weakness industrial wastewater management. Many factories.... fresh water to carry away waste... their plants into canal rivers and lakes. Most of them do not have.... wastewater treatment system. Industrial was water is directly discharged into canals, lakes, ponds and rivers, causing serious... of surface water. For example,... 2008, Vedan factory, a sodium glutamate plant, release their untreated industrial wastewater into the Thi Vai River and... tons of fish and ducks the river to die.

Another cause of water pollution in Vietnam is the lack of awareness among citizens. Every day people genera a lot of... , and they throw it directly into canals, rivers and ponds. They... water from these sources to do their laundry, wash dishes, bathe and then they throw the dirty water that cointain detergent and shampoo directly into them.

WORD FORM & VERB TENSES OF UNIT 7-8 (ENGLISH 8^TH)

I. WORD FORM:

1. The soil becomes ____________________ because of the use of so many pesticides and fertilizers. (contaminate)

2. ____________________ waste spills can contaminate groundwater. (industry)

3. In many developing countries, water pollution is usually a leading cause of ______________________. (die)

4. ___________________ elements have been found in both ground and underground water sources. (pollute)

5. Fish and many other animals are killed by __________________ in their habitats. (pollute)

6. Astronomers are concerned about light pollution because they have __________________ in viewing activities in the sky and outer space. (difficult)

7. __________________ habitats have been destroyed in recent years. (nature)

8. A number of cleaning products contain _________________ chemicals. (harm)

9. Water samples collected at these villages were seriously __________________ with bacteria. (comtanimate)

10. People believe that the _________________ water has brought cancer to the local residents. (pollute)

11. Light pollution makes us __________________ to see the stars in the sky. (able)

12. Noise is considered as ____________________ pollution. (environment)

13. The ___________________ of lakes, rivers, oceans or underwater causes water pollution. (contaminate)

14. The street doesn’t look __________________ because it has a lot of rubbish. (attract)

15. Are all types of pollution __________________ to the health of human and animals. (harm)

16. The ____________________ are concerned about the oil spills in East Sea. (environment)

17. Dumping ____________________ waste into the lakes and rivers has caused serious water pollution. (industry)

18. Many people in this area have cholera because they drink ___________________ water. (treat)

19. Examples of primary __________________ are exhaust fumes from cars, soot from smoke. (pollute)

20. If we use water __________________, more people will have fresh water. (care)

21. The polluted water results in the __________________ of many aquatic animals and plants. (die)

22. Both French and English are ____________________ languages in Canada. (office)

23. NSW is the ___________________ of New South Wales, the most populous state in Australia. (abbreviate)

24. Do you know that the telephone, the television, and penicillin are Scottish ___________________? (invent)

25. Visitors can spend __________________ days exploring amazing natural beauty of New Zealand. (end)

26. There are different kinds of __________________ provided throughout Disneyland. (entertain)

27. Scotland is a __________________ land and this is noted for its rich and interesting history. (legend)

28. Niagara Falls, on the border of the USA and Canada, is one of the most ___________________ scenery in the world. (spectacle)

29. There are many tourist _____________________ in London such as British Museum, London Eye and Tower of London. (attact)

30. We’ll take the early _____________________ from Sydney to Wellington. (fly)

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

There are many causes that lead to water pollution. One main cause of this issue is waste water coming from many factories and then being directly pulled out into water bodies, especially into rivers or seas without any treatment because this is the most convenient way of disposing waste water. Industrial waste consists of some kinds of chemical substances such as sulphur, which is harmful for marine life. Lead is known as the main reason for cancer disease. Cancer has become a popular disease in several communes which are called “cancer villages”. Another cause is the awareness of citizens, people always use water for many purposes and then they dump waste water or garbage directly into rivers, canals and ponds and so on. In 2004, because of a bird flu outbreak in Viet Nam, people threw poultry to water body that made water highly polluted.

Question: What is cancer called when it has become a popular disease in several communes?

A. cancer grounds

B. cancer offices

C. cancer pollutions

D. cancer villages