Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Light pollution is not (1) serious as water or air pollution. Moreover, it is the type of pollution that occurs more in cities than in rural areas. In the past, we could sit out (2) _______night and gaze at glittering stars in the sky and light from objects in the outer space. Nowadays, cities are covered with lights from buildings, streets, advertising displays, many of which direct the lights up into the sky and into many unwanted places. The real problem (3) _________ that it is very wasteful to apply light to almost everything at night. Millions of tons of oil and coal (4) _________ to produce the power to light the sky. Eye strain, loss of vision and stress are what people may get from light (5) ________. Too much light at night can harm our eyes and also harm the hormones that help us to see things properly.
In the past, we could sit out (2) _______night and gaze at glittering stars in the sky and light from objects in the outer space.
- A.
at
- B.
on
- C.
in
- D.
of
Đáp án : A
Kiến thức: Giới từ thời gian
at + thời điểm, giờ => at night: về đêm/ lúc nửa đêm
on + ngày tháng/ ngày tháng năm
in + tháng/ năm/ mùa
of: của
In the past, we could sit out at night and gaze at glittering stars in the sky and light from objects in the outer space.
(Trong quá khứ, chúng ta có thể ngồi ngoài vào ban đêm và ngắm nhìn những ngôi sao lấp lánh trên bầu trời và ánh sáng từ các vật thể ở không gian bên ngoài.)
Chọn A
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Soil pollution may be caused by _______.
What is the effect of water pollution?
Which of the following is not the effect of air pollution?
How many kinds of pollution are there in the world now?
What is the main topic of the passage?
The word “It” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
Recycling helps to reduce waste because ________.
In order to save water, we can do all of the following things except ________ .
Recycling can help us ________ .
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Moreover, we can form some kind of organization that helps (5) _________the beaches.
If we see rubbish, we should do our part in protecting the land (4)_________ picking it up and throwing it in dust bins.
There (3)___________ a lot of things that we can do.
I feel really very annoyed (2) _________I see plastic bags lying on the sand, cigarette ends buried in the sand, and soda cans floating in the sea.
Have a walk on a beach, listen to the sound of the sea waves, (1)_______ suddenly you see a lot of rubbish on the beach.
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When ice caps melt, the sea level will (3) __________– which is dangerous to people living near the sea.
Firstly, this causes rain to come more frequently and makes storms (2) __________even stronger.
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Millions of tons of oil and coal (4) _________ to produce the power to light the sky.
The real problem (3) _________ that it is very wasteful to apply light to almost everything at night.
Light pollution is not (1) serious as water or air pollution.
At the Go Green Club
(Tại câu lạc bộ Sống Xanh)
1. Listen and read.
(Nghe và đọc.)
Club leader: Hello. Welcome back. Today we re discussing environmental problems and environmental protection. What are our serious environmental problems now?
Nam: Pollution and habitat loss, I think.
Ann: I agree. The air and water quality are getting worse and worse.
Club leader: Any others?
Ann: Yes, I can think of some like global warming, endangered species loss,...
Nam: So what should we do to help protect our environment?
Club leader: We can reduce our carbon footprint even in our homes.
Ann: What do you mean by 'carbon footprint'?
Club leader: Its the amount of carbon dioxide we release into the environment.
Ann: I see. So we can do things like turning off devices when were not using them.
Club leader: Right... And there is mụch more we can do, like practising the 3Rs.
Nam: We can plant more trees in our neighbourhood too.
Ann: And try to avoid using single-use products, like plastic bags, and stop littering.
Club leader: Yeah. And we can volunteer at some local environment programmes to save endangered species.