Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Types of pollution
In total, there are eight sources of pollution in the modern world, which put negative effects on the natural world and the health of human beings.
Air Pollution
Air pollution comes from many sources such as vehicle exhaust, and construction. Several effects are smog increases, higher rain acidity, and higher rates of asthma.
Water Pollution
Water pollution can be caused by improper waste disposal and littering. Some effects of water pollution are decreasing the quantity of drinkable water, and affecting aquatic life.
Soil Pollution
Soil pollution sources include poisonous waste, sewage spills, household dumping and littering. Soil contamination can lead to loss of wildlife habitat.
Noise Pollution
Noise pollution can come from traffic, airports, railroads, construction, and concerts. Hearing loss is one example of noise pollution effects.
Radioactive Pollution
Sources of radioactive contamination include nuclear power plant accidents, and improper nuclear waste disposal. Radiation pollution can cause birth defects, cancer, and other health problems.
Thermal Pollution
Thermal pollution may be caused by power plants, air pollution, and deforestation. As temperatures increase, wildlife populations may be unable to recover from quick changes.
Light Pollution
Sources include large cities, billboards and advertising. If it is near residential areas, light pollution can decrease the quality of life for residents.
Visual Pollution
Visual pollution can be caused by other pollution or just by undesirable, unattractive views. It may lower the quality of life, or affect property values and personal enjoyment.
Because of increased temperature, it can be ________ for wildlife species to recover from quick changes.
- A.
easy
- B.
likely
- C.
able
- D.
difficult
Đáp án : D
Thông tin: “As temperatures increase, wildlife populations may be unable to recover from quick changes.”
Do nhiệt độ tăng, có thể là ____ cho các loài động vật hoang dã phục hồi sau những thay đổi nhanh chóng.
A. dễ
B. có khả năng
C. có thể
D. khó
Thông tin: As temperatures increase, wildlife populations may be unable to recover from quick changes.
(Khi nhiệt độ tăng, quần thể động vật hoang dã có thể không thể phục hồi sau những thay đổi nhanh chóng.)
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
Any kinds of pollution can affect our lives _________.
Unattractive views can make people feel ________.
If light pollution happens near places where many people live, it can ____________;
Noise pollution can lead to________ .
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 ________ .
Pollution can be caused from the following sources except _______.
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.
Many animals are now threatened by habitat (5) __________.
Finally, global warming also causes changes in (4) __________ environment, which destroys many animals habitats.
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.
Many natural (1) __________, such as floods, storms and heat waves, are caused by global warming.
Eye strain, loss of vision and stress are what people may get from light (5) ________.
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.
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.
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.