50 CÂU HỎI
About a quarter of the (1)_____ comes from people cutting trees for fuel.
A. destruction
B. destroying
C. destroy
D. destructive
The (2)______ trees are cut down to sell the wood to start farms.
A. staying
B. remaining
C. standing
D. dwelling
(3)_______ people continue cutting down that many trees in Sarawak rain forest, all the trees could be gone in eight years.
A. Unless
B. If
C. While
D. Although
The world needs more food, and it (4)______ like a good idea to clear the rain forests and use the land for agriculture.
A. seems
B. looks
C. tastes
D. sounds
This is another surprising thing about rain forests. Most of the land in tropical rain forest is very(5)________.
A. short
B. poor
C. unfortunate
D. ill
Voluntary work helps foster independence and imparts the ability to (6)_______ with different situations, often simultaneously, thus teaching people how to work their way through different systems.
A. deal
B. face
C. solve
D. fight
It (7)_______ brings people into touch with the real world; and, hence, equips them for the future.
A. although
B. therefore
C. however
D. moreover
And in the absence of any particular talent, their energy and enthusiasm can be harnessed for the benefit of their fellow human beings, and (8)_______ themselves.
A. necessarily
B. ultimately
C. intimately
D. exclusively
It demonstrates a willingness to learn and an independent spirit, (9)_______ would be desirable qualities in any employee
A. who
B. whose
C. which
D. that
So to satisfy employers‟ demands for experience when applying (10)_______ work, volunteering can act as a means of gaining experience that might otherwise elude would-be workers and can ultimately lead to paid employment and the desired field.
A. to
B. in
C. for
D. on
We (11)___ well over three million tons of the stuff in Japan each year and, sooner or later, most of it is thrown away .
A. consign
B. import
C. consume
D. remove
A high proportion of our animal consumption is in the (12)____ of packaging
A. form
B. way
C. type
D. kind
this constitutes about seven percent by weight, of our domestic (13) ____ .
A. goods
B. refuse
C. rubble
D. requirements
The plastics themselves are extremely energy - rich – they have a higher calorific (14) ____ than coal
A. effect
B. degree
C. value
D. demand
Andone methodn of “recovery” strongly (15)____ by plastic manufacturers if the conversion of waste plastic into a fuel.
A. argued
B. presented
C. desired
D. favored
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (16)______ .
A. threat
B. problem
C. danger
D. vanishing
Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become (17)_______ if we do not make an effort to protect them.
A. disappeared
B. vanished
C. extinct
D. empty
Some birds, such as parrots, are caught (18)______ and sold as pets.
A. for life
B. alive
C. lively
D. for living
Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them to grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (19)______ wildlife.
A. spoil
B. wound
C. wrong
D. harm
The most successful animals on earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones (20)______, unless we can solve this problem.
A. left
B. over
C. staying
D. survive
In the early twentieth century, an American woman named Emily Post wrote a book (21)_______ etiquette.
A. on
B. with
C. by
D. upon
But in modern society, it is not simply to know the proper (22)______ for behavior in your own country.
A. tendency
B. convention
C. rules
D. laws
In Western cultures, a gift can be given to the receiver with relatively (23)______ ceremony.
A. specially
B. differently
C. few
D. little
(24)______, in some Asian countries, the act of gift-giving may appear confusing to Westerners.
A. Morever
B. Otherwise
C. Therefore
D. However
In addition, to show respect for the receiver, it is (25)_________ in several Asian cultures to use both hands when offering a gift to another person.
A. extraordinary
B. efficient
C. unusual
D. common
Founded after World War II by 51 "peace-loving states" combined to oppose future aggression, the United Nations now counts 192 member nations, (26) _________ its newest members, Nauru, Kiribati, and Tonga in 1999, Tuvalu and Yugoslavia in 2000, Switzerland and East Timor in 2002, and Montenegro in 2006.
A. including
B. limiting
C. especially
D. possibly
United Nations Day has been (27) _________ on October 24 since 1948 and celebrates the objectives and accomplishments of the organization, which was established on October 24, 1945.
A. examined
B. watched
C. monitored
D. celebrated
The UN (28) _________ in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions across the globe.
A. puts off
B. looks down
C. takes part
D. makes use
Though some say its (29) _________ has declined in recent decades, the United Nations still plays a tremendous role in world politics.
A. consequence
B. meaninglessness
C. awareness
D. influence
Thus far, close to 130 nations have contributed personnel (30) _________various times; 119 are currently providing peacekeepers.
A. on
B. at
C. by
D. in
He stopped, (31)______ his hand with a strange object in it, put it to his ear and started to talk into it.
A. pulled
B. raised
C. lifted
D. rose
This was the beginning of mobile phone (32)_______, more than 30 years ago.
A. past
B. times
C. history
D. story
That man was Motorola's project manager, Martin Cooper, who was (33)______ his 34th birthday that day.
A. making
B. driving
C. expecting
D. celebrating
The strange object was the first mobile phone, which was nicknamed “the shoe” because of its unusual (34) ______.
A. kind
B. shape
C. type
D. symbol
"I called him and said that I was talking on a real mobile phone (35)_____ I was holding in my hand," said Cooper.
A. that
B. when
C. as
D. how
American folk music originated with (36) ________ people
A. ordinary
B. popular
C. common
D. typical
at a time when the rural population was isolated and music was not (37) ______ spread by radio, records, or music video.
A. even
B. still
C. until
D. yet
It was (38) _____ by oral traditional and is noted for its energy, humor, and emotional impact.
A. transferred
B. transformed
C. transmitted
D. Transited
In the nineteenth century, composer Steven Foster wrote some of the most enduringly popular of all American songs, (39) ______ soon became part of the folk tradition.
A. which
B. this
C. who
D. That
Many of these songs deal (40) _____ important social issue, such as racial integration and the war in Vietnam.
A. in
B. by
C. with
D. At
The teenager, who had been working (41)_____ an administrative assistant at a marketing company for just three weeks,didn‟t feel very enthusiastic about the duties she was asked to do.
A. For
B. as
C. like
D. At
(42)_____ of moaning to her friends she decided to express her thoughts on her Facebook page to a colleague
A. Due
B. Regardless
C. Instead
D. In spite
who (43) _____ the boss‟s attention to it.
A. Got
B. caught
C. paid
D. Drew
He immediately fired her on the (44)_____ that her public display of dissatisfaction made it impossible for her to continue working for the company.
A. Terms
B. condition
C. grounds
D. Basis
She claimed she‟s been perfectly happy with her job and that her light-hearted comments shouldn‟t (45)_____ taken seriously.
A. to be
B. have been
C. be
D. Have
University researchers have taken samples from a preserved dodo specimen in an (46) _____ to uncover the extinct bird‟s family tree.
A. Attempt
B. intention
C. order
D. assistance
Their analysis (47) _____ the doo and the solitaire to be close relatives with the Nicobar pigeon, their nearest living relative.
A. Advises
B. involves
C. shows
D. recommends
By 1681, all dodos had been (48) _____ by hungry sailors.
A. Disappeared
B. vanished
C. killed
D. extinct
The solitaire, which looked a bit like a dodo, had gone the same way by 1800. By extracting short pieces of the dodo‟s DNA and (49) _____ these with the DNA of living birds, the scientists were able to deduce when the dodo evolved away from its relatives into a separate entity.
A. Studying
B. comparing
C. researching
D. Combining
The scientists can now (50) _____ assume that the dodo developed its distinctive appearance and features as a result of its geographical isolation.
A. Surely
B. hardly
C. highly
D. Safely