In the world today, particular in the two most industrialized areas

In the world today, particular in the two most industrialized areas

Đề bài: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

In the world today, particular in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe, recycling is the big news. People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment. Recycling means finding ways to use products a second time. The motto of the recycling movement is “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”.

The first step is to reduce garbage. In stores, a shopper has to buy products in blister packs, boxes and expensive plastic wrappings. A hamburger from a fast food restaurant comes in lots of packaging: usually paper, a box and a bag. All that packaging is wasted resources. People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products. When low-quality appliances break, many customers throw them away and buy new ones - a loss of more resources and more energy. For example, if a customer buys a high-quality appliance that can be easily repaired, the manufacturer receives an important message. In the same way, if a customer chooses a product with less packaging, that customer sends an important message to the manufacturers. To reduce garbage, the throw-away must stop.

The second step is to reuse. It is better to buy juices and soft drinks in returnable bottles. After customers empty the bottles, they return them to the stores. The manufacturers of the drinks collect bottles, wash them, and then fill them again. The energy that is necessary to make new bottles is saved. In some parts of the world, returning bottles for money is a common practice. In those places, the garbage dumps have relatively little glass and plastic from throw-away bottles.

The third step being environmentally sensitive is to recycle. Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again. Aluminum cans are expensive to make. It takes the same amount of energy to make one aluminum can as it does to run a color TV set for three hours. When people collect and recycle aluminum (for new cans), they help save one of the world’s precious resources.

Câu 1: Which area is considered one of the most industrialized?

A. South America

B. Middle East

C. Europe

D. Asia

Câu 2: What does the word “sensitive” means?    

A. cautious

B. logical

C. responding

D. friendly

Câu 3: The word “motto” is closest in meaning to _______.

A. meaning

B. value

C. belief

D. reference

Câu 4: It is a waste when customers buy low-quality products because _______.

A. they have to be repaired many times.

B. they will soon throw them away.

C. customers always change their idea.

D. they are very cheap.

Câu 5: What is the topic of the passage?

A. How to live sensitively to the environment.

B. How to reduce garbage disposal.

C. What is involved in the recycling movement.

D. What people understand the term “recycle”

Câu 6: People can do the following to reduce waste EXCEPT _______.

A. buy high-quality products

B. buy simply-wrapped things

C. reuse cups

D. buy more hamburgers

Câu 7: What best describe the process of reuse?

A. The bottles are filled again after being returned, collected and washed.

B. The bottles are collected, washed, returned and filled again.

C. The bottles are washed, returned filled again and collected.

D. The bottles are collected, returned, filled again and washed.

Câu 8: The word “practice” is closest in meaning to _______.

A. training

B. exercise

C. deed

D. belief

Câu 9: Garbage dumps in some areas have relatively little glass and plastic because _______.

A. people are ordered to return bottles

B. returned bottles are few

C. each returned bottle is paid

D. few bottles are made of glass or plastic

Câu 10: What are the two things mentioned as examples of recycling?

A. TV sets and aluminum cans.

B. Hamburger wrappings and spent motor oil.

C. Aluminum cans and plastic wrappings.

D. Aluminum cans and spent motor oil.

Lời giải:

Đáp án:

Giải thích:

1. Thông tin: particular in the two most industrialized areas, North America and Europe” (đặc biệt ở 2 vùng công nghiệp lớn nhất, Bắc Mỹ và Châu Âu)

2. Sensitive = nhạy cảm ~ Friendly = thân thiện

3. Motto = phương châm ~ Belief = sự tin tưởng

4. Thông tin: When low-quality appliances break, many customers throw them away (Khi những thiết bị kém bị hỏng, nhiều khách hàng ném chúng đi.)

5. Thông tin: People are talking about it, practicing it, and discovering new ways to be sensitive to the environment” (Mọi người nói về nó, thực hiện nó và khám phá ra cách mới để thân thiện với môi trường. Các đoạn về sau để phân tích cách làm đó.)

6. Thông tin: People should try to buy things that are wrapped simply, and to reuse cups and utensils. Another way to reduce waste is to buy high-quality products (Mọi người nên cố gắng mua những thứ được bọc đơn giản và tái sử dụng cốc và đồ dùng. Một cách khác để giảm lãng phí là mua sản phẩm chất lượng cao)

7. Thông tin: … they return them to the stores. The manufacturers of the drinks collect bottles, wash them, and then fill them again (… họ trả lại chúng cho các cửa hàng. Các nhà sản xuất đồ uống thu thập chai, rửa sạch và sau đó đổ đầy lại)

8. practice = deed: hành động

9. Thông tin: … returning bottles for money is a common practice (trả lại chai lọ để lấy tiền là hành động phổ biến)

10. Thông tin: “Spent motor oil can be cleaned and used again” và “people collect and recycle aluminum (“Dầu máy đã sử dụng có thể được làm sạch và sử dụng lại” và “người dân thu gom và tái chế nhôm”)