UNIT 8 (conditional sentences & ecology)

Climate change and population growth can ______ to water shortages.

• result

• lead

• bring

• get

Supermarkets often give ____ plastic bags to customers.

• over

• away

• up

• off

What kind of packaging material should we use _____ plastic bags?

• irrespective of

• on account of

• instead of

• in spite of

Answer explanation

What kind of packaging material should we use instead of plastic bags?

Chúng ta nên sử dụng loại vật liệu đóng gói nào thay cho túi nhựa?

Quan was fined for _____ trash into the river near his house.

• leaving

• dumping

• emptying

• dropping

Answer explanation

Quan was fined for dumping trash into the river near his house.

Quân bị phạt vì đổ rác xuống sông gần nhà.

Viet: I think we should ban single-use plastic.

Quan: ____. Plastic makes life more convenient.

• I think it's difficult

• That's a great idea

• You can say that again

• That would be easy to do so

If we could compost plastic, it wouldn’t _____ in landfills and oceans.

• finish off

• give up

• drop by

• end up

Answer explanation

If we could compost plastic, it wouldn’t end up in landfills and oceans.

= Nếu chúng ta có thể ủ phân nhựa, nó sẽ không bị thải ra bãi rác và đại dương.

Our oceans are an important ______ of food.

• resource

• source

• cause

• origin

Choose the CLOSEST in meaning

My grandpa always helps me to keep those plants alive. He definitely has green fingers.

• has fingers painted green

• is good at gardening

• is very helpful

• loves plants and trees

Answer explanation

green fingers (idiom): a skilled gardener/ a person who is good at gardening.

Có ngón tay xanh = người giỏi làm vườn, mát tay khi trồng cây, trồng cây tươi tốt

Choose the OPPOSITE in meaning

Polluted water can do harm to both humans and animals.

• clean

• warm

• deep

• muddy

Answer explanation

polluted water: nước bị ô nhiễm >< clean water: nước sạch

When coal or oil is burned, carbon dioxide is _____.

• leaked

• freed

• thrown out

• released