ENGLISH 12 UNIT 3

The council wants to ____ the character of the city while reconstructing the Old Quarter.

• preserve

• store

• defense

• abandon

Heavy traffic ____ us so we came to the meeting rather late.

• promoted

• arrested

• canceled

• delayed

It turned out to be a ____ journey when the weather became bad.

• hazard

• hazardous

• hazarded

• hazarding

Poaching ____ the greatest threat to many species.

• creates

• presents

• poses

• produces

In Africa, people's interference in the rhino's ____ leads to habitat loss.

• sector

• territory

• domain

• country

____ the wild, giant pandas eat bamboo.

• On

• Into

• Onto

• In

This species of African elephants is ____.

• dying out

• dying of

• dying on

• dying down

____ is wiping out many kinds of plants and animals.

• Defoliation

• Deforestation

• Deformation

• Degradation

The tiger is ____ of extinction. It is difficult to find them in the wild.

• on the wing

• on the rocks

• on the verge

• on the ground

Switching to ____ eco light bulb is one way to protect the environment.

• energy-wasting

• energy-expending

• energy-lacking

• energy-saving