Vocabulary (Từ vựng)

1. Choose the most appropriate option. (Chọn đáp án phù hợp nhất.)

1. There is a lot of pollution in big cities due to _____.

A. high-rise buildings                                                 B. overpopulation

C. slums                                                          D. rural migration

2. There are not many houses in this _____.

A. industrial area        B. high-rise building   C. megacity                 D. slum

3. People leave the countryside to move to a big city as part of _____.

A. overpopulation       B. megacity                 C. industrial area        D. rural migration

4. A city is considered a(n) _____ if it has more than ten million people.

A. slum                       B. megacity                 C. overpopulation       D. industrial area

5. As a painter, he was attracted to _____ landscapes; that's why he moved to Tokyo.

A. urban                      B. potential                 C. affordable               D. crowded

6. With so many people living in big cities, it is hard to find _____.

A. urbanisation           B. agriculture              C. accommodation      D. migration

7. There is no way you can find a(n) _____ flat in the centre of the city.

A. urban                      B. industrial                C. affordable               D. rural

8. The cities that have good _____ can develop a transit system easily.

A. industries                B. wages                     C. failure                     D. infrastructure

9. In a city, there are endless options for _____ activities.

A. recreational            B. peaceful                  C. spacious                 D. breathtaking

10. As a rural migrant, I was very glad to find a ______ friend who comes from the same hometown.

A. spacious                 B. well-mannered       C. breathtaking           D. stressful

11. The view from the high-rise building rooftop is _____!

A. heavy                      B. time-consuming     C. recreational            D. breathtaking

12. There's no point in having _____ installed in a country with so little sunshine.

A. biomass fuel           B. solar panels            C. wind power            D. tidal energy

13. _____ uses the power of the wave to generate electricity.

A. Hydroelectric power                                  B. Solar power

C. Wind power                                                D. Tidal energy

14. Plants and animal waste make up what is called ‘_____’.

A. biomass fuel           B. wind power            C. solar power            D. tidal energy

15. Countries with a great amount of sunlight can ______ the power of the sun to generate electricity.

A. produce                  B. install                      C. harness                   D. promote

16. We specialise in the _____ of turbines.

A. installation             B. infrastructure          C. investment              D. challenge

17. More _____ sources of energy must be used.

A. imported                 B. significant               C. sustainable             D. dependent

18. Tidal energy may prove a _____ way to generate electricity as the turbines always move.

A. harmful                   B. consistent               C. ineffective              D. complicated

19. What is the _____ cost of turbines?

A. power                     B. maintenance           C. climate                   D. condition

20. We should no longer be _____ on fossil fuels.

A. permanent              B. abundant                 C. dependent               D. minimal

21. There are many _____ in the atmosphere of a megacity.

A. fuels                       B. benefits                   C. conditions               D. pollutants

22. Using LED light bulbs is less _____ to the environment.

A. impactful                B. recyclable               C. abundant                 D. dependent 

Grammar (Ngữ pháp)

2. Choose the most appropriate option. (Chọn đáp án phù hợp nhất.)

1. How can you cope _____ living in a new environment like a city?

A. to                            B. on                           C. with                        D. for

2. He _____ in finding a nice flat in the city centre.

A. managed                 B. succeeded               C. concentrated           D. coped

3. Many students tried to prevent the construction company _____ cutting down trees.

A. for                           B. from                        C. in                            D. of

4. Who does that flat belong _____?

A. to                            B. for                           C. on                           D. in

5. The government should _____ on reducing traffic in the city centre.

A. rely                         B. argue                       C. focus                       D. beware

6. How can someone living in a slum escape _____ poverty?

A. of                            B. at                             C. on                           D. from

7. I've always dreamt _____ living in a high-rise building.

A. of                            B. to                            C. for                           D. in

8. When will the city council get the traffic lights _____?

A. repairing                 B. repaired                  C. to repair                  D. be repaired

9. We must _____ an expert _____ sanitation facilities.

A. get, to improve       B. have, to improve    C. get, improve           D. have, improved

10. The government should _____ pollution levels _____.

A. have, check            B. get, check               C. get, to check           D. have, checked

11. They should ____ the pipes _____ by a plumber.

A. get, fix                    B. have, fixed              C. get, to fix                D. have, fix

12. If I were you, I _____ solar panels on my roof.

A. will install              B. would install           C. installed                  D. had installed

13. If I had listened to you, I _____ to an electric car.

A. would switch          B. will switch              C. will have switched D. would have switched

14. If we _____ LED light bulbs, we would have saved a lot of money on our electricity bills.

A. had used                 B. used                        C. has used                  D. use

15. We _____ so many emissions if we _____ so dependent on fossil fuels.

A. won't produce, weren't                               B. wouldn't produce, aren't

C. wouldn't produce, weren't                          D. won't produce, wouldn't be

16. If we _____ use more green energy, we _____ the environment.

A. would save                         B. will save                 C. would have saved   D. saved

17. _____ my carbon footprint be smaller if I recycle and waste less water?

A. Will                        B. Would                     C. Has                         D. Had

18. If I _____ money, I would buy an electric car.

A. have                        B. would have             C. had had                   D. had

19. If we reduce our dependence on imported fuels, we _____ our economy.

A. will boost                                                   B. would boost

C. would have boosted                                   D. had boosted

20. If we _____ green energy technology, we will reduce our negative environmental impact.

A. embrace                  B. embraced                C. had embraced         D. embraces

21. If I _____ Susan, I _____ this old microwave oven with the energy-efficient one

A. was, would have replaced                          B. were, would replace

C. were, would have replaced                        D. had been, would replace

22. If we _____ more money in the green energy sector, it _____ us with significant amount of clean power every year.

A. invested, would provide                             B. had invested, would have provided

C. invest, would provide                                D. invest, will provide

Pronunciation (Phát âm)

3. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

(Chọn từ có phần gạch chân khác với các từ còn lại.)

1. A. slum                   B. bush                        C. rush                        D. dust

2. A. day                     B. way                         C. face                         D. flat

3. A. city                     B. public                     C. housing                   D. lifestyle

4. A. transfer               B. invest                      C. depend                    D. process