PRACTICE 8

I.

PHONETICS
A. seafood
A. ocean
A. however
A. here
A. careful

II.

C. threaten
C. biology
C. follow
C. hear
C. share

D. beneath
D. population
D. show
D. engineer
D. everywhere

B. devide
B. satellite
B. photograph
B. investigate
B. difference

C. modern
C. century
C. information
C. diversity
C. scientist

D. water
D. animal
D. consequence
D. technology
D. environment

STRESS
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

III.

B. release
B. modern
B. know
B. bear
B. atmosphere

A. ocean
A. pacific
A. temperature
A. organism
A. fertilize

VOCABULARY
11. If Americans ate fewer foods with sugar and salt, their general health .. better.
A. be
B. will be
C. is
D. would be
12. You really..........stop smoking, you know. It's bad for you.
A. must
B. should
C. ought
D. would
13. The children were........into small groups to discuss the problems of the disabled.
A. divided
B. apart
C. separated
D. classified
14. Here........notebook and report that I promised you last week.
A. is the
B. has been a
C. was the
D. are the
15. You will be become ill .. you stop working so hard.
A. until
B. when
C. unless
D. if
16. I think the problem can be got........without too much difficult.
A. over
B. through
C. into
D. on
17. She leaves her bedroom window open,..........
A. however it is cold
B. however cold is it
C. however cold it is
D. however its cold is
18. These figures show a .......... in number of unemployed people in England and Wales.
A. loss
B. lessening
C. reduction
D. lowering
19. Scientists in different countries, working independently ....... of each other, have come up with very
similar results.
A. on
B. of
C. from
D. with
20. There was no one in the house, but the .. of the meal lay on the table.
A. remains
B. remainders
C. ruins
D. records
21. I have lived near the railway for so long now that I've grown........ to the noise of the trains.
A. accustomed
B. familiar
C. unconscious
D. aware
22. Jim passed his driving test .. surprised everybody.
A. and
B. this
C. that
D. which
23..........people go to football matches now than twenty years ago.
A. Less
B. Lesser
C. Few
D. Fewer
24. The train will be leaving in five minutes so you .. hurry up.
A. ought
B. should
C. would
D. will

25. There is now growing..........for their safety.

A. concern
B. worry
C. attention
D. interest
26. ..........porpoises and dolphins, whales are mammals.
A. As
B. Also
C. Like
D. When
27. If I were you,........ phone and tell her you're going to be late.
A. I'd
B. I'll
C. I'd have
D. I
28. I don't think she'll ever.........the shock of her mother's death.
A. get through
B. get over
C. get by
D. get off
29. The little girl wouldn't go into the sea..........her father went too.
A. except
B. but
C. also
D. unless
30. This book will provide you.........all the information you need.
A. for
B. of
C. with
D.
31. This decision may put their lives........, but they have no choice.
A. at stake
B. at danger
C. under threat
D. at the risk
32. After the party the children were allowed to finish off the ......... sandwiches and cakes.
A. remaining
B. leaving
C. additional
D. left
33. As far as I'm.........it's quite all right for you to leave early.
A. regarded
B. concerned.
C. consulted
D. bothered
34. You .........go to the dentists before your toothache gets worse.
A. ought
B. ought to
C. rather
D. better
35..........hard she worked, Louise never managed to finish her homework.
A. Moreover
B. However
C. Although
D. Despite
36. Tell me the.........for your absence yesterday.
A. cause
B. aim
C. reason
D. result
37. Scientists have discovered a close ......... between smoking and several diseases.
A. action
B. union
C. connection
D. combination
38. You will not succeed.........working harder.
A. without
B. unless
C. if
D. although
39. We all like that teacher.........his nice sense of humour.
A. because of
B. because
C. on account
D. for
40. If man were less greedy, more animal species could avoid..........
A. danger
B. death
C. threat
D. extinction
IV.
CORRECTION
41. We should try to contact him, should we?
42. I was extremely tired because of I hadn't slept the night before.
43. If you had the chance to meet famous writers, what do you ask them?
44. They were several reasons why he couldn't perform in the concert.
45. If he didn't speak so quick, we could understand him
46. If drivers obeyed the speed limit, fewer accidents occur.
47. Platinum is a rare and value metal, white in colour, and easy to work.
48. Ought I change my job or stay where I am?
49. Despite its height, Mount Whitney, one of North America's high mountains, is popular with hikers.
50. A dolphin, often called a "porpoise", is considered to be one of the brightest among animal.
V.
SAME MEANING
51. Without money for food and drink hell die.
A. When he dies, he'll have no money for food and drink.
B. He'll die if he has no money for food and drink.

C. He'll spend his money on food and drink, and then he'll die.
D. He's going to die, so money for food and drink is no good for him.
52. Why don't you wear a hat when it's raining?
A. It's better if you wear a hat in the rain.
B. When it's raining, why do you wear a hat?
C. Do you or don't you wear a hat when it's raining?
D. It's not raining, so why are you wearing a hat?
53. I don't know her phone number, so I can't call her yet.
A. I know her phone number but I haven't called her.
B. You didn't give me her phone number, and I didn't call her.
C. I'll look up her phone number and I call her.
D. If I knew her phone number. I'd call her.
54. Would you mind waiting outside the office?
A. Did you wait outside the office?
B. Did you see anyone waiting outside the office?
C. Will you wait outside the office?
D. Do you enjoy waiting outside offices?
55. If he wrote to her, she would he happy.
A. She isn't happy because he doesn't write to her.
B. When he wrote to her, she wasn't happy.
C. She's happy because he has written to her.
D. He didn't write to her, so she wasn't happy.
56. Don't ask her for the money or she won't give it to you.
A. If you don't ask her for the money, she won't give it to you.
B. Either she has given you the money or you must ask for it.
C. She won't give you the money if you ask her for it.
D. If she doesn't give you the money, don't ask her for it.
57. Jane says she oughtn't to eat so many sweet things.
A. Jane says she should eat fewer sweet things.
B. Jane says she won't eat so many sweet things.
C. Jane says she has never eaten sweet things before.
D. Jane says she mustn't eat any sweet things.
58. If you didn't tell her our plans, she wouldn't argue with us.
A. Don't tell her our plans, and then she won't argue with us.
B. Tell her our plans or she'll argue with us.
C. She argued with us because she wanted to know our plans.
D. She didn't argue with us because she knew our plans already.
59. He used to write home once a week.
A. He enjoys writing home every week.
B. He never fails to write a weekly letter home.
C. He was forced to write home every week.
D. He doesn't now write home once a week.
60. It's time to ask for his help.
A. He's been asked for help. B. He ought to be asked to help.
C. At the time he was asked for help. D. He's now being asked to help.
VI. READING
SHOULD DOLPHINS BE KEPT IN CAPTIVITY?
Dolphins are beautiful and intelligent creatures that usually live in the wild. (61)..........sometimes
they are kept in captivity for scientific research or entertain (62)..........

By keeping dolphins captive, people have more (63) .......... see these beautiful creatures.
Both children and adults enjoy playing and swimming with dolphins. Also, it is (64) ..........for
scientists to study their behaviour and find out more about them.
However, dolphins held in captivity usually don't live (65) ..........dolphins in the wild. In the
dolphinariums, they frequently don't have a healthy diet or (66)..........to swim freely. They sometimes
also suffer from stress and are easily (67)..........
In my opinion, it is (68) ..........to hold dolphins in captivity. Today, technology (69)..........people to
study or observe these animals in their habitat. There's no (70)..........to keep these intelligent creatures in
dolphinariums, where their life conditions are worse than in the ocean.
61. A. However
B. But
C. Although
D. Though
62. A. persons
B. figures
C. humans
D. human being
63. A. abilities
B. opportunities
C. probabilities
D. possibilities
64. A. easily
B. easiest
C. more easy
D. easier
65. A. longer
B. as long as
C. long
D. so long like
66. A. space
B. too much space
C. space enough
D. enough space
67. A. injured
B. wounded
C. damaged
D. wronged
68. A. wrong
B. false
C. incorrect
D. inaccurate
69. A. lets
B. allows
C. makes
D. promises
70. A. necessity
B. point
C. need
D. way
Man is a land animal, but he is also closely tied to the sea. Throughout history the sea has served the
needs of man. The sea has provided man with food and a convenient way to travel to many parts of the
world. Today, nearly two thirds of the world's population live within 80 kilometres of the sea coast.
In the modern technological world, the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive.
Resources on land are beginning to be used up. The sea, however, still can be hoped to supply many of
man's needs.
The list of riches of the sea yet to be developed by man's technology is impressive. Oil and gas
explorations have been carried out for nearly 30 years. Valuable amounts of minerals exist on the ocean
floor ready to be mined.
Fish farming promises to be a good way to produce large quantities of food. The culture offish and
shellfish is an ancient skill practised in the past mainly by Oriental people.
Besides oil and gas, the sea may offer new sources of energy. Experts believe that the warm
temperature of the ocean can be used in a way similar to the steam in a steamship. Ocean currents and
waves offer possible use as a source of energy.
Technology is enabling man to explore ever more deeply under the sea. The development of strong,
new materials has made this possible.
The technology to harvest the sea continues to improve. Experts believe that by the year 2000 the
problems that prevent us from exploiting fully the food, minerals, and energy sources of the sea will be
largely solved.
71. The major things that sea offers man are..........
A. fish and oil B. minerals and oil
C. warm temperature and ocean currents D. food, energy sources, and minerals
72. The sea serves the needs of man because.......
A. it provides man with food
B. it offers oil to man
C. it supplies man with minerals
D. all of the above
73. We can conclude from this passage that........

A. the sea resources have largely been used up

B. the sea, in a broad sense, has not yet been developed
C. the problems that prevent us from using the food, minerals and energy sources of the sea have
already been solved
D. by the year 2000, the technology will be good enough to exploit all the sea resources
74. The words "Oriental people" in the fourth paragraph probably mean ..........
A. people in Asia
B. African people
C. European people
D. American people
75. The best title for this passage is.......
A. Sea Harvest
B. Seafood
C. Technology for Exploiting the Sea
D. Man and the Sea