* Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passages.
Garbage is what someone leaves behind that they do not want to use anymore. It can also be called (1)…………………or rubbish. A definition of garbage is anything left behind at a place where you used to be, but are not anymore. In modern home and businesses, however, garbage is normally separated and put where it can be (2) …………………and taken to a place designed to hold, burn, or recycle garbage. Smoke is a cloud of very small, solid parts. It is made when (3) …………………something. Smoke can be bad because if it goes into the lungs of a person, it can kill them. Most people think that they are always able to see smoke, but it can also be (4) …………………. (a thing that a person is not able to see)
1. A. waste B. save C. safe D. stone
2. A. wrapped B. organized C. collected D. picked
3. A. firing B. fighting C. burning D. chopping
4. A. invisible B. unmovable C. unspeakable D. insensible
* Read the passage below and answer each of questions.
Tropical rain forests are found in Amazon region of South America, Central America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia. Rain forests are very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about 30 to 40 % of the total rainfall on the earth and produces about the same percentage of the
world’s oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life. Saving our rain forests is an international problem. One country or even a few countries can not solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late.
1. How are rain forests to the world’s climate?
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2. How many percent of the world’s oxygen does Amazon rain forest produce?
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3. What do scientists think about the decreasing size of rain forests?
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4. Is saving our rain forests only a national problem?
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