Title G8 Unit 7 Practice Test.docx ✅

21. - Nick: What should we do to reduce the use of clean water? - Mi: ________ A. Turn off the tap tight. B. No, you shouldn’t. C. Educate children how to use clean water. D. I think it’s easy. B. READING Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C, or D) to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Our planet is our home, the very home that shelters us. Here are some ways that you can do to protect our planet Earth. 1. Volunteer with environmental organisations There are several ways in which you can (22) ________ the environmental communitygroups, from running online awareness campaigns to offering practical help like beach clean-ups and fundraising events. 2. Reduce and recycle paper (23) ________ do you do with your old textbooks and storybooks that you do notuse any more? Please donate them to juniors, or kids in your neighbourhood, or send them across to other areas where children have (24) ________ or no access toeducational resources. Similarly, recycling unwanted paper will reduce the raw material demand for paper (25) ________ , thus conserving trees and forest ecosystems. 3. Save resources Do you know that only 0.03% of the 70% of water available to us is fresh water? That’s why saving water is so (26) ________ for freshwater ecosystems. By doing simplethings like taking shorter showers, avoiding small clothes wash, and turning your taps off while brushing, you can save gallons of water! 22. A. join B. assist C. provide D. introduce 23. A. How B. Why C. Which D. What 24. A. little B. much C. many D. few 25. A. need B. transport C. use D. production 26. A. difficult B. expensive C. important D. easy Read the passage and choose the best answer to each of the following questions. Environmental pollution has bad effects on people’s health. These effects can be both short-term and long- term. If you feel uncomfortable with your nose, throat, eyes or skin in a few days, it means that you are suffering from short-term effects of environmental problems. The long-term effects of air pollution may last for a couple of years or even for an entire lifetime. These effects include heart diseases, lung cancer or respiratory problems. Different people don’t react the same way with the same effect. Young people may feel a little bit weaker. However, the old’s health may become more serious and even die if they are in poor health condition. From the negative impacts, I believe it’s time for all of us to take action to protect the environment to avoid unexpected consequences. 27. What is the passage mainly about? A. Environmental pollution: causes and effects B. The causes of environmental pollution C. The effects of environmental pollution on people’s health D. The effects of environmental pollution on people and other things 28. Which of the following statements is true? A. These effects can be either short-term or long-term. B. Lung cancer is a short–term effect C. You are suffering a long-term effect if you feel uncomfortable with your skin. D. Everybody reacts differently with the same effect. 29. What does the pronoun “they” refer to? A. Young people B. Old people C. People D. Effects 30. What is the opposite of “negative”?