PEOPLE SAY (A) THAT IT IS (B) SUCH POLLUTED AIR THAT THEY (C) CAN’T BREATH, (D) DON’T THEY

10/ People say (A) that it is (B) such polluted air that they (C) can’t breath, (D) don’t they?

VIII/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

Conservation, sustainable use and protection of (1) _______ resources including plants, animals,

mineral deposits, soils, clean (2) _______, clean air, and fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, and natural

gas. Natural (3) _______ are grouped into two categories, renewable and nonrenewable. A (4) _______

resource is one that may be replaced over time by natural processes, (5) _______ fish populations or

natural vegetation, or is inexhaustible, such as (6) _______ energy. The goal of renewable resource

conservation is to ensure (7) _______ such resources are not consumed faster than they are (8) _______.

Nonrenewable resources are those in limited supply that cannot be replaced (9) ______ can be replaced

only over extremely long (10) _______ of time. Nonrenewable resources include fossil fuels and

mineral deposits, such as (11) _______ ore and gold ore. Conservation activities for nonrenewable

resources focus (12) _______ maintaining an adequate supply of these resources well into the future.

Natural resources are conserved for their biological, economic, and recreational values, (13)

_______ their natural beauty and importance to local cultures. (14) _______, tropical rain forests are

protected for their important role in both global ecology and the economic livelihood of the local

culture; a coral reef may be (15) _______ for its recreational value for scuba divers; and a scenic river

may be protected for its natural beauty....

New vocabulary:

- sustainable (adj.): có thể chống đỡ được, có thể chứng minh được

- renewable (adj.): có thể phục hồi lại, có thể đổi mới

- inexhaustible (adj.): vô tận; không mệt mỏi

- ore (n.): quặng

- recreational (adj.): có tính chất giải trí, tiêu khiển

- ecology (n.): sinh thái học

- livelihood (n.): cách sinh nhai, sinh kế