“WOULD YOU SAY THE GREAT WALL IS AMONG THE SEVEN MAN-MADE WONDERS OF T...

Câu 2: Lan:

“Would you say the Great Wall is among the seven man-made wonders of the world?”

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A.

That’s the least I could do.

B.

Do you think so, too?

C.

There’s no doubt about that.

D.

It was created by ancient Chinese people, wasn’t it?

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 3 to 7.

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, the world was becoming more aware of the destructive effects of

industry

(3) the environment and people were starting to think seriously about ways of

protecting the environment. One man who was particularly affected by this subject was Gerard

Morgan-Grenville. As Morgan-Grenville travelled round earning his living as a gardener, he noticed

signs of the damage that was being done to the countryside around him. It wasn't long before Morgan-

Grenville decided that he had to do something about this situation. He felt that if people could be

shown a better way of living then maybe they would be interested enough to try to protect their (4)

environment.

Mr. Morgan-Grenville decided to set up a project (5)

would prove what was happening to

our surroundings and what could be done about it. So, in 1975, Morgan-Grenville created the Centre

for Alternative Technology (CAT) in a village in Wales.

The main aim of CAT is to search for an ecologically better way of living by using technology which

(6)

no harm to the environment. One of the most important things CAT did initially was to explore

and demonstrate a wide range of techniques and to point out which ones had the least destructive results

on the world around us. (7)__________, CAT provides information and advice to people all over Britain

and all over the world. If more and more individuals are informed about how much damage our modern

lifestyle is causing to the planet, maybe more of them would be prepared to look for practical solutions to

environmental problems.