Bài tập unit 12 tiếng anh lớp 7
UNIT 12: AN OVERCROWDED WORLD
- PHONETICS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
- A. nature B. change C. basis D. car
- A. page B. game C. go D. gift
- A. church B. much C. each D. ache
Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each questions.
- A. understand B. engineer C. benefit D. Vietnamese
- A. poverty B. spacious C. overcrowded D. density
VOCABULARY
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.
- 300 people were injured in the _____.
- explode B. explosion C. explosive D. exploding
- A lot of talented students are unable to complete their studies because of _____.
- poverty B. poor C. poorness D. proof
- The population _____ in this city is very high.
- density B. dense C. condense D. densely
- ‘That’s him in front of his store in the _____ market!’
- air B. bee C. flea D. ant
- I prefer a more _____ range of music to listen to.
- open B. diverse C. different D. separate
- There will also be a new main entrance and more car parking _____
- space B. lot C. area D. room
- A truck parked in the middle of the narrow street _____ the road.
- stopped B. slowed C. ended D. blocked
- Very few families in big cities have to live below the _____ line.
- major B. crime C. poverty D. space
- Tap was greatly _____ by his close friend at school.
- effective B. effected C. effectively D. affected
- Young _____ must be punished, but education is the cure.
- crime B. criminals C. crimes D. criminality
- Family education has several _____ on young children.
- effects B. affects C. effect D. effects
Choose the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
- One major problem of the device is that it can fall over easily.
- main B. small C. secondary D. little
- People from diverse cultures choose to live in America.
- same B. similar C. uniform D. varied
Choose the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following sentences.
- Why are slums in Hanoi less visible than in other rapidly growing cities?
- messy houses B. old square C. poor conditions D. luxury flats
- It is said overcrowded cities are more likely to be affected by violence.
- full B. empty C. overpopulated D. crammed
III. GRAMMAR
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.
- So far I’ve saved _____ money than my close friend does.
- fewer B. more C. much D. many
- She only drinks _____ milk before going to bed.
- many B. a number of C. a few D. a little
- Children in Vietnam now have chance to visit _____ countries than before.
- little B. less C. a few D. more
- This lesson gives me _____ knowledge than the last lesson.
- a few B. less C. fewer D. lot
- We have _____ hours left before they come.
- a little B. fewer C. a few D. lot of
- Tu hardly has anyone to hang out with at the weekend, _____?
- has he B. doesn’t he C. does she D. hasn’t she
- You’ve never been in Italy, _____?
- haven’t you B. have you C. are you D. had you
- Money can’t buy everything, _____?
- can it B. can they C. can’t it D. can’t they
- Toethanded in her report, _____?
- had she B. did she C. hadn’t see D. didn’t she
- We are having a break in five minutes, _____ we?
- aren’t B. haven’t C. have D. don’t
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting in each sentence below.
- Ten years from now, we will eat much fewer meat than before.
A B C D
- In 2050, sea levels will have risen by almost a little dozen centimeters.
A B C D
- Let’s take a break and go out to enjoy some fresh air, will we?
A B C D
- Although most teenagers love movies, their parents seldom take them to the cinema, isn’t it?
A B C D
- While as many as two million children in Vietnam suffer from malnutrition, Saigon’s
A B
childhood obesity rate has tripled since 2000, aren’t they?
C D
- READING
Read the passage and then decide whether the sentences are True (A) or False (B).
Overcrowded hospital in Vietnam
Bach Mai Hospital, one of Vietnam’s major hospitals, is often overloaded because patients have lost faith with the quality of communal and district hospitals and bypass them.
Even though Bach Mai Hospital has adjusted their health check-up routines recently, it still can’t cope with the huger number of patients daily. Some patients have to wait for the whole day to get examined so it’s not unusual to see people lying around on the floor, waiting their turn.
The number of patients sleeping in the hospital’s hallways at noon is so high and some people even sell plastic sheeting for them to lie on.
- Bach Mai is among the biggest hospitals in Vietnam.
- True B. False
- Patients trust large hospitals more than provincial ones.
- True B. False
- Bach Mai has done nothing to solve their patient overload problem.
- True B. False
- A patient lying on the floor is a common scene in Bach Mai hospital.
- True B. False
- Plastic mats are sold to patients to lie on the corridor floor at midday.
- True B. False
Read the following passage and choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best answers each of the questions below.
Busy streets in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City is a world where old and new competes to survive in this dense populated city. It’s a city filled with skyscrapers, ancient temples, motorbikes, people on bicycles and every inch of it covered in tall slim buildings. The streets are overcrowded with motorbikes, piled with up to five people each fighting for way with taxis and even trucks. The streets look like organized chaos with motorbikes drivers talking on cell phones, not abiding traffic signals, and not even driving in the same direction as the traffic flow. Someday cars will overtake the streets in Ho Chi Minh City, but for now, motorbikes rule, and ‘xích lô’ co-exist.
- Ho Chi Minh City is a _____ city.
- small B. mountainous C. crowded D. brand new
- Tall slim houses are seen _____ in this city.
- anywhere B. in some areas C. nowhere D. rarely
- The city streets are mostly flooded with _____.
- motorcycles B. cars C. bicycles D. taxis
- What is the maximum number of people on a motorbikes as seen by the author?
- 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
- What will become the most popular means of transport as predicted by the author?
- Xích lô B. Motorbikes C. Buses D. Automobiles
- WRITING
Choose the sentence (A, B, C or D) that best combines all the words provided in each sentence.
- Our plan/ will/ cancel/ due/ lack of funds.
- Our plan will be canceled due to lack of funds.
- Our plan will canceled due to lack of funds.
- Our plan will cancel due to lack of funds.
- Our plan will be cancel due to lack of funds.
- It/ take/ me/ little/ time/ write/ than/ type/ this letter.
- It takes me a little time to write than to type this letter
- It takes me less time to write than to type this letter
- It takes me a little time to write than typing this letter.
- It takes me a little time to write than to type this letter
- There/ few/ social problems/ wealthy areas/ than/ poor areas.
- There are fewer social problems in wealthy areas than in poor areas.
- There are few social problems in wealthy areas than in poor areas.
- There are a few social problems in wealthy areas than in poor areas.
- There are fewer social problems in wealthy areas than over poor areas.
- In/ future/ most/ people/ travel/ flying trains.
- In the future, most of people will travel by flying trains.
- In the future, most the people will travel with flying trains.
- In future, most people will travel by flying trains.
- In the future, most people will travel by flying trains
- There/ few/ buses/ than/ there/ use/ be.
- There are fewer buses than there used to be.
- There are few buses than there used to be.
- There are fewer buses than there use was.
- There are few buses than there use to be.
_____The end of unit 12_____
BIG 4 UNIT 12 LISTENING
XIV 1. Listen to a man talking about the changes of the world because of overpopulation. Decide if the statements below are true (T) or false (F).
- Japanese cities become greener and greener. ……………..
- The network of freeways in Netherlands looks interesting. ……………..
- There are many people living in the northeast of the USA. ……………..
- Most of the people in China live in the highlands. ……………..
- Populous countries use a lot of natural resources. ……………..
- Listen again and fill in the gaps with the missing words.
But overpopulation involves more than numbers and aesthetics. Population densities do not reveal that large parts of countries are not habitable or (1) …………………….. for (2) …………………….. Russia and Canada are big, but who wants to live north of the 55th parallel? China has its own (3) …………………….., and most of the population lives in the eastern lowlands, where (4) …………………….. can be grown. The western deserts, highlands, and plateaus do not (5) …………………….. good farming and are only suitable for ranching.
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