2. Reading for gist
Câu hỏi: What is the main idea of the article?
Đáp án:
c. People can help keep their communities clean.
What did Sandra Crawford do to help clean up the river?
Đáp án:
a. She got together some volunteers to pick up rubbish.
What is a key feature of the annual Pathway and River Cleanup?
Đáp án:
c. group work.
The author mentions Blacklick Creek as an example of:
Đáp án:
d. water pollution which is too dirty to clean up.
Julie Bargmann believes that:
Đáp án:
a. nobody should see the damage to the environment caused by the coal mine.
Once the process of cleaning up in Blacklick Creek is over, what will the colors in the landscape be?
Đáp án:
b. orange and red.
A. Look at the following words from the text and choose the most suitable meaning.
Choked with (line 12):
Đáp án:
a. full of.
Vintage (line 34):
Đáp án:
c. classic.
B. Match the highlighted phrasal verbs in the article with their meanings.
Clean up → c. remove dirt or pollutionPick up → b. separate into partsCame across → a. find by chanceClosed down → e. stop work and activities foreverBroke down → d. lift