5A. Vocabulary

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A strong greenhouse effect will warm the oceans and partially melt glaciers, increasing ______.

1. temperature
2. water
3. sea level
4. pollution

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Ocean water also will expand if it warms, _______further to sea level rise.

1. getting
2. making
3. leading
4. contributing

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The clearing of land for agriculture, industry, and other human activities have increased ______ of greenhouse gases.

1. concentrations
2. attention
3. loss
4. collections 

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Conjunctivitis caused by the common cold is very             and can spread rapidly between people.

1. polluted
2. heat-related
3. hot
4. infectious

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Environmental groups want a substantial reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases.

1. release
2. import
3. export
4. charge

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Coming on top of the previous years of extreme scarcity of food, however, the longer term economic implications were profound.

1. drought
2. famine
3. flood
4. earthquake

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                is the gradual warming of the earth because of heat trapped by carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere.

1. Atmosphere
2. Ecosystem
3. Greenhouse effect
4. Diversity

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In cold climates, houses need to have walls that will          heat.

1. remove
2. get
3. take
4. absorb

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Greenpeace works to promote public          of the dangers that threaten our planet today.

1. information
2. awareness
3. knowledge
4. idea

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The law bans the import of ivory into the country.

1. prohibits
2. encourages
3. calls for
4. stimulates

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Some hold the view that an increase in interspecies competition leads to local extinctions and a decrease in diversity.

1. number
2. environment
3. habitat
4. variety

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The destruction of the rain forests is an               disaster.

1. ecology
2. ecological
3. ecologist
4. ecologically

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Pollution can have disastrous effects on the delicately balanced ecosystem.

1. catastrophic
2. infectious
3. unimportant
4. minor

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Over $100 million was allocated for the ______ of hazardous chemicals and radioactive waste.

1. break-up
2. tidy-up
3. clear-up
4. clean-up

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Coal-fired power stations must be retrofitted to capture carbon dioxide.

1. catch
2. absorb
3. keep
4. discharge

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Sea level rise is usually regarded as Viet Nam’s main _______: a one-meter rise would submerge 40 percent of the country and make millions homeless.

1. disaster
2. hope
3. destruction
4. concern

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All of the disasters resulted from_______ will continue to have a devastating effect on socio-economic development.

1. floods
2. climate change
3. ecological balance
4. footprint

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The low _______ in the Mekong Delta leads to acute saline intrusion much deeper than the traditional 30 to 40km of mainland that is contaminated with saltwater.

1. water currents
2. sea level
3. water level      
4. salt water

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Methane is a far more active _______ than carbon dioxide, but also one which is much less abundant in the atmosphere.

1. greenhouse gas
2. greenhouse effect
3. climate change
4. emission

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Viet Nam has been named among the 12 countries most _______ for climate change by the World Bank.

1. at risk
2. at danger
3. in risk
4. ready

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A layer of greenhouse gases - primarily water vapor, and carbon dioxide - acts as a _______  blanket for the Earth, absorbing heat and warming the surface.

1. thermal
2. hot
3. heat
4. heating

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Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the greenhouse _______.

1. causes
2. effect
3. gas
4. damage

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Certain _______  in the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, block heat from escaping.

1. effects
2. emissions
3. gases
4. layers

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Carbon dioxide is released through _______  processes such as respiration and volcano eruptions and through         activities such as deforestation, land use changes, and burning fossil fuels.

1. human - natural
2. natural - human
3. man-made - ordinary
4. ordinary - man-made

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The next dry season will be extremely severe _______ further saltwater intrusion, water  and rain shortages, and heat waves.

1. because
2. although
3. due to
4. thanks to

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Waiting for the doctor,_______.

1. Dave read a magazine
2. a big noise scared everybody
3. the alarm went off

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______ in the jungle, George had to find the way out on his own.

1. Being lost
2. Losting
3. Having losting

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Being an ex-convict, _______.

1. he had no hope of finding a job
2. they didn’t give him a job
3. the manager decided not to interview him

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___________, our pottery will last for generations.

1. Treating with care
2. You treat with care
3. Treated with care

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________ in Denmark, he could speak Danish perfectly well.

1. Have spent his childhood
2. Spending his childhood
3. Spent his childhood