Lesson 3

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

The word "advocates" in the passage can be best replaced with ____.

1. fans
2. supporters
3. holders
4. fighters

“We're staying in tonight," said Emily.

1. Emily said that we were staying in tonight.
2. Emily said that they were staying in tonight
3. Emily said that we were staying in that night.
4. Emily said that they were staying in that night.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

What should be the best title of the passage?

1. Conservation and Preservation
2. Conservation or Preservation
3. Conservation, not Preservation
4. Conservation for Preservation

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

According to the passage, reservation generally refers to which of the following?

1. that the natural resources exist not for humans' need
2. making sure that no resources are used in a wasteful way
3. saving natural resources for future generations' needs and interests
4. maintaining the untouched areas of the Earth in their current state

"You'd better not waste your time, Tommy," Mum said.

1. Mum urged Tommy to waste time.
2. Mum advised Tommy not to waste your time.
3. Mum advised Tommy not to waste his time.
4. Mum advised Tommy not to waste her time.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Many products such as paper, cardboards, and cups come from trees. In fact, trees are our natural assets, you can converse trees by recycling the paper products, we can minimize the number of trees cut down a year. This is one form of waste recycling. One should understand and know the importance of recycling waste materials. One simple benefit of recycling is it saves our resources. It will be wise to reuse metal items as metal reserves may be depleting. You can hold your worn-out metal items for recycling. As mentioned earlier, recycling of waste papers can save our forests.

Recycling waste not only saves our natural resources but also helps save energy. By simply recycling an item or making a basic fix to it, we can save all the energy that would have been consumed in the process of making it. The same example can be taken with plastic items. A large amount of energy can be saved by simply reusing the plastic items. To recycle waste is to simply reduce pollution. By recycling plastic material, we can reduce air pollution as well as water pollution. Plastic factories produced large amount of smoke when producing plastic material at the same time if we don't have proper waste disposal system, those waste emissions will cause water pollution. Recycling waste in a way helps reduce pollution.

All of the following are mentioned as examples of waste material EXCEPT ____.

1. paper
2. metal
3. plastic
4. glass

"What happens to what we throw away?" Many wonder.

1. Many wonder what happens to what we throw away.
2. Many wondered what happened to what we threw away.
3. Many wondered what has happened to what we threw away.
4. Many wonder what happened to what we threw away.

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE

Good morning, I’m Alex. And today I will talk about recycling. Recycling has a lot of advantages. Firstly, it saves the environment. Instead of cutting more trees to produce paper, we can use recycled papers. Secondly, recycling also saves energy. Thirdly, recycling helps reducing global warming and reduce pollution. Finally, recycling helps saving money. Recycled articles cost less than new ones. In conclusion, using recycled product is environmentally-friendly and money-saving. Therefore, we should put plastic bottles in recycling bins and buy recycled products.

Recycling is both environmentally-friendly and money-saving.

1. True
2. False

"I've bought a ring," he said to his girlfriend.

1. He said his girlfriend that he had bought a ring.
2. He said his girlfriend that he bought a ring.
3. He told his girlfriend that he had bought a ring.
4. He told his girlfriend that he bought a ring.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

According to the passage, conservationists support all of the following EXCEPT that ____.

1. non-renewable resources must be sufficiently saved for future generations
2. renewable resources must not be consumed faster than they can be replaced
3. conservation focuses on the needs and interests of human beings properly
4. any changes can be taken so that humans beings develop for a better future

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

The phrase "the worse for wear" in the passage most likely describes a state of being ____.

1. exhausted
2. worn out
3. used up
4. run out

Trees should be planted everywhere possible. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

1. Trees, which should be planted everywhere possible, absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
2. Trees should be planted everywhere possible as they absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
3. Trees should be planted everywhere possible to be able to absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
4. Trees should be planted everywhere possible where they absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Many products such as paper, cardboards, and cups come from trees. In fact, trees are our natural assets, you can converse trees by recycling the paper products, we can minimize the number of trees cut down a year. This is one form of waste recycling. One should understand and know the importance of recycling waste materials. One simple benefit of recycling is it saves our resources. It will be wise to reuse metal items as metal reserves may be depleting. You can hold your worn-out metal items for recycling. As mentioned earlier, recycling of waste papers can save our forests.

Recycling waste not only saves our natural resources but also helps save energy. By simply recycling an item or making a basic fix to it, we can save all the energy that would have been consumed in the process of making it. The same example can be taken with plastic items. A large amount of energy can be saved by simply reusing the plastic items. To recycle waste is to simply reduce pollution. By recycling plastic material, we can reduce air pollution as well as water pollution. Plastic factories produced large amount of smoke when producing plastic material at the same time if we don't have proper waste disposal system, those waste emissions will cause water pollution. Recycling waste in a way helps reduce pollution.

The author mentions "metal reserves" as an example of ____.

1. natural assets
2. waste materials
3. natural resources
4. waste emissions

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

The word "untamed" in the passage almost means ____.

1. not having been explored
2. having been reconstructed
3. not having been visited
4. having been industrialized

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE

Good morning, I’m Alex. And today I will talk about recycling. Recycling has a lot of advantages. Firstly, it saves the environment. Instead of cutting more trees to produce paper, we can use recycled papers. Secondly, recycling also saves energy. Thirdly, recycling helps reducing global warming and reduce pollution. Finally, recycling helps saving money. Recycled articles cost less than new ones. In conclusion, using recycled product is environmentally-friendly and money-saving. Therefore, we should put plastic bottles in recycling bins and buy recycled products.

Recycling pollutes the environment.

1. True
2. False

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

It can be learnt from the passage that both 'conservationists' and 'reservationists' ____.

1. focus on the needs and interests of human beings
2. protect the natural resources for the sake of themselves
3. work to protect the Earth and its biodiversity
4. save all individual species regardless of their values

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Many products such as paper, cardboards, and cups come from trees. In fact, trees are our natural assets, you can converse trees by recycling the paper products, we can minimize the number of trees cut down a year. This is one form of waste recycling. One should understand and know the importance of recycling waste materials. One simple benefit of recycling is it saves our resources. It will be wise to reuse metal items as metal reserves may be depleting. You can hold your worn-out metal items for recycling. As mentioned earlier, recycling of waste papers can save our forests.

Recycling waste not only saves our natural resources but also helps save energy. By simply recycling an item or making a basic fix to it, we can save all the energy that would have been consumed in the process of making it. The same example can be taken with plastic items. A large amount of energy can be saved by simply reusing the plastic items. To recycle waste is to simply reduce pollution. By recycling plastic material, we can reduce air pollution as well as water pollution. Plastic factories produced large amount of smoke when producing plastic material at the same time if we don't have proper waste disposal system, those waste emissions will cause water pollution. Recycling waste in a way helps reduce pollution.

The passage may be taken from ____.

1. an article for general readers
2. a scientific journal for environmentalists
3. a school student's notebook
4. a magazine for tourists visiting an area

"In China, waste is growing twice as fast as the population," the lecturer said.

1. The lecturer said that in China, waste was growing twice as fast as the population.
2. The lecturer said that in China, waste is growing twice as fast as the population.
3. The lecturer said that in China, waste has been growing twice as fast as the population.
4. The lecturer said that in China, waste had been growing twice as fast as the population.

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE

Good morning, I’m Alex. And today I will talk about recycling. Recycling has a lot of advantages. Firstly, it saves the environment. Instead of cutting more trees to produce paper, we can use recycled papers. Secondly, recycling also saves energy. Thirdly, recycling helps reducing global warming and reduce pollution. Finally, recycling helps saving money. Recycled articles cost less than new ones. In conclusion, using recycled product is environmentally-friendly and money-saving. Therefore, we should put plastic bottles in recycling bins and buy recycled products.

The first reason is recycling preserves the environment.

1. True
2. False

"Where does all our rubbish go?"

1. We will not know where all our rubbish goes.
2. We should know where all our rubbish goes.
3. We did not know where all our rubbish goes.
4. We will never know where all our rubbish went.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

The word "they" in the passage refers to ____.

1. trees
2. renewable resources
3. natural resources
4. deposits

"We went to work yesterday," she said.

1. She said that they had been to work the day before.
2. She told that they had been to work the day before.
3. She said that they had been to work the following day.
4. She said that she had been to work the day before.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Many products such as paper, cardboards, and cups come from trees. In fact, trees are our natural assets, you can converse trees by recycling the paper products, we can minimize the number of trees cut down a year. This is one form of waste recycling. One should understand and know the importance of recycling waste materials. One simple benefit of recycling is it saves our resources. It will be wise to reuse metal items as metal reserves may be depleting. You can hold your worn-out metal items for recycling. As mentioned earlier, recycling of waste papers can save our forests.

Recycling waste not only saves our natural resources but also helps save energy. By simply recycling an item or making a basic fix to it, we can save all the energy that would have been consumed in the process of making it. The same example can be taken with plastic items. A large amount of energy can be saved by simply reusing the plastic items. To recycle waste is to simply reduce pollution. By recycling plastic material, we can reduce air pollution as well as water pollution. Plastic factories produced large amount of smoke when producing plastic material at the same time if we don't have proper waste disposal system, those waste emissions will cause water pollution. Recycling waste in a way helps reduce pollution.

The passage mainly discusses ____.

1. how recycling waste helps reduce pollution
2. a simple benefit of recycling waste materials
3. the most useful waste materials in daily life
4. how to reduce pollution by using waste materials

“We saw a strange man in the garden," they told their son.

1. They told their son that we had seen a strange man in the garden.
2. They told their son that they had seen a strange man in the garden.
3. They told their son that we saw a strange man in the garden.
4. They told their son that they saw a strange man in the garden.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

The rain forest is mentioned in the passage as an example of ____.

1. natural tourist attractions
2. sources of medicines for people
3. where local people can find and keep food stocks
4. how natural resources are valuable to humans

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE

Good morning, I’m Alex. And today I will talk about recycling. Recycling has a lot of advantages. Firstly, it saves the environment. Instead of cutting more trees to produce paper, we can use recycled papers. Secondly, recycling also saves energy. Thirdly, recycling helps reducing global warming and reduce pollution. Finally, recycling helps saving money. Recycled articles cost less than new ones. In conclusion, using recycled product is environmentally-friendly and money-saving. Therefore, we should put plastic bottles in recycling bins and buy recycled products.

Recycling has a lot of benefits.

1. True
2. False

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE

Good morning, I’m Alex. And today I will talk about recycling. Recycling has a lot of advantages. Firstly, it saves the environment. Instead of cutting more trees to produce paper, we can use recycled papers. Secondly, recycling also saves energy. Thirdly, recycling helps reducing global warming and reduce pollution. Finally, recycling helps saving money. Recycled articles cost less than new ones. In conclusion, using recycled product is environmentally-friendly and money-saving. Therefore, we should put plastic bottles in recycling bins and buy recycled products.

Recycling wastes energy.

1. True
2. False

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Many products such as paper, cardboards, and cups come from trees. In fact, trees are our natural assets, you can converse trees by recycling the paper products, we can minimize the number of trees cut down a year. This is one form of waste recycling. One should understand and know the importance of recycling waste materials. One simple benefit of recycling is it saves our resources. It will be wise to reuse metal items as metal reserves may be depleting. You can hold your worn-out metal items for recycling. As mentioned earlier, recycling of waste papers can save our forests.

Recycling waste not only saves our natural resources but also helps save energy. By simply recycling an item or making a basic fix to it, we can save all the energy that would have been consumed in the process of making it. The same example can be taken with plastic items. A large amount of energy can be saved by simply reusing the plastic items. To recycle waste is to simply reduce pollution. By recycling plastic material, we can reduce air pollution as well as water pollution. Plastic factories produced large amount of smoke when producing plastic material at the same time if we don't have proper waste disposal system, those waste emissions will cause water pollution. Recycling waste in a way helps reduce pollution.

The word "assets" in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.

1. gifts
2. property
3. savings
4. values

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Those who are concerned with protecting the environment often use the words conservation and preservation. These two terms are often confused and are used to mean the same thing, although differences exist.

Conservation is the sustainable use and management of natural resources including wildlife, water, air, and earth deposits. Natural resources may be renewable or non-renewable. The conservation of renewable resources like trees involves ensuring that they are not consumed faster than they can be replaced. The conservation of non-renewable resources like fossil fuels involves ensuring that sufficient quantities are maintained for future generations to utilise. Conservation of natural resources usually focuses on the needs and interests of human beings, for example the biological, economic, cultural and recreational values such resources have. The rain forest for example, contains a wide range of biodiversity, providing food stocks for local populations and a source of timber and medicines for other countries. Conservationists accept that development is necessary for a better future, but only when the changes take place in ways that are not wasteful. What the conservationist opposes is not the harnessing of nature for mankind's progression, but the fact that all too often the environment comes off the worse for wear.

Preservation, in contrast to conservation, attempts to maintain in their present condition areas of the Earth that are so far untouched by humans. This is due to the concern that mankind is encroaching onto the environment at such a rate that many untamed landscapes are being given over to farming, industry, housing, tourism and other human developments, and that we are losing too much of what is 'natural'. Like conservationists, some preservationists support the protection of nature for purely human-centred reasons. Stronger advocates of preservation however, adopt a less human-centred approach to environmental protection, placing a value on nature that does not relate to the needs and interests of human beings. Deep green ecology argues that ecosystems and individual species should be preserved whatever the cost, regardless of their usefulness to humans, and even if their continued existence would prove harmful to us. This follows from the belief that every living thing has a right to exist and should be preserved.

The word "harnessing" in the passage can be best replaced with ____.

1. exploitation
2. usage
3. consumption
4. production

Biodiversity has its own economic importance. Protection of biodiversity is important.

1. Biodiversity has its own economic importance, so protection of biodiversity is important.
2. Biodiversity has its own economic importance that protection of biodiversity is important.
3. Protection of biodiversity is so important that biodiversity has its own economic importance.
4. Protection of biodiversity is important to make biodiversity have its own economic importance.