1. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete the following text.

      Recycling is very good for the environment. For example, we make paper (1) _______ trees. If we recycle old paper, we will (2) _______ many trees. Recycling uses less energy and helps control pollution.

There are three steps for recycling: (3) _______ sorting and processing. We can recycle a lot of things such as newspapers, magazines, books, cans, etc. Plastic is also a common recyclable product. We can recycle plastic bottles, plastic bags and many (4) _______ items. We can recycle glass, too. Jars, broken pieces of glass and other glass products can be recycled.

Put (5) _______ bins around the house and in the neighbourhood, and we can have things to recycle.

1.   A. from                          B. on                           C. in                          D. at

2.   A. cut                             B. get                          C. save                      D. have

3.   A. marking                 B. doing                      C. buying                  D. collecting

4.   A. good                      B. another                   C. other                      D. others

5.   A. recycle                  B. recycled                  C. recycling               D. recyclable

1 Who is the …….. (tall) person in your family?

2 My mum is the ……… (good) cook in the world.

3 December is the…….. (cold) month of the year in my country.

4 What’s the………. (dangerous) animal in the world?

5 Ethan is the ……… (happy) boy that I know.

6 Where are the ………… (nice) beaches in your country?

7 She bought the ………. (big) cake in the shop.

: Read the passage and choose the best answer for each gap. (1,2m)

Mars is called the Red Planet because of its reddish (21)…………….. There have been many explorations to Mars by humans since the mid-20th century. Scientists hope that we can find another planet to (22)…………………… human life.

              There are major reasons why the (23)……….. on Mars is unsuitable for human life. Temperatures on Mars can be as low as -87 degrees Celsius and rarely get above 0 degrees Celsius. But the bigger problem is the lack of oxygen. 95% of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide (CO2), and this is (24)………….. to breathe. Moreover, there is no water on Mars even though scientists have found traces of it. Reason why we are be able to live on Mars.  (25)…………; as early as the mid-19th century, (26) ………… discovered that Mars had some similarities to Earth. A day on Mars is 24 hours, 39 minutes and 35 seconds, almost the same as a day on Earth. Mars also experiences seasons just as Earth does. However, the seasons are twice as long because a year on Mars lasts about twice as long as an Earth year.

21.         A. surface                             B. land                       C. ground                 D. body
22.         A. to accommodate                        B. accommodation   C. accommodate      D.accommodations

23.         A water                                 B. climate                   C. oxygen                  D. food

24.         A. poison                               B. poisoning              C. to poison               D. poisonous

25.         A. However                         B. Because                 C. Although             D. So

26. A. doctors                                     B. scientists              C. engineers           D. professors