Use of English for advanced learners 9 - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. USE OF ENGLISH – 09 2. The building of a nuclear power plant near the city will doubtfully / undoubtedly CONFUSED WORDS trigger protests. 3. She expressively / expressly denied any wrongdoing in the power plant’s meltdown. 4. They’ve conducted extended / extensive research on hydrogen fuel cells for I. Write a phrase in each gap using a word from list A and a word from list B. energyefficient vehicles. A || crude ■ electricity fuel ■ plant ■ sustainable 5. A lump of coal is like a rock and has a similar level of hardship / hardness. B || cell ■ energy ■ grid ■ meltdown ■ oil 6. Electricity is one of many household / housing expenses most people have to pay for monthly. 1. All homes are hooked up to a(n) that gives them a source of power. 7. The imaginary / imaginative designs for the solar plane show a long wingspan 2. Workers evacuated the area due to the threat of a nuclear power capable of carrying several solar panels. 3. Many countries buy from other countries that produce it, then refine it in 8. Eleanna was at such an impressionable / impressive age that if you told her their own factories. electricity was a form of magic, she’d believe you. 4. More people are turning to in the home by using solar-powered hot water heaters and wind power for general electricity. V. Complete each sentence with a word that was incorrect in Exercise IV. 5. A hydrogen creates energy when the hydrogen inside comes in contact 1. Studies show that working hours can result in accidents at work. with oxygen. 2. Mark shook his head on hearing the minister’s speech W’ith its unrealistic promises of solving our energy crisis. II. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. 3. The town experienced great after the plant, which employed thousands of 1. Coal is extracted / excavated from the ground and used in coal-burning power locals, closed. plants. 4. Ruth was too far away to be heard, so she waved her hands to let her 2. The logs took ages to burst / ignite as the woodpile had been soaked by the rain. supervisor know there was a serious problem in the plant. 3. John D. Rockefeller was an oil manufacturer / tycoon who became the most 5. We’ve had results with our wind-turbine farm, as we’re producing powerful man in America in his time. electricity for more than 2,000 homes in the area now. 4. The government’s energy policy / procedure states that improvements to the green 6. The electricity company told Suzanne that her power would be as soon as energy sector are a top priority. she settled the outstanding balance. 5. Whatever you do, do not touch that wiring - it is electrified /jolted! 7 .The new development was connected to the power grid just last week. 8 I dream of a(n) world where we no longer pollute the environment and III. Write a word from the list below in each gap to complete the text. energy is free. abundant ■ conduct ■ harness ■ static ■ transmit Energy is all around US. For instance, when we drag our feet across a carpeted floor in VI. Write a word from the list below in each gap to complete the text. the winter, we get a mild shock if we touch something. This is a result of (1) active ■ counteract ■ enact ■ interact ■ radioactive ■ reaction electricity that has built up in our bodies and is then released, and it is an The future of nuclear power is far from certain. As an energy source, it comes from example of how we can (2) electricity. When storms roll in and lightning combining (1) elements such as uranium with other elements.The resulting (2) strikes, the lightning will (3) electricity from the sky to the ground to the tune is the formation of energy as atoms split apart and combine with others. It’s of trillions of watts. purported to be a relatively safe source of fuel because there are ways to (3) When the wind blows, it has the power to move objects. Connect those objects to a the potentially dangerous consequences of this chemical process. Most wind turbine to make it spin, and we can (4) power from the wind. This people, though, are not comfortable with the idea, and history has shown that mankind kind of energy is clean and (5) and mankind must find more ways of has a long way to go before nuclear power plants are a harmless energy source. Nuclear utilising it physicists and structural engineers (4) with one another on a regular basis with the hope of one day creating a secure plant. Governments(5) laws to ensure IV. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. safety precautions are in place and waste disposal is carried out properly, all the while 1. Their power was disconnected / reconnected because they had forgotten to pay the trying to calm fears the public may have about its safety. Power plants must be bill. TQT USE OF ENGLISH FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS - 09 .
2. structurally secure and cannot be built near (6) fault lines. Nonetheless, they are inevitably affected by the natural world no matter where they are located. With all of These types of hot water heaters are inexpensive to affix and (3) this, the question remains as to whether or not it will be a viable power source in the unobtrusive to the eye. In the case of wind power, it is neither future. attractive nor particularly efficient to allocate a towering (4) VII. Write a word in each gap to complete the sentences. turbine next to a single home; rather, it is built in an area 1. decision / decisiveness where it can power several homes at once. Furthermore, how Margaret was known for her ,but when it came to hiring a new engineer, she homebuilders install their homes influences their energy (5) couldn’t take a efficiency. A home with south-facing windows will absorb the 2. eventful / eventual natural radiation from the sun, thus heating the home without During the year in the power plant’s history, the two fires and numerous using any energy-producing devices. And builders position (6) strikes led to its shutdown. homes with the best forms of insulation so that any energy 3. goodness / goodwill used to heat a home, whether it be natural or from electricity As a gesture of ,she offered support to the families of the trapped miners out transmitted through the grid, will not easily escape from it of the of her heart. 4. hearing / hearsay IX. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. The supervisor testified at the that any evidence concerning the plant’s lack 1. To help make resources last longer, more people should practise resource allocation / of safety was all and not proven fact. conservation / preservation. 5. historic / historical 2. Homes and office buildings can be positioned so that they can take advantage of solar These records show that the opening of the nation’s first power plant was discharge / radiation / emission to heat spaces naturally. indeed a event. 3. George installed photovoltaic shields / turbines / panels on his flat roof. 6. habitable / inhabited 4. Home padding / insulation / interior is often placed inside the walls and lined in The neighbourhood was prior to the power plant explosion, but no one the roof to increase the home’s energy efficiency. lives there any more as it’s no longer 5. Electricity is transmitted / radiated / reflected through power lines. 7. manageable / managerial The staff were shouting and the situation was not but Neil tried tocalm them X. Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. down, as it was his duty. 1. We have to the designs for the new generator due to safety issues. 8. moral / morale A. overdo B. outdo C. redo D. undo If worker is low, they are liable to revolt so the of the story is: 2. Jill received a hefty from the work-related accident. keep employees happy and they’ll continue to work. A. payee B. payout C. payroll D. payslip 9. perceptible / perceptive 3. The funds set aside for environmental clean-up were , resulting in a scandal. The reduction in our power bills was barely when we insulated our home, A. abused B. misused C. reused D. overused but we weren’t enough to observe this at first. 4. The power plant can’t be built here, as diggers uncovered priceless on the 10. outspoken / speechless premises, A rather employee burst into a heated argument over plant safety with the A. artistry B. artwork C. artefacts D. arts supervisor, which left the other workers 5. The volunteers involved in the sustainability project live in a small settlement designed as a society where everyone is equal. VIII. Each of the words in bold is in the wrong place. Write the correct word on A. classic B. classy C. classical D. classless the line. 6. Citizens protested the government’s incompetent of the energy crisis. When constructing eco-friendly homes, builders line specific (1) A. handling B. handout C. handful D. handover types of energy-efficient resources for specific areas of the home. For instance, it is common to erect single or double (2) panels to the tops of hot water heaters to absorb solar energy and provide a cost-effective, continual, renewable power source. TQT USE OF ENGLISH FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS - 09 .
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