A.

PHONETICS

I. 1. D 2. D 3. D 4. B 5. C

II. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. D

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

I. 1. go 2. eats 3. wouldn’t do/ were 4.takes

5. did/ wouldn’t worry 6. will....do 7. were /would go

8. passed 9. will be 10.went 11. won’t go

12. tries 13. spoke 14. finish/ will go 15. see/ ask

II. 1. would you choose 2. gets 3. comes 4. would call

5. will sit 6. don’t talk 7. will you do 8. had read

9.had asked 10. had 11. will go 12. would you do

13.run 14. won’t be 15. would have understand

16. comes 17. wouldn’t have 18. had worn 19. leaves

20. would have had

III. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. A

6. A 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. C

11. B 12. C 13. C 14. A 15. B

16. D 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. C

21. C 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. B

IV. 1. polluted 2. unable 3. environmental 4. Natural

5. harmful 6. contaminated 7. illustration 8. poisonous

V. 1. to 2. away 3. with 4. to 5. into

C. READING

I. 1. refers 2. poisons 3. too 4. in 5. example/ instance

6. noise 7. is 8. problems 9. water 10. even

II. 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. T 6. F

III. 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B
D. WRITING

I. 1. Noise pollution is any loud sounds that are either harmful or annoying to humansand animals.

2.Generally, noise is produced by household appliances, big trucks, vehicles and motorbikes on
the road, planes and helicopters flying over cities, loud speakers, etc.

3.Noise pollution can cause stress, illness, hearing loss, sleep loss and lost productivity.

4.Health effects of noise include anxiety, stress, headaches, irritability and nervousness.

5.Noise-producing industries, airports, bus terminals should be located far from living places.

6.The officials must check the misuse of loudspeakers, outdoor parties and discos, as well as
public announcement systems.

II. 1. The building where he lives is very old.

2. I will tell you something which you didn’t know before.

3. I’ll never forget the day when I met you.

4. Although it was cold, Tom still went swimming.

5. John is very sad because he fails the exam.

6. He never left the house where he had been born.

7. I met the man who works in a bank.

8.Here are the letters which arrived this morning.

9.Although my grandfather is very old, he is still young at heart.

10. Tom gets a lot of money because he works hard.

PART 3: TEST YOURSELF

I. 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A

II. 1. will have 2. find 3. had fed 4. will have

5. looked 6. will happen 7. press 8. had had

9. will you stay 10. swim 11. tell 12. don’t change

13. wouldn’t have bought 14. hung 15. would be

16. would have brought 17. would have been

18. wouldn’t have printed 19. wouldn’t buy 20. would arrive

III. 1. unable 2. environmental 3. contaminated 4. Industrial

9. death 10. Polluted 11. pollutants 12. difficulty

IV. 1. A 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D

V. 1. air pollution 2. factories 3. Yes, it can

4.The gases from the exhausts of cars.

5.Because the gases in the atmosphere continue to increase.

VI. 1. A 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C

VII. 1. The major cause ofwater pollution in Vietnam is the weakness in industrialwastewater
management.

2.Many factories use fresh water to carry away waste from their plants into canals, rivers, and
lakes.

3.Most of them do not have a wastewater treatment system.

4.Industrial waste water is directly discharged into canals, lakes, ponds, and rivers, causing
serious pollution of surface water.

5.For example, in 2008, Vedan factory, a sodium glutamate plant, released their untreated
industrial wastewater into the Thi Vai River and caused tons of fish and ducks in the river to die.

6. Another cause of water pollution in Vietnam is the lack of awareness among citizens.

7. Every day people generate a lot of garbage, and they throw it directly into canals, river, and
ponds.

8. They collect water from these sources to do their laundry, wash dishes, and bathe, and then
they throw the dirty water that contain detergent and shampoo directly into them.