Test Chapter I

I. Play the videos and answer the questions correctly !

        A. Question Nos 1-4 based on the above video
           1. Where did the migrants originate from ?
      
   2. How many people were on the vessel ?
           3. What caused the vessel to sink ?
           4. Where did the accident happen ?

        B. Questions nos 5-8 based on the following video

                        5. In what country did the accident take place ?

                        6. How many women were killed ?

                        7. How many doctors were sent to help ?

                        8. What caused the accident ?

II. Read The following text and answer the questions !

             Hydroponics is an unconventional growing technique. It is the cultivation of plants in Water. The idea of hydroponics comes from assumption that plants do not need soil such as. They need only the nutrients and moisture in the soil and these can be supplied through gravel beds that contain water. 

             Hydroponics is not a new process. As long ago as 1690, an English physician tried growing plants in water in a laboratory experiment. In 1800 some German researchers used the method to develop many of the formulas for plant nutrient solutions which are still in use today. About generation ago, hydroponics moved out of the research laboratory into commercial use. In 1936 a California physiologist, W.F. Gerick, published guidelines for hydroponics agriculture. 

              One of the leading companies in the field of hydroponics is Hydroponics Incorporated of Glendale, Arizona. It operates about 200 greenhouses on 48 hectare site. It produces more than 2.7 million kilogram of fruit and vegetables each year mostly tomatoes, but also cucumbers, lettuces and melons. Crop yields are excellent for example each nature tomato plant produces an average of 12.1 kilos of fruit a year of two growing cycles. These companies with about 9 kilos for two crops of the average soil grown plant. 

               Everything is carefully controlled in the greenhouse the temperature, the humidity, and the air circulation, wind, hail, frost, drought, weeds and insects are all excluded. In recent years, hydroponics farming has been expanding in many parts of the world. A hydroponics farm operated by the government of Kuwait produces fresh tomatoes at a desert site near the capital city. At Puerto Penasco, Mexico, and on Sadiyat Island Abu Dhabi, experimental hydroponics farms use seawater that is desalinated by special installment located on the coast. 

(Adapted from Science and Technology in Everyday
Life, by Dean Curry)

1. "They need only the nutrients and moisture in the soil.. What does the word "They" refer to?

2.  What is hydroponic ?

3. Why did they say that plants don't need soil ?

4. When was hydroponic first invented ?

5. Who issued hydroponic manual for the first time ?

6. ....by special installment located on the coast. Whay is the synonym of the underlined word ?

7. Can we use seawater to water hydroponic ?

III. BUILD THE WORD INTO THE CORRECT WORD TO COMPLETE EACH BLANK !

1. ACCEPT - I'm sorry, but this arrangement is totally to us.
2. ACCEPT - I've just received their letter of so we can go ahead.
3. ACT - The unions have threatened to take industrial .
4. ACT - It's been a very day on the Stock Exchange.
5. ACT - The R&D department seems full of at the moment.
6. ADD - We'll be bringing out several to our product line.
7. ADD - There's an bonus if I exceed my sales target by more than 10%.
8. ANALYSE - We'll need a detailed cost before giving the final approval.
9. ANALYSE - Most think we're in for a difficult time.
10. APPLY - Unfortunately we can't interview every .
11. APPLY - I sent in my letter of and they phoned me the next day.
12. APPLY - The regulations are not when there are fewer than 10 employees.
13. CONNECT - My flight didn't leave until 10 o'clock.
14. CONNECT - We sent them a letter in with their offer of an agency.
15. CONNECT - She has some useful in the hotel trade.

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