UNIT 9 NATURAL DISASTERS I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. funnel B. funny C. funeral D. tunnel 2. A. treat B. heat C. beat D. sweater 3. A. carry B. start C. smart D. card 4. A. eruption B. question C. tradition D. addition 5. A. dig B. agency C. charge D. exchange II. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern from those of the others. 1. A. comment B. command C. compound D. machine 2. A. towel B. revive C. promise D. victim 3. A. sterile B. damage C. contact D. inject 4. A. permanent B. elevate C. advisable D. influence 5. A. entertainment B. identify C. emergencyD. continuous III. Make a cross on the correct answer A, B, C or D in the following sentences : 1. According to the weather ______ it will rain, tonight. A. forecast B. forecaster C. forecasted D. forecasting 2. The tsunami ______ in December 2004 in South East-A killed more than 160,000 people. A. disaster B. disastrous C. disastrously D. disastering 3. We must find a shelter now, because of the ______ storm. A. forecasted B. forecast C. forecaster D. forecasting 4. The roof ______ under the weight of snow last night. A. collapsed B. collapsing C. collapses D. collapse 5. He warned me of the ______ in the forest. A. dangers B. dangerousness C. dangerously D. dangerous 6. Pompeii was completely ______ in AD 79 by an eruption Mount Vesuvius. A. destroyed B. destroy C. to destroy D. destroying 7. Many people become ______ because of the natural disasters every year, A. homeless B. homesick C. homeland D. homework 8. Mount Pinatubo, ______ is a volcano erupted in 1991. A. which B. who C. whom D. that 9. Tornadoes and funnel-shaped storms can suck ______ is in their path. A. that B. whom C. who D. whose 10. We ______ since we left school. A. haven't met B. didn't meet C. won't meet D. don't meet 11. I'll bring some raincoats just in case. I hope my friends ______ laugh at me. A. won't B. didn't C. don't D. haven't 12. In 1995 a huge earthquake ______ the city of Kobe in Jape A. struck B. striking C. striked D. strike 13. Tidal waves _____ the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth. A. are B. were C. is D. was 14. I can't hear what you are saying. Can you ______ the radio? A. turn down B. turn on C. turn up D. turn off 15. Neil. Armstrong, ______ walked on the moon, lived in the U S A. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 16. Marie Curie, ______ is one of the greatest women discovered radium. A. who B. whose C. whom D. which 17. According to the weather _________ , it will be raining tonight. A. prediction B. information C. announcement D. forecast 18. You shouldn’t laugh ________ old people . A. at B. on C. with D. for 19. Turn the radio ________It’s too loud. A. down B. up C. on D. off 20. Please turn _______ the volume on TV . I want to listen to the news. A. down B. up C. on D. off 21. The ________ is heavy rain for tomorrow. A. forecast B. news C. saying D. guess 22. Severe thunderstorms are ______ for Tuesday night. A. forecast B. brought C. hit D. damaged 23. It’s going to be quite cool with _______ as low as 18 ºC. A. degrees B. measurements C. temperatures D. conditions 24. The south.central coast can _______ thunderstorms. A. be B. expect C. predict D. guess 25. HCM City will ________ temperatures between 28 ºC and 34 ºC. A. experience B. arrive C. reach D. occur 26. I don't expect much traffic, but ________ there is, I think we should leave early. A. in case B. in case of C. in time D. in a hurry 27. Although Tom’s grandmother doesn’t _____ weather forecasts, she likes watching them. A. experience B. trust C. expect D. predict 28. An area of land with hills or mountains is called the _______. A. regions B. territories C. highlands D. environment 29. They are going to a park ______ the other side of Saigon Bridge. A. in B. on C. at D. to 30. The word “typhoon” comes ______ the Chinese, doesn’t it ? A. from B. for C. about D. with 31. The accident ______ while he was driving to the office. A. occurred B. was occur C. was occurred D. was being occurred 32. That important event ______ in 1945. A. happened B. happening C. was happened D. has happened 33. She was having a rest when the volcano _______ . A. erupted B. flew C. flowed D. broke 34. Two hundred people died in that volcano ______. A. corruption B. eruption C. destruction D. reduction 35. Tidal waves are the result of an _______ shift in the underwater movement of the Earth . A. amazing B. alternative C. abrupt D. unpleasant 36.________are funnel-shaped storms passing overland below a thunderstorm. A. Earthquakes B. Tropical storms C. Hurricanes D. Tornadoes 37. In 1995 , a huge earthquake struck Kobe city in Japan and caused severe _______ A. damage B. destruction C. shift D. collapse 38. The earthquake _______ the city at 2 this morning A. occurred B. hit C. swept D. measured 39. Thousands of people were saved because scientists had__them about the volcanic eruption. A. said B. spoke C. warned D. talked 40. A tropical storm which reaches 120 kilometers an hour is called a _______ in North and South America. A. typhoon B. cyclone C. hurricane D. tornado 41. Ninety percent of earthquakes occur _______ the Pacific Rim. A. around B. at C. in D. about 42. The roof ________ under the weight of snow last night. A. collapsed B. fell C. dropped D. flew 43. A tornado looks like a big, dark _______ coming from the bottom of a storm cloud. A. funnel B. bowl C. mushroom D. cloud 44. Early warnings about tornadoes could save many __________. A.lives B. life C. living D. things 45. Yesterday a typhoon _________ a coastal city in the country. A. hit B. strike C.collapsed D. predicted 46. People can know when a volcano will ________ nowadays, can't they ? A. break B. warn C. erupt D. seek 47. A tropical storm is called a hurricane in North and South America when it _____ 120 kilometers per hour. A. reaches B. goes C. gets D. comes 48. A ____ is a very large wave. A. tidal wave B. tsunami C. tornado D. a and b are correct. 49. A / An __________ is a sudden strong shaking of the ground. A. snowstorm B. tidal wave C. earthquake D. volcano. 50. A _______ is a tropical storm with strong winds. A. typhoon B. tornado C. volcano D. tsunami
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