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UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS

Exercise 1: Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others?
1. a. sunny b. trust c. occur d. must
2. a. dear b. weather c. hear d. near
3. a. matches b. ladder c. blanket d. forecast
4. a. majority b. Japan c. tornado d. around
5. a. hundred b. eruption c. selection d. severe
6. a. scientist b. predict c. ring d. outside
7. a. mean b. reach c. bean d. earth
8. a. typhoon b. wood c. cook d. book
Exercise 2: Which is odd one out?
1. a. tidal waves b. weather c. volcanoes d. landslide
2. a. horn b. snout c. snow d. leg
3. a. choose b. chew c. swallow d. taste
4. a. kangaroo b. doll c. dog d. rhino
Exercise 3: Which word has the stressed syllable different from the others?
1. a. expect b. temperature c. thunderstorm d. central
2. a. bucket b. available c. fixtures d. market
3. a. earthquake b. hurricane c. cyclone d. tornado
4. a. majority b. typhoon c. become d. region
Exercise 4: Use the words/ phrases in the box to fill in the blanks. There are more words/ phrases than the blanks.




Hà Nội and areas ………………………. will be sunny.
It will be raining along the ……………………of Thanh Hóa.
Areas around the Cửu Long Delta can ………….. clouds during the day.
Hồ Chí Minh City’s ………………will be between 270C and 350C.
There may be a ……………….. cut.
Tidal waves are the result of a(n) …………in the underwater movement of the Earth.
We can usually ………………………when a volcano will erupt.
Tornadoes are …………………. storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm.
Exercise 5: Use relative clauses to combine the following pairs of sentences into one.
The victims of the flood need help. They were half-starved for many days.
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The baby was still alive. He was lifted and put down a hundred meters away by the tornado.
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The weather forecast program takes place at 8:00 pm every day. Some people like to watch it.
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My parents buy a lot of candles and food. We will use them in case the market is closed because of the hurricane.
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A typhoon is a violent tropical storm. It can cause great destruction.
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The tornado struck with great force. It lifted the house off the ground.
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Hurricane Isabel destroyed a lot of houses. It swept through Virginia in 2003.
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Violent tropical storms are called hurricanes in American. They reach 120 kilometers per hour.
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Exercise 6: Read the following newspaper article and choose the best answers.
School tornado horror
Most of the people in Saragosa were attending a children’s graduation ceremony in the village school when one of the worst tornadoes in American history suddenly struck. A sudden loud whistling sound made everyone sit up as the youngest child (1) … was shaking … hands with the village mayor. It (2) ……… to be a time of great happiness. Instead it (3) ……… in tragedy. The children (4) ……… their certificates when the tornado hit the village without any warning. The walls of the school building (5) ……… while most of the parents were watching the ceremony. Tons of concrete (6) ……… crashing down on them. Other parents (7) ……… a huge meal in the school kitchen at the time of the disaster. Afterwards no building in Saragosa remained standing. Out of a population of 185, at least 25 were dead and a further 112 were injured. “The whole village (8) ……… ,” said police officer Paul Deishler. “There’s nothing at all here now. It (9) ……… worse than a war zone.”
A. has shaken B. is shaking C. shakes D. was shaking
A. supposed B. was supposing C. was supposed D. supposing
A. ended B. will end C. ends D. was ending
A. were receiving B. received C. have received D. receive
A. could fall in B. fell in C. have fallen in D. will fall in