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Unit 9
Natural disasters

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Chủ đề:
Dự báo thời tiết và các thảm hoạ thiên nhiên: động đất , núi lửa, sóng thần, vòi rồng,
bão ....
Ngữ pháp và cấu trúc:
Đại từ quan hệ
& mệnh đề quan hệ xác định và không xác định (Defining and non-defining)
Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland below a thunderstorm.
(mệnh đề xác định)
Vietnam, which is in the South East Asia, exports rice. (mệnh đề không xác định)
Từ vựng:
Từ vựng về thời tiết, khí hậu và thảm họa thiên nhiên.
Danh từ riêng (địa danh)

BàI TậP
I. Em hãy chọn một từ thích hợp trong hộp để ghép với mỗi câu sau.


a- drought b- shiver c- melt d- hurricane
e- heat wave f- soaked g- shelter h- tornado
i- damp j- rise k- avalanche



What’s the name for a very long time without rain? ... a- drought
It’s where you go when there’s very bad weather.
It’s when you’re completely wet.
What’s one word for “a bit wet”?
What’s the word for when ice turns into water?
What’s the opposite of a “fall” in temperature?
It’s what you do when you’re so cold that you start to shake.
What do you call a really violent storm, like the ones they get in the Caribbean?
It’s a kind of violent circular storm.
It’s what you call a lot of snow and ice falling down the side of a mountain.
10.What’s another way of saying ‘a period of time when the weather is much hotter than usual’?
II. Em hãy chọn một đáp án đúng cho mỗi chỗ trống để hoàn thành các câu sau.
Buy your ......... and other things to take home with you at local shops.
A. gifts B. goods C. toys D. souvenirs
The Mediterranean town of Benidorn is one of the biggest holiday ......... in Spain.
A. beaches B. resorts C. shores D. coasts
They arrived home very wet, as they had walked all the way ……… the rain.
A. below B. under C. in D. into
……… heat from the sun, there would be no life on earth.
A. Without B. Except C. Despite D. If there is no
When the ......... goes out, you have to walk miles across the sand to reach the sea.
A. water B. tide C. wave D. current
As everyone knows, the first and last ......... of the Titanic ended in disaster.
A. journey B. trip C. depart D. voyage
In summer they rent a flat on the ........., which is much cooler than inland areas.
A. coast B. land C. country D. meadow
The ......... that the travel agency gave us didn’t show this factory next to the hotel.
A. schedule B. timetable C. brochure D. notebook
The little ......... in the hills becomes a deep, wide river as it flows towards the sea.
A. lakes B. stream C. ponds D. pools
At 3000 metres, those ......... of the mountains are covered in snow, even in summer.
A. peaks B. tops C. points D. foot
III. Em hãy chọn từ thích hợp trong ngoặc để hoàn thành các cụm từ sau (xem ví dụ)
......... rain (heavy/ hard/ strong) ( heavy rain
......... skies (light/ thin/ clear) ( .........
......... snow (deep/ low/ strong) ( .........
......... sunshine (light/ bright/ clear) ( .........
......... clouds (dark/ hard/ strong) ( .........
......... ice (thick/ deep/ low) ( .........
......... showers (occasional/ continuous/ hard) ( .........
......... wind (thick/ strong/ heavy) ( .........
......... temperatures (mild/ light/ thin) ( .........
......... fog (thick/ deep/ heavy) ( .........
......... thunder (hard/ loud/ strong)