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TEST 12 Name:…………………………..
I. Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
1. Vietnamese homes are _______ with the yellow blossoms of the Hoa Mai in the south while the rosy peach blossoms of the Hoa Dao are used in the North on let holidays.
A. decorated B. celebrated C. described D. predicted
2. Every year we ______ the National Day on September 2nd.
A. congratulate B. occur C. celebrate D. behave
3. Dalat has a cool climate; the annual average _______ is 18oC.
A. temperature B. highland C. volume D. forecast
4. The earthquake in Kobe in 1995 lasted 30 seconds, _______ more than 50,000 buildings and killed about 6,500 people.
A. lifted B. collapsed C. erupted D. destroyed
5. A tropical storm reaches 120 kilometers an hour is ______.
A. a hurricane B. a cyclone C. a typhoon D. all are correct
6. A tornado looks like a _______ .
A. thunderstorm B. tide C. shift D. funnel
7. People _______ live in glass houses shouldn`t throw stones.
A. who B. whom C. which D. what
8. Easter is a festival _______ occurs in late March or early April.
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
9. Alexander Fleming, _______ discovered penicillin, received the Nobel Prize in 1945. A. which B. whom C. who D. that
10. If you _______ this letter now, she_______ it tomorrow.
A. send / receive B. sent / would receive C. send / will receive D. sent / received
11. The new shopping mall is advertised as a place_______ you can find just about anything you might want to buy,
A. where B. which C. in where D. in that
12. Ninety per cent of ________ occur around the Pacific Rim known as the" Ring of Fire".
A. earthquakes B. typhoon C. thunderstorm D. tornadoes
13. We ________ since we left school.
A. don`t meet B. won`t meet C. haven`t met D. didn’t meet
14. According to the weather ________ ,it will be raining tonight.
A. forecast B. forecaster C. forecasted D. forecasting
15. It snowed in Lang Son ________ the winter 2002.
A. of / in B. in / of C. at /for D. for / at
16. Pompeii was completely ________ in A.D. 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
A. to destroy B. destroy C. destroyed D. destroying
17. Kangaroos, which come ________ Australia, have long tails.
A. to B. in C. from D. for
18. Neil Armstrong, ________ walked on the moon, lived in the USA.
A. Which B. Who C. whom D .whose
III. COMPLETE THE PASSAGE WITH THE MOST SUITABLE WORDS.
Good evening. Our program tonight is about (1)--------- disasters. This year there have been earthquakes and volcanic eruption. All our guests tonight have survived the natural (2)---------------. "Hello, everybody! My name is Maria. I was on holiday in the South Pacific and I was staying on Pogohiti, a small island. I was having a rest when the (3) -------------erupted. The noise woke me up. I looked through the window. Everybody was running towards the harbor. I just put on a coat and ran to the harbor, too. I managed to get on a ship. It was leaving when the (4)-------------- hit the town".
1. A. nature B. nation C. naturally D. natural
2. A. disasters B. tsunamis C. tornadoes D. typhoons
3. A. mountain B. volcano C. earthquake D. tide
4. A. wave B. storm C. lava D. flood
III. Rewrite the sentences , using relative pronouns
The baby was still alive. He was lifted and put down a hundred meters away by the tornado.

Ninety per cent of the earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim. It is known as the Ring of Fire.

In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage. The tidal wave travled from California to Alaska.

The weather forecast program take place at 8:oo pm every day. Some people like to watch it.

Mr Phong is our geography teacher.He has been teaching in our scchool for ten years.

A typhoon is a violent tropical storm. It can cause great destruction.

Violent tropical storms are called hurricane in America. They reach 120 kilometers per hour.

Mr. Tuan teaches us chemistry. His friends are also my friends’ father.

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