UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1. A. weather B. healthy C. already D. reasonable
2. A. volcano B. into C. also D. tornado
3. A. typhoon B. sooner C. flood D. afternoon

Choose the word whose stress is placed differently from that of the others:
4. A. volcano B. typhoon C. tornado D. temperature
5. A. erupt B. hurricane C. earthquake D. climate

Make the best choice
______ is the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon.
A. Sunset B. Sunshine C. Volcano D. Sunrise
______ is the time in the early morning at which the daily event of the sun rises above the horizon.
A. Snowstorm B. Sunrise C. Sunset D. Tidal
______ is flash or brilliant light in the sky produced by natural electricity passing between clouds or from clouds to the ground.
A. Lightning B. Sunrise C. thunder D. Tidal
______ means loud noise in the air that follows a flash of lightning.
A. Lightning B. Sunrise C. Thunder D. Tsunami
______ means a storm with thunder and lightning and usually heavy rain
A. Lightning B. Earthquake C. Thunder D. Thunderstorm
______ means a cataclysm results from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
A. Tsunami B. Earthquake C. volcano D. Thunderstorm
A ______ is a mountain with a large opening or openings through which gases and lava erupt.
A. snowstorm B. tsunami C. volcano D. typhoon
A ______ means a violent tropical storm with very strong wind occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans.
A. snowstorm B. tidal wave C. volcano D. typhoon
______ means the atmospheric condition at a particular place and time, such as the temperature, and whether there is wind, rain, sun, etc.
A. Climate B. Temperature C. Hurricane D. Weather
______ means the regular pattern of the weather conditions of a particular place.
A. Climate B. Temperature C. Degree D. Weather
______ means violently destructive windstorm which moves in a circle.
A. Tidal wave B. Tornado C. Volcano D. Flood
A ______ is a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry.
A. tidal wave B. tornado C. typhoon D. flood
A ______ is a great destructive ocean wave caused by a storm or an earthquake.
A. tidal wave B. tornado C. thunder D. drought
A ______ means a period of continuous dry weather or a shortage of rainfall.
A. tidal wave B. tornado C. thunder D. drought


Dr. Sales is a person____________
A. I don’t have much confidence.
B. in whom I don’t have much confidence
C. whom I don’t have much confidence in him
D. in that I don’t have much confidence
He often comes back to visit Oxford, ______ he grew up.
A. that B. which C. of which D. where
It was the biggest______ of Vesuvius for some years.
A. erupts B. eruption C. erupting D. abrupt
We can ______ wait for the bus ______ take a taxi to town.
A. either - nor B. both - nor C. either - or D. and - or
Jack said he hadn`t cheated in the exam. He denied______
A. to cheat. B. to have cheated. C. being cheated. D. cheating.
What was the name of the horse ____________?
A. it won the race. B. which won the race.
C. who won the race. D. whom won the race.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction
Have you never been struck by lightning? {ever}
Tokyo, that is the capital of Japan, will be sunny. {which}
Scientists are very interesting in tidal power. {interested}
The girl fell into the river, but a passer-by saved her from drown. {from drowning}
I like the postcard who has a glorious sunset{which}

Read the following passage and then complete it with the most suitable words provided
FLOOD IN DORCHESTER
At six o’clock yesterday evening, the River Thames burst