Unit 9 Natural Disaster (phần IV, V, VI)
IV. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
| avalanche | blizzard | disaster | drought | eruption |
| evacuation | explosion | flood | lightning | tsunami |
1. The soldiers have been deployed to help avert a looming environmental_______in Central provinces.
2. When I was outside in the _________ , I couldn’t see more than a few feet in front of me because of all the snow.
3. Mum went shopping yesterday atternoon and she was very frightened. In the car park, there was an ________ and nobody knew what it was.
4. I saw on TV that yesterday there was an _________ on an island in the Pacitic and hot lava came down the volcano.
5. My little sister is atraid of __________ , so when there is a bad storm she
always hides.
6. Last Sunday we wanted to go skiing, but we couldn’t because in the mountains there was an __________ .
7. A powerful earthquake off the coast of Indonesia sparked a three-metre-high________ that killed at least 113 people.
8. If there is a bad_________ in a town, the people have to travel by boat!
9. After the harshest winter in decades, the western region is now facing its hottest summer and the worst ____________ across the area in nearly 40 years.
10. People should become familiar with the guidelines for__________ because natural disasters can force them to leave their homes.
V. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentemces .
1. All people (go)_________ down into the cellar for protection by the time the tornado (sweep) ___________ through the town yesterday.
2. Hundreds of trees on streets in Ha Noi (fall) __________ in a sudden storm last night.
3. I (not seen) _________ a more horribie flood than this since I (live)______ in this area.
4. The tourists (camp) ________near a peaceful river, when all of a sudden, the river (flood)________its banks and almost (destroy)_______their campsite.
5. When the volcano (erupt) _______, people living nearby already (move)______to safe places.
VI. Rewrite the following sentences in passive voice.
1. The mudslide buried five houses in a village in the eastern region.
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2. The volunteers have rescued three cats.
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3. They are cutting dead trees on some streets to prepare for the forthcoming storm.
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4. We should move the turniture to higher places because of the flood.
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5. They had repaired their house betore the typhoon came.
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6. What kind of injuries do earthquakes cause?
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7. The government didn’t warn the people about the possibilỉty of a tsunami.
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8. Have the workers restored the damaged bridge yet?
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9. I hadn’t put the car into the garage before the hail occurred.
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10. We will send rescue workers to the flooded villages
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