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Unit 9. Natural Disasters(Phần 2)
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 furniture to higher places because of the flood.
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5. They had repaired their house before 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 possibility 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 works to the flooded villages.
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VII. Choose the best answer to complete each of the ỉollovving sentences.
1. An example of a natural disaster is a _______ .
A. snowfaII
B. tornado
C. thunder
D. rainbow
2. A severe topical is _______ called a typhoon.
A. drought
B. rain
C. flood
D. storm
3. Dozens of buildings_______ when an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale hit the City.
A. destroyed
B. collapsed
C. buried
D. damaged
4. Hundreds of people were made _______ after the flood.
A. homeless
B. helpless
C. careless
D. endless
5. We cannot prevent natural disasters, but we can for_______ them.
A. defeat
B. invent
C.. struggle
D. prepare
6. – “No one was killed in the forest fire two days ago”.
“_______!”
A. Oh dear
B. That’s shocking
C. That’s a relief
D. How terrible
7. Thousands of people _______by natural disasters every year.
A. are affected
B. are affecting
C. have affected
D. were afffected
8. The roof of the building _______ in a storm a few days ago.
A. damaged
B. was damaged
C. has damaged
D. has been damaged
9. All the villages_______ to safe areas before midnight last night.
A. evacuated
B. were evacuated
C. had evacuated
D. had been evacuated
10. As soon as the floodwaters________ down, people their houses.
A. went – cleaned
B. had gone – cleaned
C. went – had cleaned
D. had gone – had cleaned
VIII. Fill in each numhered blank with a suitable word to complete the follovving
A drought is a period or condition of unusually dry (1) _______ within a geographic area where rainfall is normally present. During a drought there is a (2) _______of precipitation. Droughts occur in all climatic zones. However, its characteristics vary significantly (3) _______ one region to another.
Its seriousness depends on the degree of the (4) _______ shortage, size of area affected, and the duration and warmth of the dry period. In many underdeveloped (5)_______ , such as India, people place a great (6)_______ on water supply. During a drought period (7) is a lack of water, and thus many of the poor die.
Although drought cannot be reliably predicted, certain precautions can (8)_______ taken in drought-risk areas. These (9) _______ construction of reservoirs to hold emergency water supplies, education to avoid over cropping and overgrazing, and programs to limit settlement (10) _______ drought-prone areas.
IX. Read the following passage about tornadoes and choose the best answer for each question.
Tornadoes
Did you ever see the movie The Wizard of Oz? A tornado sweeps up Dorothy and Toto, sending them to a new world where there are witches and talking lions! That entire story is fiction, but tornadoes are Teal and they are serious business. In fact, they can be the most dangerous storms of all.
Tornadoes are sometimes referred to as twisters or cyclones. They are shaped like a cylinder. They are born in thunderclouds. The winds inside a tornado swirl around and around and can be more than 300 miles per hour (mph). The winds are so strong that tornadoes can lift animals, cars, and even houses.
The United States has more tornadoes than any other country in the world. States such as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska are hit hard by tornadoes. This part of the country is known as “Tornado Alley.” Tornado season is during the springtime and summer. If the conditions are right, a tornado can happen any time of year.
1. Where do tornadoes begin?
A. in the ocean
B. underground
C. in cyclones
D. in thunderclouds
2. Why does the author mention The Wizard of Oz at the beginning of the passage?
A. to give a famous example of a tornado
B. to give a history of tornadoes
C to show that hurricanes are not real
D. to explain why tornadoes are dangerous
3. Based on the passage, people who live in Tornado Alley should_______ .
A. expect tornadoes only during the summer.
B. be very familiar with the movie The Wizard of Oz.
C. be prepared for the dangers of tornadoes.
D. think about moving to the United States.
4. The word conditions in the last paragraph means .
A. preparations
B. dangerous hazards
C. the way things are
D. lucky feelings
5. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Some states get tornadoes more than other states.
B. Tornadoes are dangerous storms that affect the U.S.
C. Tornadoes are different from how they are in movies.
D. Many tornadoes do not cause a lot of damage.
X. Find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence and correct it.
Example:
0. There isn’t (A) two chairs (B) in the (C)living room(D).
—> 0. A (aren’t)
1. Hundreds(A) of houses destroyed(B) after a tornado hit (C)the small town(D). of Texas.
2. Many people got injured(A) in the storm because(B) they weren’t prepared (C) for the disaster(D)..
3. It is reported (A) that six people trapped(B) in collapsed (C) buildings have freed(D). so far.
4. The earthquake occurred (A) at midday(B) when many (C) people had had(D).
5. Do you know(A) that the word (B)“tsunami” takes (C) from the Japanese for(D). “habour wave”?
XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. Powerful tsunami waves carried ships many kilometres inland.
Ships_______________________________________________
2. Many natural disasters have been caused by global warming.
Global warming ___________________________________
3. They provided food then cleared up the debris.
After they__________________________________________
4. Tornadoes can move objects as big as a car.
Objects_____________________________________________
5. The northern part of the City wasn’t struck by the typhoon.
The typhoon_________________________________________
XII. Use the information below to write a news reports o! 100-120 words about a natural disaster.
| Type of natural disaster | Earthquake |
| What is this disaster? | Most powerful earthquake in Nepal since 1934, 7.8 on Richter scale |
| When and where did the disaster occur? | – On April 25th, 2015, at 11.56 NST
– In Central Nepal – Also affect India, Bangladesh, Tibet, China |
| What are the effects of this disaster? | – More than 8,800 people die
– Over 23,000 injured people – Hundreds of thousands of people homeless, entire villages flattened – Kathmandu Durbar Square, UNESCO World Heritage Site, destroyed – Caused an avalanche on Mount Everest, killed at least 19 people |
| What has been done to help the victims of the disaster? | – 90% of soldiers in Nepalese Army sent to stricken areas
– Many countries, international organisations sent medical experts, emergency workers, rescue staff, money; provided medical supplies, food, equipment |
( FUN CORNER )
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