Bài tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Unit 9: Natural disasters

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1. UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. 1. According to the weather ___, it will be raining tonight. A. forecast B. forecaster C. forecasted D. forecasting 2. Thuy’s grandma turned the television ___to see the weather forecast. A. off B. up C. on D. down 3. I hope my friends won’t laugh ___me. A. on B. for C. against D. at 4. A tropical storm which reaches 120 kilometers per hour is called a ___in North and South America. A. typhoon B. hurricane C. cyclone D. tornado 5. The tsunami ___in December 2004 in South East Asia killed more than 160.000 people. A. disaster B. disastrous C. disatrously D. disastering 6. The roof ___under the weight of snow last night. A. collapse B. collapsing C. collapsed D. collapses 7. Pompeii was completely ___in AD 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. A. to destroy B. destroy C. destroyed D. destroying 8. In 1995, a huge earthquake ___the city of Kobe in Japan. A. strike B. struck C. striking D. striked 9. We ___ each other since we left school. A. don’t meet B. didn’t meet C. won’t meet D. haven’t met 10. Yesterday, a typhoon ___a coastal city in the country. A. strike B. hit C. predicted D. collapsed 11. People can know when a volcano will ___, won’t they? A. break B. warn C. erupt D. suck 12. Mount Pinatubo, ___is a volcano in the Philippines erupted in 1991. A. which B. who C. whom D. whose 13. Tornadoes or funnel-shaped storms can suck up anything ___is in their path. A. who B. whom C. that D. whose 14. Neil Armstrong, ___ was the first person to step onto the moon, lived in the USA. A. which B. whom C. who D. whose 15. In Australia, a tropical storm is called ___. A. typhoon B. hurricane C. cyclone D. tornado 16. In Asia, a tropical storm is called ___. A. typhoon B. hurricane C. cyclone D. tornado 17. Ninety percent of ___occur around the Pacific Rim. A. earthquakes B. typhoons C. volcanoes D. tornadoes 18. A funnel-shaped storm passing overland below a thunderstorm is called a ___. A. typhoon B. tsunami C. tornado D. hurricane 19. The city ___was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995 is Japan is Kobe. A. which B. who C. whom D. whose 20. The explorer ___discovered America is Christopher Columbus. A. which B. who C. whom D. whose Give a correct preposition to each gap. 21. Scientists had warned them ___the eruption. 22. Hue will have temperatures ___230C and 270C. 23. I am preparing for a picnic ___my friends tomorrow. 24. I hope my friends won’t laugh ___me. 25. Please bring some raincoats just ___case. 26. I can’t hear. Please turn the volume ___, will you? 27. Daddy, it’s the weather forecast ___TV. 28. Tornadoes can suck ___anything that is in their path. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. 29. According to the weather forecast, it will be ___tomorrow. (sun)
2. 30. A ___storm hit the city last night. (tropic) 31. The volcano is one of the largest ___in the world. (erupt) 32. A ___wave can only occur in that case. (tide) 33. The most ___earthquake in Japanese history damaged Tokyo and Yokohama. (disaster) 34. ___have warned the local people of the disaster. (science) Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 35. Tom suggested ___to a nearby restaurant. (go) 36. What about ___by bus? (travel) 37. But I like ___them, dear. (watch) 38. If we pollute the water, we ___no fresh water to use. (have) 39. We haven’t met each other since we ___ school. (leave) 40. Trang ___the first prize in the English speaking contest. (just win) 41. Rice ___in tropical countries. (grow) 42. This exercise must ___carefully. (do) Combine the two sentences by using a suitable relative clause. 43. I bought a new typewriter. It cost me a lot of money.  ___ 44. Tom is one of my closest friends. He is very intelligent.  ___ 45. This is the newspaper. I want you to buy it.  ___ 46. 4. Have you ever spoken to the people? They live next door.  ___ 47. 5. It’s is the book. It will interest children of all ages.  ___ 48. The Pikes keep having all-night parties. They live next door.  ___ 49. Where are the eggs? They are in the fridge.  ___ 50. Vietnam exports rice. Vietnam is in south-east Asia.  ___ 51. I am talking to Russ. His land is in the region.  ___ 52. The man and animals were from China. You saw them on TV.  ___ Fill in each gap with a suitable word in the box below. died – killed – prevented – occurred – began – cooking – broke – caused Almost a hundred thousand people were ___(53) and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake ___(54) a minute before noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were ___(55) their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires ___(56) out everywhere and quickly spread. The fires engines were ___(57) from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was ___(58) by fire rather than by the collapse of the buildings. Most of those who ___(59) were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires, which followed. If the earthquake had ___(60) at night while people were sleeping, far fewer would have died.