But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – “the London Killer Fog” of 1952.. Find the best choice to complete the passage below.. Large numbers o
Trang 1Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
I often hear or read about “natural disaster”- the eruption of Mount St Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington: Hurricane Andrew in Florida; the floods in the American Midwest; terrible earthquakes all over the world; huge fires; and so on But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – “the London Killer Fog” of 1952 It began
on Thursday, December 4th when a high –pressure system (warm air) cover southern England With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog The humidity was terribly high, there was no breeze at all Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped People couldn’t see, and some walked onto the railroad tracks
or into the river It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick Finally on Tuesday,
December 9th, the wind came and the fog went away But after that, even more people got sick, many of them died
1. Which natural disaster isn’t mentioned in the text?
tornado
2. What is his unforgettable person experience?
C the strangeness of nature D a high-pressure system
3. What didn’t happen during the time of the “London Killer Fog”?
4. The traffic stopped because of _
A The rain B the windy weather C the humid weather D the heavy fog
Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentences.
5. Hurry up or you will be late
If
6. Helen can play the piano better than Elizabeth
Elizabeth
7. Learning English is interesting
It is _
8. No one has answered the questions yet
The questions
Trang 29. I think it would be a good idea to take a train.
I suggest _
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.
10. Do you often go out _Saturday evenings?
11. Hoa likes reading and _
A so is Minh B Minh is too C so does Minh D Minh does either
12. They don’t like milk and _
A neither do we B so do we C we do too D neither don’t we
13. I have two brothers and we are _at school
14. The man _we saw yesterday is a scientist
15. I feel _in this book
16. Vietnam is a _country
17. There is _time Let’s hurry
18. This house is _of the three
19. If it _, we’ll have the party outside
20. If you know where she lives, let me _
21. We’ll make the beach clean and _again
22. It is impossible _a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing to the environment
Trang 323. If you are late again, you _the job.
24. She never goes to the movies _she is very busy
Choose the words or phrases that needs correction.
25. Did the house broken when you were away?
26. That is the girl whom Jim wants to marry her
27. Although it rained heavy, they went out last night
28. The accident happened in front of my house last night because the driver’s carelessness
29. Does it take you three hours doing this task?
Find the best choice to complete the passage below.
Among the festivals (26) by some of Asian people is the Moon Cake Festival, also known (27) the Mid August Festival Large numbers of small round moon cakes are eaten (28) this day, and children enjoy carrying colorful (29) lanterns come in all shapes; the most popular ones are shaped like fish, rabbits and butterflies According to (30) , the moon shines the brightest on the night of the Moon Cake Festival As the moon rises, tables are placed (31) the house and women make offerings of fruit and moon cakes to the Moon Goddess
Trang 4ANSWER KEYS Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.
6. Do you often go out _Saturday evenings?
7. Hoa likes reading and _
A so is Minh B Minh is too C so does Minh D Minh does either
8. They don’t like milk and _
A neither do we B so do we C we do too D neither don’t we
9. I have two brothers and we are _at school
10. The man _we saw yesterday is a scientist
11. I feel _in this book
12. Vietnam is a _country
13. There is _time Let’s hurry
14. This house is _of the three
15. If it _, we’ll have the party outside
Trang 5A rains B doesn’t rain C rained D didn’t rain
16. If you know where she lives, let me _
17. We’ll make the beach clean and _again
18. It is impossible _a newspaper without reading about the damage we are doing to the environment
19. If you are late again, you _the job
20. She never goes to the movies _she is very busy
Choose the words or phrases that needs correction.
21 Did the house broken when you were away? [Was]
22 That is the girl whom Jim wants to marry her [no words]
23 Although it rained heavy, they went out last night [heavily]
24. The accident happened in front of my house last night because the driver’s carelessness
[because of]
25 Does it take you three hours doing this task? [to do]
Find the best choice to complete the passage below.
Among the festivals (26) by some of Asian people is the Moon Cake Festival, also known (27) the Mid August Festival Large numbers of small round moon cakes are eaten (28) this day, and children enjoy carrying colorful (29) lanterns come in all shapes; the most popular ones are shaped like fish, rabbits and butterflies According to (30) , the
Trang 6moon shines the brightest on the night of the Moon Cake Festival As the moon rises, tables are placed (31) the house and women make offerings of fruit and moon cakes to the Moon Goddess
Read the following passage and choose the best answers.
I often hear or read about “natural disaster”- the eruption of Mount St Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington: Hurricane Andrew in Florida; the floods in the American Midwest; terrible earthquakes all over the world; huge fires; and so on But I’ll never forget my first personal experience with the strangeness of nature – “The London Killer Fog” of 1952 It began
on Thursday, December 4th when a high –pressure system (warm air) cover southern England With the freezing-cold air below, heavy fog formed Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog The humidity was terribly high, there was no breeze at all Traffic (cars, trains, and boats) stopped People couldn’t see, and some walked onto the railroad tracks
or into the river It was hard to breathe, and many people got sick Finally on Tuesday,
December 9th, the wind came and the fog went away But after that, even more people got sick,
many of them died { breeze: light wind}
32. Which natural disaster isn’t mentioned in the text?
tornado
33. What is his unforgettable person experience?
C the strangeness of nature D a high-pressure system
34. What didn’t happen during the time of the “London Killer Fog”?
35. The traffic stopped because of _
Trang 7A The rain B the windy weather C the humid weather D the heavy fog Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentences.
36. Hurry up or you will be late
If you don’t hurry up, you will be late.
37. Helen can play the piano better than Elizabeth
Elizabeth cannot play the piano as well as Helen. _
38. Learning English is interesting
It is interesting to study English.
39. No one has answered the questions yet
The questions haven’t been answered yet.
40. I think it would be a good idea to take a train
I suggest taking a train. _
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