Bài tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Unit 9 Natural disasters

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)

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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 …