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The Great Quake

Daily Warm-Up

Today, in most industrialized countries in the world, buildings are designed to withstand various, unexpected natural disasters. Safety measures are installed in modern-day designs to help contain the spread of fire, and design engineers make sure newer structures are deliberately planned to hold against the violent shifting of the earth during an unexpected earthquake. However, such deliberate design and planning was not the case during the early 1900s.

On April 18, 1906, in the morning hours of the day, the citizens of San Francisco, California, were witnesses to an earthquake so monumental the tremors were felt as

far north as Oregon. Neither the city nor its people were prepared for what would happen next: the devastation of their city.

The actual earthquake only lasted two minutes. Of course, the violent tremors must have seemed much longer to the actual eyewitnesses, but the fires that came after the earthquake lasted for nearly three days. The enormous loss from the disaster included the lives of at least five hundred people, and an estimated three thousand acres of the city were destroyed. This disaster is often called simply the “Great Quake” because of the vast destruction that occurred.

1.    After reading this passage, what can you predict will most likely happen to San Francisco in the future if another earthquake hits the city?

a.     The city will be less prepared than in 1906.

b.      Fires will ravage the city after an earthquake.

c.     The citizens will refuse to rebuild the city.

d.      The city will be better prepared due to modern-day designs and safety measures.

2.    What is the meaning of the word vast as used in the last paragraph?

a.     extensive

b.      miniature

c.     simultaneous

d.      perpetual

3.    Which would be the best source to learn more about the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906?

a.     a personal website by someone who currently resides in San Francisco

b.      a journal written by someone who survived the 1906 earthquake

c.     an atlas showing the epicenter of the 1906 quake

d.      an online encyclopedia entry about earthquakes

4.    Using information from the text, what can you say is true about the 1906 earthquake?

a.     Flooding was a huge problem after the earthquake.

b.      The earthquake left everyone in the city without shelter.

c.     People were ill-prepared for any type of disaster in the 1900s.

d.      The destruction by fires after the earthquake caused major damage to San Francisco.

5.    Using information from the passage, explain why the 1906 earthquake became known as the “Great Quake.” Write at least two complete sentences.

1. Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa đổi                                                       9. will you make a new dress tomorrow. -->

10. Ha is the most intelligent in her class? -->No one

11. my home is older than her house. -->her hours is not 

12.they don't like collecting dolls. -->they aren't

13. none one has used this room for a long time. --> this room

14.my father last took a rest one hour ago. -->the last time

15. they have never been to hue before. --> this is

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V. Rewrite the sentences so they have a similar meaning, using another passive. 1 New books were bought for the library.

2 The actors were given the wrong script.

3 You will be offered a new role.

4 The parcel won't be delivered to Julia today.

5 They will be taught the dance steps in the morning.

6 That house was built for my grandparents

7 They should have been promised a new part in the play.

8 The money to go to the festival will be lent to me by my sister.

9 The organisers were told about the plans on Friday.

10 They gave Jennifer a warm welcome.

In the past 50 years, that country _______ through 15 consitutions, I8 coups and 21 prime ministers.   *

A. has been going

B. goes

C. were going

D. has gone

This tradition, which the people of the region _______ for centuries, is now falling into disfavour. *

A. followed

B. have been following

C. are following

D. follow

Pupils' minds _______ about the word order in the sentences. *

A. has confused

B. have confused

C. have been confused

D. has been confused

When his bomb dismissed him from his job, he _______ there for ten years. *

A. was working

B. worked

C. had been working

D. has been working

She was still working a eight o'clock yesterday evening. She _______ since six o'clock in the morning. *

A. has worked

B. has been working

C. worked

D. had been working

He _______ smoke eight years ago. But he _______ it up now. *

A. used to - had given

B. use to - gave

C. used to - has given

D. is used to - gives

For several years now she _______ as private secrectary to the bank manager. *

A. worked

B. has been working

C. was working

D. works

A man _______ me to work three times this week, so I _______ him to the police. *

A. follows - am reporting

B. has followed - have reported

C. is following - reported

D. followed- report

Much progress _______ in telecommunications during World War I, but the basic techniques _______ in the previous decades. *

A. was achieved - had been developed

B. has been achieved - were developed

C. had been achieved - has been developed

D. would have been achieved - were developing

I _______ for a very long time, so I _______ very angry with them. *

A. had been waiting - was

B. have been waiting - was

C. have waited - was

D. have been waiting - am

Rick _______ badly, so the coach decided to leave him out of my team. He was very sorry. *

A. isn't playing

B. plays

C. had been playing

D. has played

They _______ him to make his decision as quicky as possible because they _______ the arrangements tomorrow. *

A. were pressing - have been finalising

B. are pressing - finalise

C. have pressed - finalised

D. have been pressing - are finalising

His train _______ at 4 p.m, on Tuesday. He doesn't need to call a taxi. I _______ him to the station. *

A. leaves - am going to take

B. will leave - take

C. has left - took

D. is leaving - will take

It is getting late. By the time we _______ to the cinema, the film _______ on. *

A. got - will have been

B. have got - had been

C. are getting - has been

D. get - will be

Though world food production ________ since 1950 people still ________ from shortages in various parts of the world. *

A. has been doubing - may be suffering

B. has doubled - suffer

C. had been doubled - could be suffering

D. has been doubled - suffers

The manager of the company _______ they _______ five new branches in the city the following month. *

A. has said - would open

B. is saying - have opened

C. said - were opening

D. would say - had opened

I'm sad to think that all my plants _____ by the time I _______ from holiday. *

A. will die - return

B. died - returned

C. may have died - have returned

D. had died - could return

Some people believe the Earth _______ flat and the Sun _______ round it. *

A. is - goes

B. was - went

C. is - has gone

D. is - is going

The man whom I ________ with ________ the headmaster of the school. *

A. was talking - were

B. were talking - was

C. can talk - were

D. was talking - was

The flow of immigrants into Britain _______ to a small number since the new laws ________ . *

A. will be reduced - have introduced

B. have reduced - had introduced

C. has been reduced - were introduced

D. were reduced - have been introduced

The exhaust pipe on my car _______ for days when finally it _______ off on the high way. *

A. rattled - had fallen

B. had been rattling - fell

C. was rattling - fell

D. may rattle - falls

The goals of this course ________ me willing to start. *

A. had been made

B. make

C. were made

D. makes

Don't ring my cell phone at 2 p.m. I _______ the questons in the "Call me later." *

A. am going to answer

B. will be answering

C. will have answered

D. have answered

My little brother says he _______ a soldier when he _______ up. *

A. is - has grown

B. will be - grew

C. has been - is growing

D. is going to be - grows

Would you mind telling me what you _______ to do for the last half an hour? *

A. have been trying

B. had been trying

C. are trying

D. were trying

The match _______ put off because it _______ heavily since early morning. *

A. was - has been raining

B. has been - has been raining

C. is - is raining

D. is - had rained

By the end next month, the author _______ his sixth novel. *

A. has written

B. will have been writing

C. has been writing

D. will have written

I knew that she _______ writing her report yet, so I _______ her to go out for lunch. *

A. didn't finish - don't invite

B. hasn't finished - haven't invited

C. hadn't finished - didn't invite

D. wasn't finishing - hadn't invited

Your luggage looks heavy. Wait here and I _______ my car to drive you home. *

A. bring

B. am bringing

C. am going to bring

D. will bring

He can't remember any of the bad habits he ________ when he was younger. *

A. had

B. has had

C. were having

D. had had

Don't forget that we _______ you for our engagement party next Friday. *

A. have expected

B. have been expecting

C. are expecting

D. expect

Although everybody in the group ________ the schedule, one of them always _______ late to the meetings. *

A. knows - comes

B. knows - come

C. know - comes

D. know - come

By the time the Son La Dam project has been completed, we _______ together for at least eight years. *

A. will have been working

B. were working

C. have been working

D. had been working

When he came out of the cave, he _______ still like a statue for a while. *

A. stands

B. is stading

C. has stood

D. stood

Many Eskimos, who ________ Alaska thousands of years ago, _______ in epidemics after their first contact with European diseases. *

A. settled - killed

B. would settle - had killed

C. had settled - were killed

D. were settling - had been killed

Garry looks very tired. I think that he _______ more load than he could manage. *

A. will take

B. is taking

C. had taken

D. has taken

This is the third cold he _______ in four months. *

A. had had

B. has had

C. has been having

D. had

Their children _______ lots of new friends since they _______ to that town. *

A. have been making - move

B. made - have been moving

C. made - are moving

D. have made - moved

Sheila _______ to stay alone. She is the least sociable student in the course. *

A. prefered

B. prefers

C. had prefered

D. is preferring

Mary _______  delicious meal till yesterday evening. *

A. has cooked

B. hasn't cooked

C. hadn't cooked

D. doesn't ever cook

The perfomance was a real financial disaster, for the organizers _______ into account the cost of invitations and advertising. *

A. weren't taking

B. haven't taken

C. hadn't taken

D. haven't been taken

Steve _______ to the manager after lunch the day before. *

A. spoke

B. was speaking

C. had spoken

D. has spoken

I _______the garage, but I couldn't find the brush to do that. *

A. am painting

B. painted

C. was going to paint

D. have painted

They _______ the advantages of takeover when I _______ them an hour or so later. *

A. were discussing - rejoined

B. have discussed - am rejoining

C. are discussing - will rejoin

D. would discuss - rejoined

We'd better change this suitcase. Its handle _______ before long. *

A. is going to break

B. will be breaking

C. is breaking

D. breaks

As soon as I _______ it was raining, I ________ the children into the house. *

A. have realised - should call

B. realised - called

C. will realise - have called

D. may realise - call

A: _______ the chemist's on your way?           B: Yes. Do you need something?                    A: Yes, some aspirin and cough syrup., if you don't mind.                                                       *

A. Are you going to pass

B. Do you pass

C. Will you be passing

D. Are you passing

The weight of the melons _______ . *

A. might have varied

B. were varied

C. vary

D. varies

While the nanny _______ the little girl a story, she _______ asleep. *

A. were reading - fall

B. was reading - fell

C. reads - was falling

D. read - was falling

Neither my dad nor my mum _______ of the idea. *

A. had convinced

B. have convinced

C. was convinced

D. were convinced