11. A. 'teacher B. 'paper C. ho'tel D. 'ticket
12. A. a'pology B. sta'tistic C. 'traffic D. re'ceive
13. A. 'Japanese B. pho'tography C. e'cology D. ma'chine
14. A. i'conic B. 'funny C. 'pretty D. 'happen
15. A. 'firework B. 'accent C. e'rupt D. 'forest
I. Choose the word in each line that has different stress pattern
1. A. ecology B. environment C. autography D. residential
2. A. voluntary B. apology C. television D. nationalize
3. A. engineer B. volunteer C. mountaineer D. reindeer
4. A. tropical B. natural C. terrible D. destructive
5. A. nationality B. mobility C. equality D. majority
6. A. transitive B. effective C. positive D. sensitive
1. A. terrific B. biography C. historical D. employee 1. A. typhoon B. flood C. blood d. cut
2. A. disability B. geography C. energetic D. economic 2. A. rescue B. debris C. erupt D. eventually
3. A. erupt B. snowstorm C. competitive D. romantic 3. A. mudslide B. diverse C. bite D. bitten
4. A. faithful B. harmless C. positive D. symbolic 4. A. hurricane B. tornado C. volcano D. national
5. A. curiosity B. possibility C. cultural D. automatically 5. A. destroy B. compete C. competitor D. bitten
1. A. industrious B. nature C. injure D. climate
2. A. typhoon B. tropical C. debris D. document
3. A. animal B. destroy C. erupt D. exploit
4. A. documentary B. preparation C. scientific D. photography
5. A. eruption B. science C. destroy D. volcano
I. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. technology B. disaster C. available D. temporary
2. A. accommodation B. evacuation C. oceanography D. environmentalist
3. A. tsunami B. evacuee C. ecology D. volcanic
4. A. volunteer B. scientific C. sociology D. property
5. A. electronic B. biology C. photography D. astrology
II. Choose the correct answers. 1. A drought happens when there_________ no rain in a place for a long time.
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A. is B. was C. has been D. had been
2. A flood_________ when a large amount of water covers the land. A. occurs B. is occurred C. is occurring D. has occurred
3. The size of earthquakes_________ on the Richter scale. A. measures B. measured C. is measuring D. is measured
4. Hurricane Dorian_________ the Abaco Islands as a category 5 hurricane on September 1. A. strike B. struck C. had struck D. was struck
5. At least 200 people_________ after rivers burst their banks in Colombia mudslides. A. killed B. had killed C. were killed D. are being killed
6. Since Monday, more than a dozen tornadoes_________ down across Oklahoma. A. touches B. touched C. have touched D. were touched
7. Hurricanes and heavy rains_________ with the help of technology. A. predicted B. are predicting C. will predict D. can be predicted
8. A tornado watch is issued when there is a possibility that a tornado . will touch B. is touched C. touched D. had touched
9. Before that day in Hawaii, we_________ a volcanic eruption. A. never saw B. has never seen C. had never seen D. were never seen
10. A period of 3- 4 months without rain will cause a severe_________. A. typhoon B. earthquake C. drought D. flood
III. Choose the best response for each sentence. 1. “I saw a roof flying in the storm yesterday afternoon.” -_________” A. Exactly. B. That’s horrible! C. That’s a relief. D. So do I. 2. “The weather forecast says it’s going to rain tomorrow.” - “_________What a pity.” A. Looks great! B. Not at all. C. Sounds good! D. Oh no!
3. “The whole village was submerged in the flood.” - “_________” A. That’s surprising! B. My fault. C. Already. D. That’s awful!
4. “Have you heard the news? A powerful earthquake and following tsunami hit the island
of Sulawesi, Indonesia.” - “_________” A. How beautiful! B. Awesome! C. How terrible! D. No problem. 5. “Rescue workers saved a girl trapped in a collapsed school building.” - _________” A. That’s great! B. Good luck. C. How convenient! D. Oh dear!
IV. Change these sentences into passive voice:( Chuyển sang câu bị động)
1. People speak English all over the world. English _____________________________________________________________________
2. They don’t use this house very often. This house ___________________________________________________________________
3. Nam will clean the floor tonight. The floor ______________________________________________________________________
4. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. The telephone ________________________________
5. Rescue teams have saved hundreds of people from floods in Metro Manila.
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. religious b. highlight c. firework d. lively
2. a. feast b. greasy c. great d. seasonal
3. a. chaos b. chance c. school d. Christmas
4. a. called b. gathered c. played d. watched
5. a. carnival b. fascinate c. celebrate d. exciting
I. Circle the word with a different stress pattern from the others. 1. A. technology B. disaster C. available D. temporary 2. A. accommodation B. evacuation C. oceanography D. environmentalist 3. A. tsunami B. evacuee C. ecology D. volcanic 4. A. volunteer B. scientific C. sociology D. property 5. A. electronic B. biology C. photography D. astrology II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 6. A. disease B. dead C. treatment D. sneeze 7. A. environment B. billboard C. visual D. litter 8. A. birth B. thermal C. earth D. further 9. A. poisoned B. died C. dumped D. caused 10. A. contaminant B. waste C. illustrate D. radiation
Question 1: A. accent B. cattle C. kangaroo D. parade
Question 2: A. haunt B. hour C. help D. hold
Question 3: A. schedule B. school C. scholar D. loch
Question 4: A. official B. cattle C. icon D. Scot
Question 5:A. puzzle B. unique C. bus D. cupcake
Question 6:A. parade B. state C. station D. koala
Question 7:A. aborigines B. kangaroo C. goggles D. gongm
Question 8: A. Chinese B. coffee C. trainee D. trustee
Question 9: A. jubilee B. absentee C. devotee D. referee
Question 10: A. Nepalese B. addressee C. committee D. kangaroo
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1. A. company B. fortunate C. tornado D. netiquette
2. A. exhausted B. volcanic C. protective D. biogas
3. A. exist B. avoid C. support D. notice
4. A. accent B. disease C. spacious D. legend
5. A. official B. conference C. imagine D. koala
6. A. evacuate B. communicate C. contaminate D. celebrate
Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.
1. A. loch B. chemical C. change D. architect
2. A. dead B. outbreak C. treasure D. bread
3. A. erupt B. mudsilde C. earplug D. pollution
4. A. flood B. typhoon C. cool D. kangaroo
5. A. around B. various C. sound D. moutain
6. A. stayed B. played C. watched D. called
7. A. visited B. decided C. laughed D. provided
8. A. teddy B. apology C. sunny D. typhoon
9. A. drought B. about C. bought D. sound
10. A. monument B. tornado C. volcano D. loch
Exercise 2: Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the other three in each question.
11. A. teacher B. paper C. hotel D. ticket
12. A. apology B. statistic C. traffic D. receive
13. A. Japanese B. photography C. ecology D. machine
14. A. iconic B. funny C. pretty D. happen
15. A. firework B. accent C. erupt D. forest
Exercise 3: Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence below.
16.This was the first time I ………..to England.
A. went B. has gone C. have gone D. goes
17. If I were you, I ……….. home early.
A. would come B. will come C. came D. come
18. The Earth…………….around the Sun.
A. moves B. is moving C. moved D. will move
19. Some flowers ……………in the garden by my father everyday.
A. is watered B. was watered C. are watered D. water
20. Australia has the ………….cattle station in the world
A. bigger B. biggest C. big D. smallest
21. Many houses and public buildings …………. or flooded in typhoon last year.
A. were destroyed B. destroyed C. has destroyed D. destroy
22. Once the heavy rain stops, they’ll start …………….. the debris.
A. clear up B clearing up C. clears up D. cleared up
23. The waste from the factory ………….. the lake for a long time.
A. has pollute B. pollutes C. has polluted D. polluted.
24. If the factory continues dumping poisons into the lake, all the fish and other .......animals will die.
A. aquatic B. aquatical C. aquatics D. aquatically
25. Lan: How about going to see a movie?
Mai: “………………….”
A. I don’t like.
B. That’s great to see you.
C. Good idea! What movie will we see?
D. I am busy.
Exercise 4: Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
26 .The rains of 1993 causing the Missouri river to overflow resulted in one of the worst floods of the 20th century.
A. stopped B. widened C. caused D. overcame
27. The life boat rescued the crew of the sinking ship.
A. picked up B. provided food C. saved the life of D. looked for
28. During the earthquake, a lot of buildings collapsed, which killed thousands of people.
A. went off B. erupted C. fell down D. exploded
29. As a government official, Benjamin Franklin often traveled abroad.
A. widely B. secretly C. alone D. oversea.
30. We'd better speed up if we want to get there in time.
A. slow down B. get faster C. put down D. lie down.
Exercise 5: Find the mistake in each sentence:
31. (A) Much of the town was (B) reconstruct (C) after the (D) tornado.
32. The winds (A) were so strong (B) for trees, cars and (C) even houses (D) were picked up.
33. (A) By the (B) next morning, several villagers (C) was buried in ash (D) and
34. (A) Natural disasters can be (B) destroyed; they can (C) cause loss of life and (D) damage to property.
35. We should (A) tell more (B) respect (C) to the (D) natural
Exercise 6: Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below
Water pollution happens __________ (36) toxic substances enter water bodies such as lakes, rivers, oceans and so on, getting dissolved in them, lying suspended in the water or depositing on the bed. This degrades the quality of water. Not __________ (37) does this spell disaster for aquatic ecosystems, the pollutants also seep through and reach the groundwater, which might end up in our households as contaminated water we use in our daily activities, including drinking.
Water pollution can be __________ (38) in a number of ways, one of the most polluting being city sewage and industrial waste discharge. Indirect sources __________ (39) water pollution include contaminants that enter the water supply from soils or groundwater systems and from the atmosphere via rain. Soils and
groundwater contain __________ (40) residue of human agricultural practices and also improperly disposed of industrial wastes.
Pollutants can be of varying kinds: organic, inorganic, radioactive and so on. In fact, the list of possible water contaminants is just too vast to be listed here.
36. A. what B. when C. why D. while
37. A. both B. only C. well D. either
38. A. cause B. caused C. causing D. causes
39. A. of B. in C. at D. for
40. A. a B. an C. the D. x
Exercise 7: Rewrite the sentence
41. Although he is strong, he can’t move that stone.
A. In spite of he is strong, he can’t move that stone.
B. In spite of being strong, he can’t move that stone.
C. Despite strong, he can’t move that stone.
D. Despite he is strong, he can’t move that stone.
42. David had gone home before we arrived.
A. After David gone home, we arrived.
B. After we arrived, David had gone home.
C. After arriving, David had gone home.
D. David gone home after we had arrived.
43. You feel unhealthy because you don’t take any exercise.
A. If you don’t do exercise, you feel unhealthy.
B. If you do exercise, you feel unhealthy.
C. If you do exercise, you would feel unhealthy.
D. If you did exercise, you would feel healthy.
44. It was cold. However, Tom still went swimming.
A. Although it was cold, Tom still went swimming.
B. Although it wasn’t cold, Tom still went swimming.
C. In spite of it was cold, but Tom still went swimming.
D. Although it was cold, but Tom still went swimming.
45. They built a new bridge over the river.
A. A new bridge were built over the river.
B. A new bridge were build over the river.
C. A new bridge was built over the river.
D. A new bridge was build over the river
