37. Thousands/people/just/evacuated/their homes/follow/the floods. A. Thousands of people have just evacuated from their homes which are following the floods. B. Thousands of people have been just evacuated from their homes which are followed the floods. C. Thousands of people have just been evacuated to their homes following the floods.
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Millions of pound worth of damage has been caused by a storm which passed across the north of England last night. The River Ribble burst ít banks after heavy rain
People were rescued from the floods by the firemen, who received numerous calls for help. Wind speeds reached ninety miles an hour in some places. Roads were blocked by fallen trees and electricity lines were brought down, leaving thousands of homes without electricity. "Everything possible is being done to get the situation back to normal," a spokesman said
1. What has been caused by a storm which passed across the north of england
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2. When did the storm happen?
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3. What happened to the River Ribble?
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4. Who rescued many people from the floods?
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5. Did wind peeds reach 90 miles an hour in some places?
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Read the passage then answer the questions.
San Francisco has been called one of the most beautiful cities in the world.It is built on fourteenhills, with Pacific Ocean on one side, and San Francisco Bay on the other. Ach hill has a viewover the water. People of San Francisco are proud of their views. Everyone wants a house with aview. Most big cities in the United States are built on flat land. People can’t see very far. Theycan only see tall buildings. When they choose their homes, they look inside. They want a housewith pleasant room to look at. When people in San Fracisco choose their homes, they lookoutside. They want a house with a view.
1. What is San Francisco different from other big cities in the United States ?
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2. What are people of San Francisco proud of ?
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3. How do people of San Fracisco choose their homes?........................................................................................................................................................
79. Which is the best main idea of the passage ?.........................................................................................................................................................
1. By the 1930s, more than 282 million acres of farmland _______ in America by erosion.
A. damaged B. was damaged C. were damaged D. damages
2. The community house _______ after massive destruction of the earthquake now.
A. was rebuilt B. is being rebuilt C. has rebuilt D. is rebuilt
3. People living around the volcano ______ for one hour.
A. has evacuated B. have evacuated
C. have been evacuated D. has been evacuated
4. The air ________ if people build more factories here.
A. polluted B. will polluted C. will be polluted D. pollute
5. More trees ____ every year to protect the environmental.
A. are planted B. planted C. were planted D. will be planted
Ex3. Read the text and choose the best answer.
Accidents in the home
Many thousands of children have accidents in their homes. As a result some children died.
The most common accidents are with fire and hot water. Small children often touch pots of boiling water on the stove. The pots fall over and the hot water falls on the children and burns them. Some children like to play with fire. They enjoy striking matches or throwing things on a fire to make it burn brightly. If a fire gets too big, it gets out of control. Then the house catches fire. It is very dangerous to play with matches. When a child strikes a match, the flame soon burns near his fingers. Then he drops the match on the floor. Many houses catches fire in this way.
Some kinds of clothing burn very easily. Many children have been badly burned because they have stood near a fire and their clothing has suddenly caught fire.
Although fire and hot water cause most accidents in their home, many children cut themselves with knives. Others get an electric shock. Some children are made very ill from taking their parents’ medicine. Many small children have to go to hospital every year because they thought a box of medicine was a box of sweets. There is only one good way to see to it that accidents do not happen in the home. Do not touch anything that is dangerous.
1. What causes most accidents?
A. Fire and matches |
| B. Fire and hot water |
C. Pots of boiling water and fat 2. What do some children like doing? |
| D. Big fires which get out of control |
A. Touching pots of boiling water |
| B. Cooking on stoves |
C. Playing with matches |
| D. Catching fire |
3. What do children often do with lighted matches?
A. Throw things on the matches to make them burn brighter
B. Throw the matches on the fire
C. Throw them on the floor
D. Set fire to their clothes
4. Why has the clothing of many children caught fire? A. The children have been too near a fire.
B. Other children have set fire to the clothing
C. Some children have dropped matches on their clothing
D. Hot water has fallen over their clothing
5. Which one of the following is the cause of many other accidents in the home?
A. Playing with electricity B. Eating too many sweets C. Sick children playing with things D. Playing tricks on other children
6. What is the best way to see to it that accidents do not happen in the home?
A. Wear clothes that do not burn easily
B. Turn off the electricity supply
C. Don’t keep knives and medicine in the house
D. Don’t touch anything that appears unsafe
Many people from…………….areas are living behind their traditional ways of life and moving to the city. They believe that well-playing jobs plentiful in the city.
At home on the farm, life is always a struggle with……………... Typhoons, floods or droughts can easily …………………a harvest and leave the farmer with little or no money until the following year. Often farmers look for other works when they need more money for their families.
The increase in…………………., however, has led to overcrowding in many cities. This puts a strain on schools and hospitals, as well as water and electricity supplies. Increased …………...is another unpleasant result. There is also a human side to this tragedy. Families sometimes have to live apart. In these cases, children may live at home with relatives, while their parents go and live in an urban area.
Governments all over the world are trying to ………………………facilities for these migrants, but it can be quite a problem.
Many people from…………….areas are living behind their traditional ways of life and moving to the city. They believe that well-playing jobs plentiful in the city.
At home on the farm, life is always a struggle with……………... Typhoons, floods or droughts can easily …………………a harvest and leave the farmer with little or no money until the following year. Often farmers look for other works when they need more money for their families.
The increase in…………………., however, has led to overcrowding in many cities. This puts a strain on schools and hospitals, as well as water and electricity supplies. Increased …………...is another unpleasant result. There is also a human side to this tragedy. Families sometimes have to live apart. In these cases, children may live at home with relatives, while their parents go and live in an urban area.
Governments all over the world are trying to ………………………facilities for these migrants, but it can be quite a problem.
Many people from…………….areas are living behind their traditional ways of life and moving to the city. They believe that well-playing jobs plentiful in the city.
At home on the farm, life is always a struggle with……………... Typhoons, floods or droughts can easily …………………a harvest and leave the farmer with little or no money until the following year. Often farmers look for other works when they need more money for their families.
The increase in…………………., however, has led to overcrowding in many cities. This puts a strain on schools and hospitals, as well as water and electricity supplies. Increased …………...is another unpleasant result. There is also a human side to this tragedy. Families sometimes have to live apart. In these cases, children may live at home with relatives, while their parents go and live in an urban area.
Governments all over the world are trying to ………………………facilities for these migrants, but it can be quite a problem.
Ex 1:
1. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California on Friday.
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2. They will provide temporary housing to earthquake victims as soon as possible.
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3. Rescue teams have saved hundreds of people from floods in Metro Manila.
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4. An average of 20 typhoons hit the country every year.
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5. A massive landslide buried dozens of homes near a Central Philippine mountain.
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6. They are repairing roads and bridges damaged by the hurricane.
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7. Across the northwest Florida coast, people were clearing storm debris
Read the passage below and choose the best answers.
Each nation has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the elderly. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems. Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, or the shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers. Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls. Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
1. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?
A. They mow lawns, do shopping, and clean up their houses.
B. They cook, sew, and wash their clothes.
C. They tell them stories and sing and dance for them.
D. They take them to baseball games.
2. What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?
A. To get to know things about their fathers.
B. To get to know things that boys want from their fathers.
C. To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
D. To learn things about their fathers.
3. Which activity is NOT available for the students at the clubs?
A. playing games B. watching films C. going to interesting places D. learning photography
4. Why do they use many high school and college students as volunteers? Because......
A. they have a lot of free time.
B. they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.
C. they know how to do the work.
D. they are good at playing games and learning crafts.
5. What do volunteers believe?
A. In order to make others happy, they have got to be unhappy.
B. The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.
C. The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.
D. Bringing happiness to others makes them the happiest people in the world
