1. A tropical storm is called a _________in North and South America when it gets 120 km per hour.
A. typhoon B. hurricane C. tornado D. cyclone
2. Nowadays scientists can predict when a volcano will _________, can’t they?
A. break B. erupt C. work D. act
3. You’d better take an umbrella _________it rains.
A. due to B. although C. because of D. just in case
4. The most _________earthquake in Japan occurred in 1923.
A. damage B. destroyed C. disastrous D. danger
5. Tornadoes can suck up anything that is _________their path.
A. on B. in C. along D. under
6. A large number of people _________in 1995 when a huge earthquake struck the city of Kobe in Japan.
A. was killed B. were killed C. had been killed D. killed
7. The volcanic eruption in the Philippines in 1991 was _________one.
A. the world largest B. the largest world C. the largest of the world D. the world’s largest
8. We should buy some candles in case there is _________.
A. a water cut B. a gas cut C. a power cut D. no electricity off
9. Have you ever seen something that was _________by lightning?
A. strike B. stroke C. stroked D. struck
10. I can’t hear the news on television well. Can you turn _________the volume a bit?
A. on B. up C. down D. off
11. The teacher made his students a lot of homework.
A. do B. to do C. doing D. done
12. The manager of the petrol station doesn’t allow _____________ cell phones near the filling station.
A. use B. to use C. using D. used
13. I didn’t remember _________off the light before going to bed. It is still on this morning.
A. to turn B. turning C. turn D. turned
14.Don’t make noise. I am trying my homework.
A. finish B. to finish C. finishing D. finished
15.My children are lucky the chance to visit the capital again.
A. have B. having C. are having D. to have
