Bài ôn tập học kì 2 môn Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 9: Natural disasters

Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. 
According to the weather ________, it will be raining tonight. 
	A. forecast	B. forecaster	C. forecasted	D. forecasting
Thuy’s grandma turned the television ________to see the weather forecast. 
	A. off	B. up	C. on	D. down
I hope my friends won’t laugh ________me. 
	A. on	B. for	C. against	D. at
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
The tsunami ________in December 2004 in South East Asia killed more than 160.000 people.
	A. disaster	B. disastrous	C. disatrously	D. disastering
The roof ________under the weight of snow last night. 
	A. collapse	B. collapsing	C. collapsed	D. collapses
Pompeii was completely ________in AD 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius. 
	A. to destroy	B. destroy	C. destroyed	D. destroying
In 1995, a huge earthquake ________the city of Kobe in Japan. 
	A. strike	B. struck	C. striking	D. striked
We ________ each other since we left school. 
	A. don’t meet	B. didn’t meet	C. won’t meet	D. haven’t met
Yesterday, a typhoon ________a coastal city in the country. 
	A. strike	B. hit	C. predicted	D. collapsed
People can know when a volcano will ________. 
	A. break	B. warn	C. erupt	D. suck
Mount Pinatubo, ________is a vocalno in the Philippines erupted in 1991.
	A. which	B. who	C. whom	D. whose
Tornadoes or funel-shaped can suck up anything ________is in their path. 
	A. who	B. whom	C. that	D. whose
Neil Armstrong, ________ was the first person to step onto the moon, lived in the USA. 
	A. which	B. whom	C. who	D. whose
In Asia, a tropical storm is called ________. 
	A. typhoon	B. hurricane	C. cyclone	D. tornado
Ninety percent of ________occur around the Pacific Rim. 
	A. earthquakes	B. typhoons	C. volcanoes	D. tornadoes
A funel-shaped storm passing overland below a thunderstorm is called a ________. 
	A. typhoon	B. tsunami	C. tornado	D. hurricane
The city ________was struck by a huge earthquake in 1995 is Japan is Kobe. 
	A. which	B. who	C. whom	D. whose
The explorer ________discovered America is Christopher Columbus. 
	A. which	B. who	C. whom	D. whose
In Australia, a tropical storm is called ________. 
	A. typhoon	B. hurricane	C. cyclone	D. tornado
Give a correct preposition to each gap. 
Scientists had warned them ________the eruption. 
Hue will have temperatures ________230C and 270C. 
I am preparing for a picnic ________my friends tomorrow. 
I hope my friends won’t laugh ________me. 
Please bring some raincoats just ________case. 
I can’t hear. Please turn the volumn ________, will you?
Daddy, it’s the weather forecast ________TV. 
Tornadoes can suck ________anything that is in their path.
Give the correct form of the words in brackets. 
According to the weather forecast, it will be ________________tomorrow. 	(sun)
A ________________storm hit the city last night. 	(tropic)
The vocalno is one of the largest ________________in the world.	 (erupt)
A ________________wave can only occur in that case. 	(tide)
The most ____________earthquake in Japanese history damaged Tokyo and Yokohama.	 (disaster)
________________have warned the local people of the disaster.	 (science)
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 
Tom suggested ________________to a nearby restaurant. 	(go)
What about ________________by bus? 	(travel) 
But I like ________________them, dear. 	(watch)
If we pollute the water, we ________________no fresh water to use. 	(have) 
We haven’t met each other since we ________________ school. 	(leave)
Trang ________________the first prize in the english speaking contest. 	(just win)
Rice ________________in tropical countries. 	(grow)
This exercise must ________________carefully. 	(do)
Combine the two sentences by using a suitable relative clause. 
1. I bought a new typewriter. It cost me a lot of money. 
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2. Tom is one of my closest friends. He is very intelligent. 
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3. This is the newspaper. I want you to buy it. 
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4. Have you ever spoken to the people? They live next door. 
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5. It’s is the book. It will interest children of all ages. 
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6. The Pikes keep having all-night parties. They live next door. 
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7. Where are the eggs? They are in the fridge. 
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8. Viet Nam exports rice. Viet Nam is in south-east Asia. 
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9. I am talking to Russ. His land is in the region. 
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10. The man and animals were from China. You saw them on TV. 
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Fill in each gap wiyh a suitable word in the box below. 
died – killed – prevented – occurred – began – cooking – broke - caused
Almost a hundred thousand people were _______(53) and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake _______(54) a minute before noon when the inhabitants of Tokyo were _______(55) their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires _______(56) out everywhere and quickly spread. The fires engines were _______(57) from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was _______(58) by fire rather than by the collapse of the buildings. Most of those who _______(59) were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires, which followed. If the earthquake had _______(60) at night while people were sleeping, far fewer would haved died. 
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