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Questions 7-14: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on
your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the
numbered blanks: (2.0 pts)
Earthquakes: Ninety percent of earthquakes occur around the Pacific Rim,
which is known as the Ring of Fire'. In 1995, a huge earthquake (7)
of Kobe in Japan. A large number of people were killed when homes, office blocks
and highways collapsed.
the city
Tidal waves: Tidal waves are the (8)
of an abrupt shift in the underwater
movement of the Earth. In the 1960s, a huge tidal wave hit Anchorage, Alaska. The tidal
wave travelled (9).
Typhoons: When a tropical storm (10)
called a hurricane in North and South America, a cyclone in Australia, and a typhoon in
Asia. The word 'typhoon' comes from Chinese: tai means 'big' and feng means 'wwind',
so the word 'typhoon' means 'big wind'.
Volcanoes: We can usually predict (11)
Alaska to California!
120 kilometres per hour, it is
a volcano will crupt. Mount
Pinatubo, which is a volcano in the Philippines, erupted in 1991. It was the world's
largest volcanic eruption in more than 50 years. Hundreds of people died, but thousands
were saved (12)
scientists had wamed them about the eruption.
Tornadoes: Tornadoes are funnel-shaped storms which pass overland (13)
a thunderstorm. They can suck up anything that is in their path. In Italy in 1981,
in its baby carriage, into the air and put it
a tornado lifted a baby, who was (14)
down safely 100 meters away!
(Extract from English 9, p. 78, 79 - Giáo dục Publishing House)
Question 7. A. arrived
Question 8. A. cause
Question 9. A. between
Question 10. A.develops
Question 11. Aa which
Question 12. A. although
Question 13. A. below
Question 14. A. asleep
B. came
B. purpose
B. for
B. reaches
B. who
C. saved
C. reason
Ca from
C. sets
C. whose
C. however D. therefore
C. into
C. slept
D. struck
D, result
D. through
D. uses
D. when
B. because
B, beside
Basleep
D. within
D. to sleep