Task 7. Read the following passages and answer the questions by choosing the best answer A, B, C or D.
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Sent: 7:30 pm on May 15
What: Big wave coming
Where: Baytown City
When: Starting at 10 pm tonight until 6 am tomorrow
A big earthquake far away in the ocean is causing a tsunami tonight in Baytown City. The wave could be
as high as four meters when it hit West Beach. We expect damage to homes, cars, and buildings near the beach.
Instructions:
•Be ready to leave your home.
• Get emergency supplies together.
.
• Move the higher ground far from the sea immediately.
Do not go near the ocean.
• Watch local TV or listen to the radio for more information and instructions.
26. What can be the best headline for the announcement?
A. Be ready to leave your home.
C. Follow instructions
B. Baytown City tsunami
D. Tsunami warning from Pacific Ocean Service
27. The word "it" in the announcement refers to
A. the wave
B. the earthquake
C. the tsunami
28. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the announcement?
A. disaster type
B. cause
C. time
29. The word "immediately" in the announcement is closest in meaning to
A. proximately
B. at once
C. delay
D. just
30. According to the announcement, the tsunami lasts_
A. eight
B. nine
C. ten
Y SPEAKING (ne)
IV. WRITING (2pts)
Task 8. I. Write questions to ask for the underlined parts.
31. More than 300 people died during the storm.
32. The worst earthquake was in 1960.
33. The worst wildfire was in Siberia, Russia.
hours.
There
39. Those are environmentally-friendly products.
Those products
40. It may rain on your way home, so take a raincoat with you
Take
D. Baytown City
D. damage
34. The largest landslide was the Mount St. Helens landslide.
35. The ocean water rose up to 20 feet high in the Haiyan storm
Task 9. Rewrite each of the following sentences using the given wards so that it keeps the same meaning.
Do not change the forms of the words given.
36. To save electricity, we should turn off lights when we leave a room.
(THAT)
We should
30. A big earthquake caused a tsunami in Baytown City.
A big.
38. If we don't stop polluting the air, there will be more disease.
D. twelve
(STARTED)
(UNLESS)
(TO)
(CASE)