ENGLISH 8 – UNIT 9: NATURAL DISASTERS
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KEY 9
I.
Listen to the passage about natural disasters and tick true or false.
STATEMENTS
T
F
1.
Weather is the main cause of natural disasters.
T
2.
All of the natural disasters are predictable.
F
3.
The costliest disaster is flooding.
T
4.
Wildfires cause of the most deaths.
F
5.
People should find information about a place before deciding where to live to avoid
natural disasters.
T
II.
Listen and complete each sentence with no more than THREE words.
1.
Children will be…………
ANXIOUS
………when disasters interrput their daily routines.
2.
In an emergency, children will look to…………
ADULTS
………for help.
3.
You reaction will give them clues on………
HOW TO ACT
…………
4.
You should take your children’s fears………
SERIOUSLY
…………
5.
You can reassure them by your………
WORDS AND ACTIONS
…………
III.
Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1.
A. natural
B. disaster
C. damage
D. grandma
2.
A. weather
B. reach
C. leak
D. between
3.
A. thunder
B. result
C. erupt
D. volume
4.
A. watched
B collapsed
C. caused
D. laughed
5.
A. typhoon
B. cyclone
C. sky
D. sunny
IV.
Find the word which has a different stress from the other words.
1.
A. natural
B. disaster
C. volcano
D. typhoon
2.
A. earthquak
B. thunderstorm
C. temperature
D. experience
3.
A. erupt
B. collapse
C. gather
D. occur
4.
A. forecast
B. tornado
C. hurricane
D. tropical
5.
A. extensive
B. dangerous
C. furniture
D. carriage
V.
Choose the best answer.
1.
A forest fire …………………valuable wood, wildlife and good soil.
A.
is destroyed
B. being destroyed
C. destroying
D. destroys
2.
Because of the drought, many people starved to…………………
A.
death
B. dead
C. deadly
D. die
3.
The hurricane was…………………, it knocked down all the houses on its way.
A.
destructive
B. destroy
C. destruction
D. destroying
4.
During a long drought, farmers had to find ways to………………… their crops.
A.
save
B. cook
C. raise
D. set
5.
We have to suffer………………… a lot of floods due to our serious destruction of forests.
A.
on
B. with
C. from
D. to
6.
A heavy storm swept through the village and many people…………………
A.
kill
B. are killed
C. were killed
D. killed
7.
There was………………… rain yesterday that several roads were flooded.
A.
too much
B. so much
C. too many
D. so many
8.
The heavy rain …………………floods in the houses by the river.
A.
caused
B. made
C. did
D. resulted
9.
Areas of Africa were…………………by drought.
