NATURAL DISASTERS

NEW WORDS
1. strike 11. injury 21. collapse
2. tsunami 12. mudslide 22. bury
3. drought 13. blizzard 23. supply
4. flood 14. landslide 24. damage
5. typhoon 15. snowstorm 25. survive
6. tornado 16. hurricane 26. accommodation
7. thunderstorm 17. erupt 27. trap
8. earthquake 18. destructive 28. victim
9. volcano 19. debris 29. put out
10. tropical 20. evacuate 30. rage

USEFUL PHRASES
1. Volcanic eruption 7. be/become familiar with
2. Put out the fire 8. damage to sth
3. Loss of life 9. take shelter
4. Deal with 10. rescue worker
5. Personal hygiene items 11. medical supplies
6. Emergency supply kit 12. temporary accommodation

I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below

1. Is Thanh Long fruit in Vietnam _______ to the United States every year?
A. imported B. exported C. importing D. exporting
2. We are looking _________to seeing you in June.
A. after B. for C. forward D. at
3. People use first-aid _____________ease the victim’s pain and anxiety.
A. so as not to B. in order to C. in order that D. so that
4. The man ____________in the garden is my grandfather.
A. is working B. works C. worked D. working
5. The motorbike ___________last week hasn’t been found yet.
A. stolen B. stole C. was stolen D. stealing
6. A severe tropical ________is called a typhoon.
A. drought B. rain C. blizzard D. storm
7. Hundreds of people were made ________after the flood.
A. homeless B. helpless C. careless D. endless
8. The roof of the building _______in a storm a few days ago.
A. damaged B. was damaged C. has damaged D. has been damaged
9. All villages _____to safe areas before midnight last light.
A. evacuated B. were evacuated C. had evacuated D. had been evacuated
10. Dozens of buildings ________when an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale hit the city.
A. destroyed B. collapsed C. buried D. damaged
11. Typhoon Haiyan made the damage, and ______of life became great in the Philippines.
A. lose B. loses C. losing D. loss
12. During the next 24 hours, the storm will be moving north and is expected to ______ the
southeastern part of Guangdong province.
A. strike B. scatter C. collapse D. bury
13. In Asia, a tropical storm is called ________.
A. typhoon B. hurricane C. cyclone D. tornado
14. A funnel-shaped storm passing overland below a thunderstorm is called a ________.
A. typhoon B. tsunami C. tornado D. hurricane
II. Fill in each blank with the correct word/phrase from the box
blizzard disaster drought ash eruptio tsunami explosio flood Lightnin avalanch
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1. On March 23, 2011, Japan suffered a huge _tsunami____ caused by an earthquake.
2. When volcanoes erupt, clouds of _ash___ cover plants making them inedible.
3. The soldiers have been deployed to help avert a looming environmental …in central provinces.
4. When I was outside in the…blizzard., I couldn’t see more than a few feet in front of me because of
all the snow.
5. Mum went shopping yesterday afternoon and she was very frightened. In the car park, there was an
…explosion….and nobody knew what it was.
6. I saw on TV that yesterday there was an …eruption…on an island in the Pacific and hot lava came
down the volcano.
7. My little sister is afraid of…lightning.., so when there is a bad storm she always hides.
8. Last Sunday we wanted to go skiing, but we couldn’t because in the mountains there was an …
avalanche…...
9. If there is a bad …flood…in a town, people have to travel by boat!
10. After the harshest winter in decades, the western region is now facing its hottest summer and the
worst …drought….across the area in nearly 40 years.

III. Combine each pair of sentences using present participle or past participle
1. The student is Minh. He is standing next to the school gate.
The student standing next to the school gate is Minh.
2. The woman is my mother. She understands me best.
.......The woman understanding me best is my mother...............
3. These cars are very good. They are made in Japan.
.......These cars made in Japan are very good........
4. The toy animals are 20 dollars. They are kept in a cardboard.
........The toy animals kept in a cardboard are 20 dollars..............
5. The Rach Mieu Bridge is very wonderful. It was built in 2002.
.....The Rach Mieu Bridge built in 2002 is very wonderful................
6. The book is on the top shelf. It is the one that I need.
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7. The man was brought to the police station. He denied stealing the money.
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8. The money is lying on the table. It is mine.
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IV. Give the correct verb form

1. All the people (go)…………………….down into the cellar for protection by the time the tornado
(sweep)……………………through the town yesterday.
2. Hundreds of trees on streets in Hanoi (fall)…………………..in a sudden storm last night.
3. When the volcano (erupt)……………………, people living nearby (already /move)…………………..
to safe places.
4. The family (trap)……….……………..in the attic of their house by the flood for 9 hours before help arrived.
5. Pompeii, which completely (destroy) ……………..…….. in AD 79 by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius (be)
…………………… an ancient city of California.

V. Complete the sentences with the cues given in the table, using the Past Perfect
not study have a haircut not cook enough food
break my leg not sleep well alarm clock not go off
1. She was late because ……………………………………………………………………….
2. I couldn’t play football because……………………………………………………………..
3. They failed the exam because………………………………………………………………
4. I didn’t recognize him because……………………………………………………………….
5. She was tired because ……………………………………………………………………….
6. We were hungry because…………………………………………………………………….
VI. Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence.
1. While I had waited / was waiting / waited at the bus stop, I had noticed / was noticing / noticed
a new shop which wasn’t / hadn’t been in the street the day before.
2. I had gone / went out into the garden to fetch my bike, but found / was finding that someone
stole / had stolen it.
3. When George met / was meeting Diane at the party, he thought / was thinking that he saw /
had seen / was seeing her somewhere before.
4. Emily got off / was getting off the bus, and walked / was walking into the park when she realized /
had realized / was realizing that she left / had left / was leaving her handbag on the bus.
5. After I was buying / had bought my new computer, I discovered that I wasn’t having / didn’t
have enough money.
6. I went to the post office to ask about my package, but they had said / said that it still hadn’t
arrived / didn’t arrive.

VII. Complete the question then work in pairs ask and answer the questions
1. How many Harry Porter books ..................(write)......................?
2. Where................polar bears..................(find): the Arctic or the Antarctic?
3. Where ..................the next Olympic Games.......................(hold)?
4. Which kind of food ..............................(sell) at a baker’s shop?
5. Can you name one novel that ......................................(make) into a film?
6. In which century ......................computers ....................(invent)?
7. What language ................................(speak) by ordinary people in Ancient Rome?
8. ......................Scotland ever ...................(hit) by a tsunami?

VIII. Change the sentences into Passive Voice.

1. John will deliver the letter.
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2. Bell invented the telephone.
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3. His children are carrying the chairs into the house.
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4. The engineers are going to build the bridge.
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5. Researchers have found new ways to cure cancer patients.
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6. Have the workers restored the damaged bridge yet?
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7. They had repaired their house before the typhoon came.
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IX. Fill in each gap with a suitable word in the box below.

died – killed – prevented – occurred – began – cooking – broke – caused

Almost a hundred thousand people were _______(1) and half a million homes destroyed as a
result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake _______(2) a minute before noon when the
inhabitants of Tokyo were _______(3) their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as
soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires _______(4) out everywhere and quickly
spread. The fires engines were _______(5) 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 _______(6) by fire rather than by the collapse of
the buildings. Most of those who _______(7) were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires,
which followed. If the earthquake had _______(8) at night while people were sleeping, far fewer would
have died.