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A: Fill in the blanks with words given. There is one extra word.

damage – calm – provide – procedure – shaking – predict – flood

1. It is very important to stay …………… during an earthquake.

2. When the earthquake happened, I saw the whole buildings ….….………..… .

3. The earthquake did not do much ……………… to the houses. _

4. Last year, the ……………………… destroyed many villages near the river.

5. I’ve decided to get a new passport, but I don’t know the ……….…..……… .

6. Scientists still cannot …………… when an earthquake happens.

B: Choose the correct answer. _

1. What can we do to slow down the ……………… of the ozone layer?

a. destruction       b. location       c. prediction              d. relation

2. Some animals can ……………… for many days without water.

a. provide       b. survive         c. damage         d. reduce

3. There are many ………………. areas in our country.

a. rattled        b. located      c. populated       d. predicted

4. Now scientists are looking for new ways to ………… the exact place of earthquake.

a. float        b. reduce        c. damage           d. locate

5 It is still impossible to..... when an earthquake may happen.

a) survive    b) notice    c) predict     d) escape

6. During an earthquake, the ground under your feet suddenly starts to......

a)bend      b) float     c) shake      d) melt

7. The weather organizations now can..... floods and strong storms, but earthquake prediction is

future possibility.

a) contact     b) protect    c) project       d) forecast

8. The road was blocked for two hours after the accident, but traffic is now moving..... again.

a) seriously    b) deeply     c) smoothly      d) proudly

9. The earthquake was very..... because most of the houses were poorly designed and constructed.

a) destructive     b) severe     c) damaged            d) creative

C: Complete the following sentences with your own words. __

1. The …………… is the layer of the Earth on which we live.

2. A sudden shaking of the surface of the Earth is a …………… .

E. Choose a pair of words having a similar relationship as the pairs in each item.

1. metal : hard

a. bone : soft      b. fire : hot        c. weather : cold

2. crust : earth

a. flood : river      b. tree : garden            c. skin : apple

F: Sentences Comprehension: Read the following sentences and choose the

_correct choice.

1. Just as the weather organizations now forecast floods and strong storms, the

national earthquake information centers may one day predict earthquakes.

According to the above sentence, ………………………… .

a. weather organizations can predict earthquakes.

b. earthquake prediction is a future possibility.

c. earthquakes are predicted nowadays by some organizations.

d. the storms and floods can't be sometimes predicted _

2. The plate of the crust more along smoothly, but sometimes they stick together and create

pressure. The pressure increases and the rock bends until breaks.

These above sentences show …………………… .

a. what kinds of rocks are in the crust      b. what the layers of the Earth are

c. how an earthquake occurs                    d. how the pressure increases

3. Though millions of people may never experience an earthquake, it is a very_common \

happening_on this planet. According to this sentence …………………… . ________

a. earthquake is a usual happening on the earth       b. everybody experiences an earthquake

c. no one pays attention to earthquakes                  d. no earthquake happens of the earth

G. Read the following passage and match each paragraph with one of the headings.

Write the letters (A, B, C, D) in front of the numbers of the paragraphs.

There is one extra heading.

Headings

(A) How an earthquakes happen and it is effects.

(B) The place of the earthquakes.

(C) The time of the earthquakes.

(D) The layers of the earth.

28. The earth has three layers: the crust, the mantle and the core. The crust is broken

into plates. The core is made up of metals. ( )

29. Many earthquakes happen along the Pacific Ocean. But it is possible to happen ever

where on the earth. It is a very common happening on this planet. ( )

30. The plates of the crust more along slowly. Sometimes the plates are broken and the

earthquake happens. The earthquake can move the houses, rattle windows and change

the place of things. ( )

H . choose the best answer :

1. Today's lesson was ……… that I didn't understand even a word .

a) very confused b) so confusing    c) too confusing      d) enough confusing

2. I think it is ……… late for us to provide the computer .

a) so    b) too     c) very       d) such

3. The weather is ……… bad today that we can't go on a picnic .

a) too     b) such    c) so         d) very

4. It is now ……… hot to play football . Let it be later .

a) so    b) very    c) too       d) such

5. Bob has ………… information about computers that no one can be compare with him .

a) too     b) so    c) such a        d) so much

6. " You look tired ." " Well , it was ……… that I feel like going to bed .

a) so long test     b) very long test      c) such a long test         d) a long test

7. My parents didn't think I was ………… to get married .

a) so old      b) very old      c) old enough         d) such old

8. There weren't ……… for everybody to have coffee at the same time .

a) so many cups     b) enough cups        c) too many cups       d) such cups

9. I was working ……… that I forgot what time was .

a) so hard     b) so hardly     c) too hard      d) too hardly

10. The emergency telephone numbers aren't …………… for me to remember .

a) so easy    b) easy enough    c) very easy       d) too easy