I. Chose the word that has different stress pattern.

1. A. rural B. local C. canal D. final

2. A. obvious B. humorous C. numerous D. enormous

3. A. typical B. survival C. annual D. animal

4. A. glorious B. hazardous C. disastrous D. populous

5. A. arrival B. capital C. chemical D. medical

B. VOCABULARY
II. Complete the sentences with the w ords in the box.

III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

IV. Supply the correct form of the word in the brackets.
1. As many as 111 people are dead or ______________ due to the hurricane. (miss)
2. Clearing trees by burning is highly ______________ of the forest environment. (destruct)
3. ______________ used a special device for finding people trapped in collapsed buildings. (rescue)
4. A massive volcanic ______________ could affect the climate of the whole planet. (erupt)
5. An earthquake is a sudden motion or ______________ of the ground produced by the abrupt displacement of rock
masses. (tremble)
6. They discussed ways of increasing the chance for ______________ during and after an earthquake.
(survive)
7. Violent storms wreaked havoc on the village, leaving three people dead and dozens ______________. (injure)
8. Different parts of the world have different ______________ and environmental conditions.
(climate)
9. The Indonesian volcano is erupting ______________, and the lava flow is more than a kilometre.
(violent)
10. The depletion of the ozone layer could have ______________ consequences for life on Earth. (disaster)
IV. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
1. As the flight was taking off, passengers were seeing a fire from the window.
A. As B. was taking off C. were seeing D. from
2. The plane's captain realized that one of the two engines weren't working.
A. The place’s B. realized C. the two D. weren’t
3. While passengers were running towards the front exits. Maria chose the exit next the wing.
A. While B. were running C. chose D. next
4. Because the weather was getting worse, so the two climbers didn't stay long in the mountain.
A. was getting B. so C. didn’t stay D. in
5. John fell and break his knee while he was climbing down the mountain with his friend.
A. fell and break B. while C. was climbing D. with
6. Eric shouted up to John, but the wind was blown loudly and John couldn't hear him.
A. shouted B. but C. was blown D. couldn’t hear
7. The rope were too heavy and it was pulling him down the mountain towards the cliff.
A. were B. heavy C. was pulling D. towards
8. When Eric realized John wasn’t coming, he decided to take a risk and searching for him.
A. When B. wasn’t coming C. decided D. searching

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9. William was climbing a mountain alone while the storm began to strike.
A. was climbing B. a C. while D. began to trike
10. Those who were not caught by the wave was running uphill to save themselves.
A. Those B. were not caught C. was D. themselves
I. Rearrange the sentences to make a conversation.
___ It lasted for about an hour, and we had to stay in our storm shelter until it’s gone.
___ Yes, I have. A tornado struck my town when I was eleven.
___ I was staying with my parents, so I didn’t know how and where others were. I think they had already been in safe
places because there was no human loss.
_1_ Tracy! Have you ever been in a storm?
___ Yes, it was.
___ Oh, really? Were you frightened then?
___ That’s awful! How was everybody?
___ That’s a relief. How long did the storm last?
___ Yes, of course. It was very frightening when hearing the sound of the winds. Houses and trees collapsed. Leaves,
objects and debris were blown up in the sky.
___ It was a hard time in your life, wasn’t it?

A tropical cyclone is a circular air movement over the warm ocean waters in the warm part of Earth near the equator.
Most tropical cyclones are storms with strong winds and heavy rains. While some tropical cyclones stay out in the sea,
others pass over land. This can be dangerous because the winds and floods can break things and drown people.
Tropical cyclones form when warm, moist ocean air rises. They begin as a group of storm winds when the water gets as
hot as 27°c or hotter. The Coriolis effect made by the Earth’s rotation causes the winds to rotate. These storms usually
move westward in the tropics, and later move north or south into the temperate zone.
The term “tropical cyclone” is a general term and includes regionally specific terms such as “hurricane” and “typhoon”. A
tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic is called a hurricane. The same is true of those that form in the eastern, central
and northern Pacific. In the western Pacific a tropical cyclone is called a typhoon. In the Indian Ocean they are called
“cyclones”. The name for a tropical cyclone depends on its location.
A. Match the words or phrases with their definitions.
1. equator a. to make something begin to exist

2. temperate zone b. an imaginary line around the earth at an equal distance from the North and

South Poles

3. drown c. an area of the earth that is not near the equator or the South or North Pole

4. form d. the hottest part of the world which is around the equator

5. rotation e. movement in a circle around a fixed point

6. the tropics f. to cause to die by being unable to breathe underwater

B. Answer the questions.

1. Is there any tropical cyclone that begins and ends in the sea?
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2. Is it possible for a tropical cyclone to begin at the temperature of 26°C?
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3. What makes the winds rotate?
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4. Can we say both hurricane and typhoon are tropical cyclones?
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5. Where is a tropical cyclone called “hurricane”?
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6. Where is a tropical cyclone called “typhoon”?
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F. WRITING
I. Rearrange the words to make meaningful sentences.
1. us / practical tips / This article / treating poisonous wastes / about / gave
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2. Were / started / your apartment / you / watching TV / the building / in / when / trembling?
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3. The devastating tsunami / destruction / to / near the sea / brought / cities and towns
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4. when / He / a / was / flowers / in / bright mysterious light / his garden / he / watering / saw
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5. among / Hurricanes and tropical storms / most / powerful natural disasters / are / the
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6. typhoons and hurricanes / tropical cyclones / Both I are / in / but differ / their locations
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7. raise / It’s / to / before / awareness about natural disasters / they / important / happen
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8. are / there / On average, / the world / about 6,800 natural disasters / every year / in
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II. Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one.
1. No one took care of the pets while we were in the eye of the storm.
 No one looked
2. The forest fire was so big that its smoke could be seen from space.
 It was such
3. It’s a good idea to read guidelines for evacuation carefully.
 You should
4. If James doesn’t bring a compass, he will get lost in the jungle.
 Unless James
5. How long is it since you last saw a storm?
 When
6. It was raining heavily but Kathy still decided to go to school.
 Although it
7. No other tsunami in the 20th century was as high as Lituya Bay megatsunami.
 Lituya Bay megatsunami was
8. Due to the heavy rains on the hills, water in the lake started to rise.
 As it

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