13. Typhoon Haiyan caused damage, and __________  of life became great in the Philippines.

A. lose                                    B. loss                        C. losing                    D. loses

Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best answer to complete the sentences

13. Typhoon Haiyan caused damage, and __________  of life became great in the Philippines.

A. lose                                    B. loss                                    C. losing                     D. loses

14. Magma is the liquid rock inside a volcano, but lava is magma that flows__________  a volcano.

A. at                                        B. into                        C. out of                     D. out

15. Before she (watch) __________TV, she did homework.

A. watched                            B. watched                 C. had watched         D. was watching

16. Thousands of people ___________ by natural disasters every year.

A. affect                                 B. affected                 C. are affected          D. are affecting        

17. The team’s success was largely ___________ her efforts.

A. in spite of                         B. due to                    C. because                D. although

18. Hundreds of people made ___________ after the flood.

A. homeless                           B. endless                  C. careless                 D. helpless

19. The flight number 781 to Melbourne ___________ at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning. 

A. will arrive                         B. is arriving                         C. has arrived            D. arrives       

1. Monsoon rains across Thailand _______ millions of people in 61 of its provinces.

A. has affected

B. have affected

C. have effect

D. has influenced

2. Typhoon Haiyan made the damage, and _______ of life became great in the Philippines.

A. lose

B. loses

C. losing

D. loss

3. Thanks to the extensive _______ measures taken, the loss of life in Typhoon Xangsane in Da Nang and other provinces seemed to be relatively low.

A. prevent

B. preventive

C. prevention

D. preventing

4. A number of other provinces will declare drought _______ in the coming weeks.

A. accident

B. emergency

C. event

D. situation

5. In some areas, human _______ can be a contributing factor in causing landslides.

A. acts

B. actions

C. acting

D. activities

6. The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent _______ and volcanic _______, encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

A. floods – eruptions

B. earthquake – flood

C. flood – eruption

D. earthquakes – eruptions

7. If this factory continues _______ poison into the lake, all the fish will die.

A. pouring

B. dumping

C. pumping

D. sacking8.

The sight of too many advertising, overhead poles and shop signs causes _______ pollution.

A. air

B. light

C. noise

D. visual

9. _______ you ever been to any English-speaking countries?

A. Do

B. Have

C. Were

D. Are

10. Australia is home to _______ animals like kangaroos and koalas.

A. only

B. rare

C. unique

D. precious

1. Monsoon rains across Thailand ______ millions of people in 61 of its provinces.

A. has affected B. have affected C. have effect D. have influenced

2.Typhoon Haiyan made the some areas ____  A. inhabiting  B. inhabit C. inhabited D. inhabitant

3.In some areas, human ___ can be a contributing factor in causing landslides.

A. acts B. actions C. acting D. activities

4. Several tropical storms ____ our country recently. A. struck B. have struck C. are striking D. strike

5. The victims on the roofs of the houses _____ with food and water by the rescue team.

A. provided B. will be provide C. were provided D. had provided

6. I learnt from the news on TV that the earthquake ____ hundreds of houses.

A. destroys B. were destroyed C. had destroyed D. are destroying

7. Look at your weekly schedule. Your presentation on visual pollution ____ at 9.45. Don’t be late please.

A. is starting B. starts C. had started D. has started

8. If someone ......... into the store, smile and say, 'May I help you?' a. comes b. came c. will come  d. would come

9. The city of London was..........by the Romans in the year 43 AD.

       a. located               b. developed                 c. founded                   d. characterized

10. 10.  People come to the parks to...............from city noise and traffic.

       a. get away             b. get out of                   c. get over                    d. get off

Choose the correct sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one.
We left the building, then a tornado appeared suddenly and caused life loss and property damage. 

before a tornado appeared suddenly and caused life loss and property damage, we had left the building. 

A tornado appeared suddenly and caused life loss and property damage after we had left the building.

A tornado appeared suddenly and caused life loss and property damage as soon as we had left the building. 

All the answers are correct. 

IV.       Complete the passage using the words given in the box

destruction           winds           of             struck          although            expected          missing            during

1. In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (14) ______________________ Vietnam, several days after leaving thousands

2. dead and widespread (15) __________________________________ in the Philippines. Al – Jazeera reported: “The

3. national weather forecaster said Haiyan made landfall in northern Quang Ninh at 5 a.m local time. It was moving

4. towards southern China and is (16) _________________ to weaken later on Monday. The heavy rain hit the capital,

5. Hanoi, and houses in some northern provinces were damaged by strong (17) ________________________. Several

6. hundred houses had their roofs ripped off (tốc mái). Thousands (18) _____________________ trees in the province

7. were uprooted (bật rễ).”, said a disaster official in Quang Ninh province. “Three people were reported (19)

8. ______________________________.’, he added. National disaster officials said no deaths had been reported so far

9. on Monday, (20) _____________________ state media said five people had died (21) _______________________

10. preparations for the typhoon.

V. Supply the correct form of the words in brackets. A natural disaster can cause_________ of life or property damage. (lose) Human greenhouse gas emissions are causing_________ warming. (globe) Kangaroos and koalas are only_________ to Australia. (nation) Hurricane Katrina was one of the_________ hurricanes ever to hit the United States. (dead) Filters do not remove all_________ from water. (contaminate) Freak tornado leaves trail of in its wake. (destroy) _________ appeal to the government to enact laws to stop factories from discharging toxic Chemicals into the sea. (environment) Toxic pollution is contaminated water, soil, and air that is_________. (poison) Pollution kills more people than both war and_________. (violent) English is the most widely_________ language worldwide, with 1.5 billion speakers. (speak)