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Two of the most dangerous storms which affect America are hurricanes and tornadoes. They are very much feared by anyone who may live in the path of their destruction.

Every year homes are destroyed by their fury and often lives are lost. Most people who live near the coast are forced to evacuate their homes and move to safer areas until the storm passes. Floods are caused along the coasts by both heavy rain and a storm tide that is considerably above normal water level. The high winds, coastal flooding, and heavy rains associated with a hurricane cause enormous damage.

Hurricanes usually develop between July and October. Once they hit land they carry tremendous power with driving rain and wind.

Tornadoes are violent low - pressured storms. These storms occur most often during the summer months and are noticeable by their strong wind and lack of rain. The sky turns black as dust is sucked up into the air. Tornadoes are capable of lifting quite heavy objects from the ground. They can pick up trees and cars right into the air and even uplift heavier objects such as homes and railway cars.

Both hurricanes and tornadoes cause millions of dollars worth of damage to life and property every year. Today they can be predicted more easily than in the past, but they cannot be stopped or ignored.

1. What are two of the most dangerous storms which affect America?

A. Hurricanes and tornadoes.

B. Typhoons and thunderstorms.

C. Thunderstorms and hurricanes.

D. Hurricanes and typhoons.

2. At which part of the year do hurricanes usually develop?

A. July and August only.

B. All the year-round.

C. From the seventh to the ninth month.

D. Between July and October.

3. What is the major similarity between both a hurricane and a tornado?

A. They cover only a small area.

B. They can cause great damage.

C. They are not accompanied by rain.

D. They have either wind or speed.

4. Which of the following is true of tornadoes and hurricanes?

A. They cannot be predicted with accuracy.

B. They are easier to control today than in the part.

C. They can be predicted today with greater accuracy.

D. They cannot be predicted today with greater accuracy.

5. Which of the following was not mentioned in the article?

A. The number of people killed each year by these storms.

B. The tremendous power killed each year by these storms.

C. The damage caused by hurricanes and tornadoes.

D. The time of year when they are most likely to strike.

 Read the text and then choose the best answer A, B, C or D.

   Two of the most dangerous storms which affect America are hurricanes and tornadoes. They are very much feared by anyone who may live in the path of their destruction.

   Every year homes are destroyed by their fury and often lives are lost. Most people who live near the coast are forced to evacuate their homes and to move to safer areas until the storm passes. Floods are caused along the coasts by both the heavy rain and a storm tide that is considerably above normal water level. The high winds, coastal flooding and heavy rains associated with a hurricane cause enormous damage.

   Hurricanes usually develop between July and October. Once they hit land they carry tremendous power with driving rain and wind.

   Tornadoes are violent low-pressured storms. These storms occur most often during the summer months and are noticeable by their strong wind and lack of rain. The sky turns black as dust is sucked up into the air. Tornadoes are capable of lifting quite heavy objects from the ground. They can pick up trees and cars right into the air and even uplift heavier objects such as homes and railway cars.

   Both hurricanes and tornadoes cause millions of dollars worth of damage to life and property every year. Today they can be predicted more easily than in the past, but they cannot be stopped or ignored.

1. What are two of the most dangerous storms which affect America?

A. Thunderstorms and hurricanes.

B. Typhoons and thunderstorms.

C. Hurricanes and tornadoes

D. Hurricanes and typhoons.

2. At which part of the year do hurricanes usually develop?

A. July and August only

B. Between July and October

C. From the seventh to the ninth month

D. All the year round

3. What is the major similarity of both a hurricane and a tornado?

A. They cover only a small area

B. They have either wind or speed

C. They are not accompanied by rain

D. They can cause great damage

4. Which of the following is true of tornadoes and hurricanes?

A. They cannot be predicted with accuracy

B. They are easier to control today than in the past

C. Tornadoes are more dangerous than hurricanes

D. They can be predicted today with greater accuracy

5. Which of the following was not mentioned in the article?

A. The damage caused by hurricanes and tornadoes

B. The tremendous power of these storms

C. The number of people killed each year by these storms

D. The time of year when they are most likely to strike

A hurricane is a huge storm that forms over warm ocean water. Bands of thunderstorms form and swirl around and around because the rotation of the earth. As more and more thunderstorms form, the hurricane gets bigger and bigger. A hurricane is one of the world's worst storms because it can last for days or weeks.

Hurricanes can also be very large. They may cover hundreds of miles and affect large areas of land. For a storm to be classified as a hurricane, wind speeds within the storm have to reach at least 74 per hour. But hurricane winds can reach speeds of over 155 miles per hour! A large amount of destruction may occur with winds that strong. Roofs may be torn off homes. Buildings may be flattened. Trees topple over. Hurricanes are deadly, but not just because of their winds. They can also produce very heavy rains and huge waves that slam into the coastline. Hurricanes are very common along the east coast of the United States. Here, wind, waves, and rain do the most damage.

Luckily, meteorologists (people who study weather) can forecast hurricanes days in advance by using radar technology. Radar is a little bit like a moving picture. It shows how big storms are and which way they are moving. Radar images people time to prepare for a coming storm. If the storm is very strong, home and business owners will put up plywood to protect their glass windows and doors. People who live along the coast will evacuate. They'll go to a hurricane shelter or stay with friends and relatives who live in safer places farther inland. Many lives are saved every year by people who take the necessary precautions.

Question28. What is a hurricane?

A. a tidal wave B. a huge storm C. a thunderstorm D. a tsunami

Question 29. What makes a hurricane?

A. thunderstorms B. strong winds C. seawater D. the earth rotation

Question 30. What of the following is not correct?

A. A hurricane is very dangerous because it lasts for days and weeks.

B. The hurricane wind speeds per hour can be nearly twice as fast as the wind speeds.

C. A hurricane can reach speeds of at least 74 km per hour.

D. Hurricanes often appear along the east coast of the United States.

Question 31. Who is meteorologist?

A. People study weather.

B. People do businesses in the meteorological field.

C. People live along the coast.

D. People are evacuated from the regions affected by hurricanes.

Question 32. What is radar used for?

A. making moving pictures

B. showing the size of hurricanes and their movements

C. giving people time to prepare for a coming storm

D. All above

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR I. Match a word in column A with its description in column B, writing the answer in each blank. Answer A B ______ 1. A thunderstorm A. It is created when the surface layer of the ground collapses. It varies in size and are found all over the world. It is an area of ground that has no natural external surface drainage. When it rains, all of the water stays inside it and typically drains into the subsurface. It can vary from a few feet to hundreds of acres and from less than 1 to more than 100 feet deep. ______ 2. A tornado B. The Earth has a crust under the oceans and the land that we live on. This crust made of massive areas of flat rock called tectonic plates, which float on the Earth’s mantle, the inside layer of the Earth. When the plates move slowly together, this movement forces energy through the crusts to the Earth’s surface. The energy causes the Earth to tremble and shake. ______ 3. A hurricane C. It is a very bright flash of electricity that happens in a thunderstorm. It is actually a spark that crosses the gap between two clouds or between a cloud and the Earth. It carries an enormous charge of electricity. Trees are burned, metal can be melted and people can be killed. ______ 4. An earthquake D. It is caused by earthquakes at sea. It forms when energy from an earthquake displace hundreds of cubic kilometers of water from the seabed. Large waves begin moving through the ocean from their epicenters. When it reaches shallow water near coastal areas, it increases in height. The sign comes before it strikes when the waterline suddenly retreats, exposing hundreds of meters of beach and seabed. ______ 5. A volcano E. It is a very violent windstorm. The air is concentrated and whirls up rapidly. It is grey in colour and looks like an elephant’s trunk swaying down from the clouds to touch the ground with its tip. ______ 6. A tsunami F. It is a hill or mountain formed when molten material or lave from the inside of the Earth is forced through the Earth’s crust by gases. It can produce vast clouds of very fine volcanic dust which looks like smoke. ______ 7. A sinkhole G. It is a storm where you hear thunder and see lightning. There is usually heavy rain. It is an electric storm. ______ 8. Lightning H. It is the most violent storm known on Earth. It is a tropical storm. It forms at sea and causes dangerous, stormy seas. It can reach the land and destroy buildings and trees. It can blow high waves onto the land and cause flooding. II. Complete each sentences with the correct word from the box. drought flood hurricane landslide tornado 1. When there is a ___________, a lot of water covers an area where there usually isn’t water. 2. A ___________ refers to a long time without rain. 3. When there is a ______________, a lot of rocks and earth fall down a hill. 4. A____________ is a storm with a lot of wind that moves over water. 5. A____________ is a storm in which the air moves very quickly in a circle. III. Use the verbs in the box in the correct form to complete the sentences. bury evacuate rage take recover scatter provide suffer 1. The government _____________ health and other services to the affected regions. 2. Action were _____________ to limit the effects of the floods in Quang Ninh. 3. The Red Cross helped homeless families to ____________ from the disaster through the project. 4. The majority of concerned areas have ___________ from cholera epidemics after the floods and landslides in Central America. 5. Early September, mudslides caused by heavy rains _____________ an entire village of 480 inhabitants. 6. Thousands of villagers ____________ from flood-prone areas after the warnings from the weather bureau. 7. Tiny particles of dust, smoke, salt or pollution droplets that ___________ through the air to cause haze. 8. The fires ____________ for more than a week in the southern region of Chile, which has been hit by a severe drought. MONG MỌI NGƯỜI GIÚP ĐỠ

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Each nation has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the elderly. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems. Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, or the shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers. Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to understand the problems of younger boys and girls. Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.

1. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?

A. They mow lawns, do shopping, and clean up their houses.

B. They cook, sew, and wash their clothes.

C. They tell them stories and sing and dance for them.

D. They take them to baseball games.

2. What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?

A. To get to know things about their fathers.

B. To get to know things that boys want from their fathers.

C. To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers.

D. To learn things about their fathers.

3. Which activity is NOT available for the students at the clubs?

A. playing games B. watching films C. going to interesting places D. learning photography

4. Why do they use many high school and college students as volunteers? Because......

A. they have a lot of free time.

B. they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.

C. they know how to do the work.

D. they are good at playing games and learning crafts.

5. What do volunteers believe?

A. In order to make others happy, they have got to be unhappy.

B. The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.

C. The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.

D. Bringing happiness to others makes them the happiest people in the world

Relationships in Vietnamese family are more complicated than those of Western countries. The majority of families in Vietnam are extended families as many generations co-live to take care of each other. Family in Vietnam looks similar to a system of mini society with the most elderly having the strongest voice and taking charge of most activities in house. Each family has its own rules and values that members are supposed to conform with. The younger generation shows respect for the older generation and vice versa, the old generation tolerates the young. In the relationships between parents and children, and between husband and wife as well, traditional Vietnamese retain much of their long established customs and values. Traditional Vietnamese meal - dining on the floor with the whole extended family Although influenced by Chinese culture and Confucianism, in the eyes of children, Vietnamese mothers still have the same status as their counterparts. They are the embodiments of love, of self-denial and of sacrifice. For Vietnamese parents, their children are their most valuable assets; therefore, within their financial capacity, most of them are eager to have as many children as they can.

1 Why are families in Vietnam extended families?

2 What happens between generations inVietnamese families?

3 How was a woman demanded before?

4 By what were Vietnamese woman affected?

5 Why now can we say "Men make houses and women make home"?

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Britain is now a highly industrialized country and there are only 238,000 farms in the UK. More and more farmers leave the land because they can not earn enough money to survive. Only large farms are economic and because of this most British farm are big. They usually grow cereals in the east of England and raise sheep and cows in the north of England and Scotland. The small family farms often have to earn more money by offering bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists.

Farming methods in Britain have also changed. Fields used to be quite small, divided by hedges which were sometimes a thousand years old and full of wild flowers and birds. Many hedges were pulled up to allow farmers to use modern machinery. Now most fields in England are large by European standards.

1. British farmers give up working on their farms because________ .

A. they are tired of the farm work B. they can’t earn their own living by farming

C. they want to continue to live D. they are forced to leave the land

2. Most British farms are big because_________ .

A. there are plenty of abandoned land B. farming is now industrialized

C. small farms are uneconomic D. most British farmers are rich

3.The small family farms often offer bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists ______.

A. to show their friendship

B. because they want to have more tourists to their farms

C. in order to improve their earnings

D. so that the tourists will return in their farm the next time

4. Fields on British farms were __________ .

A. separated from each other by hedges B. full of wild flowers and birds

C. a thousand years old D. all are correct

5. Which of the following sentences is not true?

A. Industries are developed in Britain

B. Breeding farms are usually in the north of England

C. Many hedges are pulled down for farmers to expand their farms

D. Most fields in England are now larger than they used to be

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Tet or Lunar New Year holiday is the most important celebration for Vietnamese people. Tet is a festival which happens in late January or early February. Before Tet, people usually clean and decorate their homes. They go to market to buy candy, jams or dried water melon seeds. They also get new clothes which are worn at Tet. They often buy beach blossoms and marigolds which are traditional flowers on Tet holiday. Tet is a time for family members gather and have some special meals with special food such as sticky rice cakes. People often visit relatives and close friends on the second day of the holiday.

True (T) or False (F)

People don’t clean and decorate their homes.