150 Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 9 (Global success): Natural disasters có lời giải

Bài tập Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 9 (Global success): Natural disasters

Complete the correct answer A, B, C or D.

1. A number of other provinces will declare drought __________ in the coming weeks.

A. accident

B. emergency

C. event

D. situation

2. The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area of frequent earthquakes and volcanic _________, encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean.

A. flowing

B. flood

C. eruption

D. eruptions

3. The heavy rain caused a __________, blocking the road to the shopping centre.

A. landside

B. lightning

C. drought

D. shortage

4. As the floodwaters continued to rise, the residents ran ________ of the food and clean water.

A. of

B. for

C. out

D. on

5. Was the volcano ________ when you visited the island?

A. erupt

B. to erupt

C. to erupting

D. erupting

6. The forest fire __________ for twelve hours and thousands of wild animals died.

A. raged

B. struck

C. took

D. put out

7. Most people had moved to the safe areas before the typhoon struck, so there were only a few minor______________.

A. loss

B. injuries

C. impacts

D. destruction

8. A tsunami causes ________ to boats, bridges, and anything as waves come in andgo out.

A. destruction

B. fatality

C. injuries

D. extinction

Find the word which has a different stress from the others.

1. A. develop	B. marvellous	C. funnel	D. damage
2. A. relief	B. debris	C. typhoon	D. severe
3. A. scatter	B. earthquake	C. collapse	D. mudslide
4. A. national	B. physical	C. arrival	D. natural
5. A. funnel	B. uncle	C. second	D. towards

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following sentences.

1. The storm was awful and caused a lot of damage.

A. beautiful

B. excellent

C. terrible

D. interesting

2. My little brother Timmy never screams although he is frightened.

A. confused

B. excited

C. painful

D. scared

3. I have an important presentation tomorrow. I’m feeling a little bit worried.

A. happy

B. calm

C. anxious

D. relaxed