A natural disaster is a terrible accident, e.g. a E.
Only firemen can control fires in crowded cities
great flood , a big fire, or an earthquake. It usually causes
great suffering and loss of a large sum of money. The
causalities are injured or died. Some people are homeless
and need medical care
Floods occur when the water of rivers, lakes, or
stream overflow their banks and pour out into the
surrounding land. Floods are caused by many different
things. Often heavy rainstorms that last for a brief time
can cause a flood. But not all heavy storms are followed
by flooding. If the surrounding land is fl at and can absorb
the water, no flooding will occur. If, however, the land is
hard and rocky, heavy rain cannot be absorbed. Where
the banks are low, a river may overflow and flood
adjacent lowland (1).
In many parts of the world floods are caused by
tropical storms called hurricanes or typhoons. They bring
destructive winds of high speed, torrents of rain, and
flooding. When a flood occurs, the destruction to the
surrounding land can be severe(2). Whole villages and
towns are sometimes swept away by water pouring
swiftly over the land. Railroad tracks and buckles are
uprooted from their beds. Highways are washed away.
When a building caught fire, the firemen pitched
in to help battle the blaze. Before the pumps were
invented, people formed bucket brigades to fight fires(3).
Standing side by side, they formed a human chain from
the fire to nearby well or river. They passed buckets of
water from hand to hand to be poured on the flames.
The damage of fire did depend a great deal on
where it happened. In the country or a small village, only a
single house might burn down. But in crowded cities, fire
often destroyed whole blocks and neighborhoods before
being controlled.
1. What can possibly prevent rivers and lakes from
overflowing?
A. An absorbent bed D. A high bank
B. A rocky surrounding E. A high road
C. A low land
2. We know from the text that ....
A. River can sweep heavy flood
B. People can make money from flood
C. The destruction by flood is always less severe
D. Water flood is absorbed by land directly
E. Typhoons caused heavy flood
3. We know from the text that ....
A. The pump is the only tool used by fire fighters now
B. The pump helps people to fight fires more efficiently
C. Fires in big cities are always very big
D. People no longer use buckets to control fire
The following text is for questions 4 to 7.
Tsunami
Tsunami occurs when major fault under the ocean
floor suddenly slips(4). The displaced rock pushes water
above it like a giant paddle, producing powerful water
waves at the ocean surface. The ocean waves spread out
from the vicinity of the earthquake source and move
across the ocean until they reach the coastline, where
their height increases as they reach the continental shelf,
the part of the earth crust that slopes, or rises, from the
ocean floor up to the land.
A tsunami washes ashore with oftendisastrous
effects such as severe flooding, loss of lives due to
drowning and damage to property(5).
A tsunami is a very large sea wave that is
generated by a disturbance along the ocean floor. This
disturbance can be an earthquake, a landslide, or a
volcanic eruption. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the
ocean, but once it reaches shallow water, this fast
traveling wave grows very large.
4. Tsunami happens because ....
A. The displaced rock pushes water above it
B. A major fault under the ocean floor slips suddenly
C. The ocean waves spread out from the vicinity of the
source
D. The waves moves across the ocean until they reach
the beach
E. A tsunami is undetectable far out in the ocean
5. What are the impacts of tsunami?
A. The part of the Earth’s crust that slopes, or rises,
from the ocean floor down to the land
B. A tsunami washes ashore with often disastrous
effects such as flooding and loss of lives
C. A tsunami is a very large sea wave which is not
generated by a disturbance a long the ocean floor
D. A tsunami is detectable far out in the ocean
E. Once tsunami reaches shallow water, the wave never
grows very large
6. We understand from the text that tsunami ....
A. Causes the movement of earth
B. Forms a new shape of coastline
C. Makes unfortunate event
D. Rises a new coastal land
E. Displaces rocks to land
7. “... producing powerful water waves at the ocean
surface.” The synonym of the underlined word is....
A. Fast D. Strong
B. Deep E. Weak
C. Quick
The following text is for questions 8 to 11.
All human beings eat food and make use of the
chemical energy in it, so do all other animals. Perhaps you
wonder where all that chemical energy comes from. Why
doesn’t the food all get used up?
The answer is that new food is being grown as fast
as old food is used to. It is the green plants that form the
new food. Animals either eat the plants or eat other
animals that have eaten plants.
The green substance of plants is chlorophyll.
Chlorophyll can absorb sunlight. When it does so, it
changes the energy of the sun into chemical energy(9).
The chemical energy present in sunlit chlorophyll is used
to combine dioxide in the air with water from the soil.
Starch and other complicated compounds are formed.
These are high in chemical energy obtained from the
sunlit chlorophyll.
They make up the food on which mankind and all
other animals live. In the process of forming this food,
some oxygen atoms are left over. These are given off into
the air by the plants. The whole process is called
photosynthesis.
Thus, plants use sunlight to from food and oxygen
to from carbon dioxide and water again. Plants change the
sun’s energy into chemical energy. And animals change
the animal energy into kinetic and heat energy.
8. The text is about ....
A. The process of changing chemical energy
B. The formation of carbon dioxide
C. The green substance of plants
D. The process of photosynthesis
E. The use of chemical energy
9. What will happen when the chlorophyll absorbs
sunlight? It will ....
A. Change heat into kinetic energy
B. Form complicated compound
C. Make use of heat energy
D. Change kinetic energy into chemical energy
E. Change the sun’s energy into chemical energy
10. From the text we know that ....
A. Plant need to heat energy to live
B. All human beings need chemical energy
C. Plants absorb sunlight to produce kinetic energy
D. Chlorophyll is the most important thing in
photosynthesis
E. Sun’s energy cannot be formed into kinetic energy
11. The green substance of plants is chlorophyll. The
underlined word in the above is closest in meaning to ...
A. Core C. Stuff E. Material
B. Body D. Essence
The following text is for question 12 to 14.
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that
submerges land. In the sense of “ flowing water”, the
world may also be applied to inflow of the tide. Flooding
may result from the volume of water within a body of
water, such as a river or lake , which overflows or break
levees, with the result that some of the water escapes its
unusual boundaries.
While the size of a lake or other body of water will
vary with seasonal changes in precipitation and show
melt, it is not a significant flood unless such escapes of
water endanger land areas used by man like a village, city
or other inhabited area.
Floods can also occur in rivers, when flow exceeds
the capacity of the river channel, particularly at bends or
meanders. Flood often cause damage to homes and
businesses if they are placed in natural flood plains of
rivers. While flood damage van be virtually eliminated by
moving away from and other bodies of water, since time
out of mind, people have lived and worked by the water
to seek the sustenance and capitalize on the gains of
cheap and easy travel and commerce by being near water.
That humans continue to inhabit areas threatened by
flood damage is evidence that the perceived value of
living near the water exceeds the cost of repeated
periodic flooding.
12. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
A. People do not live by the river for some reasons
B. Floods can be found at every bend and meander of a
river
C. It is wise for people to leave the flood areas for the
safety reason
D. Floods happen when rivers fl ow over their capacity
of waterway
E. People prefer abandon the areas near the river
because of the threat of floods
13. “……..,it is not significant flood unless such escapes of
water endanger land areas used by man…..” (paragraph 2)
The underline word is closest in meaning to….
A. Ordinary C. Sufficient E. Expensive
B. Intensive D. Important
A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that sends
surges of water, sometimes reaching heights of over 100
feet (30.5 meters), onto land. These walls of water can
cause widespread destruction when they crash ashore.
These awe-inspiring waves are typically caused by
large, undersea earthquakes at tectonic plate boundaries.
When the ocean floor at a plate boundary rises or falls
suddenly, it displaces the water above it and launches the
rolling waves that will become a tsunami.
 Most tsunami, about 80 percent, happen within
the Pacific Ocean's "Ring of Fire," a geologically active
area where tectonic shifts make volcanoes and
earthquakes common.
Tsunamis may also be caused by underwater
landslides or volcanic eruptions. They may even be
launched, as they frequently were in Earth's ancient past,
by the impact of a large meteorite plunging into an ocean.
Tsunamis race across the sea at up to 500 miles
(805 kilometers) an hour — about as fast as a jet airplane.
At that pace they can cross the entire expanse of the
Pacific Ocean in less than a day. And their long
wavelengths mean they lose very little energy along the
way.
A tsunami's trough, the low point beneath the
wave's crest, often reaches shore first. When it does, it
produces a vacuum effect that sucks coastal water
seaward and exposes harbor and sea floors. This
retreating of sea water is an important warning sign of a
tsunami, because the wave's crest and its enormous
volume of water typically hit shore five minutes or so
later. Recognizing this phenomenon can save lives.
A tsunami is usually composed of a series waves,
called a wave train, so its destructive force may be
compounded as successive waves reach shore. People
experiencing a tsunami should remember that the danger
may not have passed with the first wave and should await
official word that it is safe to return to vulnerable
locations.
Some tsunamis do not appear on shore as massive
breaking waves but instead resemble a quickly surging
tide that inundates coastal areas.
14. Why did the author write the report?
A. To raise people' awareness about tsunami.
B. To warn people about an upcoming tsunami.
C. To inform people about past tsunamis.
D. To inform people about the different types of
tsunami.
E. To warn people about the dangers of tsunami.
15. Tsunamis are usually the result of ...
A. The sudden rise or fall of ocean floors
B. Pacific Oceans "Ring of Fire"
C. The awe-inspiring waves
D. Volcanoes
E. Landslides
16. From the text, we know that Tsunami can be very
destructive because ...
A. They come after earthquakes
B. They are caused by volcanic eruptions
C. They are tall, fast, forceful and repetitive
D. They have a vacuum effect
E. They occur suddenly
17. "Some tsunami do not appear on shore as massive
breaking waves but instead resemble a quickly surging
tide that inundates coastal areas." (Paragraph 8) The
underlined word is closest in meaning to ...
A. Floods D. Attacks
B. Covers E. Submerges
C. Fills
18. Somebody cleans the room every day.
Passive voice is:
(A) The room was clean by somebody every day.
(B) The room is cleaned by somebody every day.
(C) The room is clean by somebody every day.
(D) Somebody is cleaned the room every day.
19.Sam has taken an English course.
Passive voice is:
(A) Sam has been taken an English course.
(B) An English course taken by Sam.
(C) An English course has been taken by Sam.
(D) English courses have taken by Sam.
20.The students are using the computers now.
Passive voice is:
(A) The computers are being used by the students
now.
(B) The computers are used by them now.
(C) The computers were used by them now.
(D) The computers is being used by them now.
21. My father fixed the car yesterday.
Passive voice is:
(A) My father was fixed the car yesterday.
(B) My father was being fixed the car yesterday.
(C) The car was fix by my father yesterday.
(D) The car was fixed by my father yesterday.
22.The editor edits the article.
The passive form of the above sentence is "The
article ..... by the editor
A. edits D. is being edited
B. edited E. is edited
C. be editing
23. They are building a new ring road round the city.
The passive form of the above sentence is "A new
ring road ......"
A. is built D. was building
B. builds E. is being built
C. be building
24. 'Last night a thief broke into my brother's house'
'Really? What ......from the house?
A. the took C. was being taken
B. was to take D. was taking E. was taken
Down In the Valley a.1st verse d.4th verse
(Folk song from America) b.2nd verse e.5th verse
Down in the valley, the valley so low c.3rd verse
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow 29.Which verse is talking about the writer’s demand
Hear the wind blow, dear, hear the wind blow; to write him a letter ?
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow. a.1st verse d.5th verse
nd
b.2 verse e.6th verse
If you don't love me, love whom you please, c.4rd verse
Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease, 30.“Roses love sunshine, violets love dew” (9th line).
Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease, What is the synonym of the bolded word ?
Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease a.Haze d.Liquid
b.Rain e.Vapor
Roses love sunshine, violets love dew, c.Water
Angels in Heaven know I love you, 31.“Write me a letter, send it by mail“ (the last verse)
Know I love you, dear, know I love you, What does the bolded word refer to?
Angels in Heaven know I love you. a.The letter d.The song
b.The castle e.The Roses
If you don't love me, love whom you please, c.Brimingham Jail
Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease, 32.From the lyric of the song, where would be the
Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease, writer song in ? The writer song would be in ....
Throw your arms round me, give my heart ease a.a castle d.a village
b.a jail (Brimingham Jail) e.a house
Build me a castle, forty feet high; c.a valley
So I can see her as she rides by, 33.What is the 3rdverse of song mostly talking
As she rides by,dear, as she rides by, about?
So I can see her as she rides by. a.about the condition and the situation arround
the valley
Write me a letter, send it by mail; b.about someone that was falling in love
Send it in care of the Birmingham jail, c.a request to make a castle
Birmingham jail, dear, Birmingham jail, d.about the writer’s demand to send him a letter
Send it in care of the Birmingham jail. e.about the Brimingham jail

The Questions of Text

25.“Down in the valley, the valley so low”
The bolded words are similar with ....
a. hill d.canyon
b. dale e.cave
c. mountain
26.“Give my heart ease, dear, give my heart ease”
(7th line)
The bolded words can be replaced with , EXCEPT
a. relieve d.simplify
b. lighten e.alleviate
c. burden
27.What is the 2nd verse mostly talking about ?
a. about the condition and the situation arround
the valley
b. about the writer’s demand to send him a letter
c. about the Brimingham jail
d. about someone that was falling in love
e. a request to make a castle
28.Which verse is talking about the situation and
condition in the valley ?