After a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeing or standing on them.. These first surf boards were made of wood and the water made them rot after a time.[r]
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BÀI TẬP UNIT 9- NATURAL DISASTERS - SKILLS 1
Bài tập học phát sóng truyền hình vào ngày thứ 5- 16/04//2020 Name:………
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I Fill a suitable word into each of numbered blanks in the passage
Australia is a big country, but nearly all Australians (1) _ in towns near the sea On hot summer days you (2) _ see thousands of people at the beach Many beaches have waves that are very high These large waves (3) _ known as surfs and the people who ride them are called surfers Surfing is a skill and needs learning Don’t expect to be (4) _ to surf properly the first time you try However by practising a few times you will learn (5) _ to it
Surfing is not a new sport Perhaps its origins need explaining It started hundreds of years ago in Hawaii Men swam out to sea to catch fish and found that they could come back to land very quickly by riding waves These first surfers did not use a board
They were “body surfers” Many people still this type of surfing today
After a while people started to use boards and rode the waves by lying, kneeing or standing on them These first surf boards were made of wood and the water made them rot after a time Today surfboards are made of plastic or fiberglass instea
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II Read the following passage about tornadoes and choose the best answer for each question.
Tornadoes
Did you ever see the movie The Wizard of Oz? A tornado sweeps up Dorothy and Toto, sending them to a new world where there are witches and talking lions! That entire story is fiction, but tornadoes are Teal and they are serious business In fact, they can be the most dangerous storms of all
Tornadoes are sometimes referred to as twisters or cyclones They are shaped like a cylinder They are born in thunderclouds The winds inside a tornado swirl around and around and can be more than 300 miles per hour (mph) The winds are so strong that tornadoes can lift animals, cars, and even houses
(2)1 Where tornadoes begin? A in the ocean
B underground C in cyclones D in thunderclouds
2 Why does the author mention The Wizard of Oz at the beginning of the passage? A to give a famous example of a tornado
B to give a history of tornadoes C to show that hurricanes are not real D to explain why tornadoes are dangerous
3 Based on the passage, people who live in Tornado Alley should _ A expect tornadoes only during the summer
B be very familiar with the movie The Wizard of Oz C be prepared for the dangers of tornadoes
D think about moving to the United States
4 The word conditions in the last paragraph means A preparations
B dangerous hazards C the way things are D lucky feelings
5 What is the main idea of this passage?
A Some states get tornadoes more than other states B Tornadoes are dangerous storms that affect the U.S C Tornadoes are different from how they are in movies D Many tornadoes not cause a lot of damage
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