checking TASK 1: Choose the word that is best fits each of the blank space: collapsed – earthquake – hardly – disaster – city – inhabitants – above – completely – under hina said today that there were heavy loss of life ( chêt ) in the (1)____ which struck Tangshan city yesterday. Survivors ( người còn sống sót ) said that Tangshan, an industrial ( thuộc về công nghiệp ) (2)___ of one million people 160 kms East of Peking, was (3)___ destroyed. C Observers ( người quan sát ) living in Beijing said it appeared that only a small part of the one million (4) ____ escaped death ( thoát chết) or injury. Many of the men of Tangshan were working in the mines ( hầm mỏ) deep (5)___ the earth’s surface when the (6)___ occurred. Unfortunately ( không may) , few of these miners ( thợ mỏ) have survived. A lot of people were also working in the city’s offices. Regretably (tiếc thay), most were killed under falling concrete ( pê tông rơi) when the building (7)____. The Chinese authorities ( chính quyền) have not yet given any information about the actual number of casualties, but it is thought that tens of thousands of people have been killed. (8)____ a house has been left standing ( không còn ngôi nhà nào ) . Task 2 : Writing It was a beautiful day the sun ( be shine ) ________, the sky (be) _________blue and the weather was perfect. Hoa was outside and playing with her dog. Suddenly the dog ( begin / act ) _________ strangely. It ( keep / run ) _______ in circles. Hoa (run) ____ home with her dog and (tell) _____ what the dog ( be do ) ________. Hoa’s mother said that she ( hear )____ the radio that there (be)_______a typhoon coming. Hoa’s mother ( gather)_________ her family and (tell)______ them to find shelter in the house. All of a sudden the sky ( become)_____ dark. The storm (come)______ with strong winds and heavy rain. Her family (be)______ scared but, soon the storm (finish)_______. Everyone (be)_____ glad. What a clever dog! It ( save)______ Hoa’ s family. . checking TASK 1: Choose the word that is best fits each of the blank space: