I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D that best fits the gap in the following sentences :
1. According to the weather ______ it will rain tonight.
A. forecast B. forecaster C. forecasted D. forecasting
2. The tsunami ______ in December 2004 in South East-A killed more than 160,000 people.
A. disaster B. disastrous C. disastrously D. disastering
3. We must find a shelter now, because of the ______ storm.
A. strong B. long C. heavy D. boring
4. The roof ______ under the weight of snow last night.
A. collapsed B. collapsing C. collapses D. collapse
5. He warned me of the ______ in the forest.
A. dangers B. dangerousness C. dangerously D. dangerous
6. Pompeii was completely ______ in AD 79 by an eruption Mount Vesuvius.
A. destroyed B. destroy C. to destroy D. destroying
7. Many people become ______ because of the natural disasters every year,
A. homeless B. homesick C. homeland D. homework
8. Mount Pinatubo, ______ is a volcano erupted in 1991.
A. which B. who C. whom D. that
9. Tornadoes and funnel-shaped storms can suck up ______ is in their path.
A. that B. whom C. who D. whose
10. We ______ since we left school.
A. haven't met B. didn't meet C. won't meet D. don't meet
11. I'll bring some raincoats just in case. I hope my friends ______ laugh at me.
A. won't B. didn't C. don't D. haven't
12. In 1995 a huge earthquake ______ the city of Kobe in Jape
A. struck B. striking C. striked D. strike
13. Tidal waves _____ the result of an abrupt shift in the underwater movement of the Earth.
A. are B. were C. is D. was
14. I can't hear what you are saying. Can you ______ the radio?
A. turn down B. turn on C. turn up D. turn off
15. Neil Armstrong, ______ walked on the moon, lived in the U S A.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
16. Marie Curie, ______ is one of the greatest women, discovered radium.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. which
17. According to the weather _________ , it will be raining tonight.
A. prediction B. information C. announcement D. forecast
18. You shouldn’t laugh ________ old people .
A. at B. on C. with D. for
19. Turn the radio ________. It’s too loud.
A. down B. up C. on D. off
20. Please turn _______ the volume on TV . I want to listen to the news.
A. down B. up C. on D. off
21. The ________ is heavy rain for tomorrow.
A. forecast B. news C. saying D. guess
22. Severe thunderstorms are ______ for Tuesday night.
A. forecast B. brought C. hit D. damaged
23. It’s going to be quite cool with _______ as low as 18 ºC.
A. degrees B. measurements C. temperatures D. conditions
24. The south-central coast can _______ thunderstorms.
A. be B. expect C. predict D. guess
25. HCM City will ________ temperatures between 28 ºC and 34 ºC.
A. experience B. arrive C. reach D. occur
