ÔN TẬP THI GIỮA KỲ II -CHUYÊN ĐỀ VIẾT CÂU

Exercise 1: Reorder the words and phrases to make complex sentences.

1. call / I / will / you / I / arrive / as soon as the /airport/ at /.
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2. them / should / You / they / help / if / need /.
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3. will / We/frozen/be/ you / temperature / unless / increase / the /.
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4. after / The / the /shop/ closed / left / last customer/.
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5. must/You / stop / when / the /turn / red / traffic lights/.
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6. always makes / My / breakfast / mother/ for / me / before / goes / to / she / work/.
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7. is / her / doing / Mai / homework / Nga / while / to / music / is / listening /.
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8. come/to/ She / decided/ even though/to/ didn't/like/the/ party / she / it /.
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9. Can / help / me / you / the / the dishes / wash / while / cleaning / I'm/ floor/?
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10. lots of / She /eat/ fried food / not good / shouldn't / as /for/her/it/is/ health /.
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11. national parks/ The number/ the world/ rising/ over/ all/ the time/ of/ all/ is
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12. trees/ so much/ don’t/ We/ if/ we/ waste/ will/ thousands of/ paper/ save
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13. while/ campsite/ me/ Will/ cleaning/ wait/I/ our/ you/ am/ for/ up?
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14. the death/ Polluted water/ of/ fish and crabs/ such as/ aquatic animals/ causes
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15. 190 countries/ Earth Day/ planet/ than/ protect/ More/ the/ celebrate/ to
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16. Water pollution/ marine life/ destroying/ the/ ecosystem/ the Pacific Ocean/ in/ is/
for/ rich
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17. cutting down/ the authority/ action/ takes/ Illegal loggers/ keep/ until/
serious/ trees/ will
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18. be/ more/ The neighbourhood/ this/ cleaner/ people/ will/ environment programme/
join/ if
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19. this speciality shop/ their products/ We/ always/ of/ love/ great quality/ because/ are
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20. the shelves/ The bookshop/ rearranges/ is/ the owner/ sometimes/ because/ closed
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21. this shopping mall/ April/ The summer sales/ usually/ don’t/ before/ start/ at
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22. I/ products/ that discount shop/ purchase/ from/ will/ again/ never/ any
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23. anything/ wander/ they/ often/ Some people/ don’t/ through/ buy/ but/ the shopping
centres
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24. rarely/ complaints/ Customers/ make/ phone model/ about/ new/ this/ any
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25. the shipping fee/ the discount code/ pay/ Thanks to/ always/ don’t/ have to/ we/ for
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26. sale/ It’s/ luxury brands/ annoying/ never/ these/ on/ are/ that
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27. Sometimes/ open-air market/ bargain/ go to/ with/ and learn/ my mom/I/ how/ an/ to
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28. the supermarket/ How/ at/ does/ mother/ shop/ your/ often?
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Exercise 2. Complete the following sentences, using the words and phrases given.
1. you / do / homework / 8 o'clock yesterday evening?
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2. you / watch / film / 9 o'clock yesterday evening?
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3. We should finish cleaning the house before mum / get home.
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4. Don't talk to the driver while he / drive.
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5. After the Earth Hour/ be/ over, we / save / a lot of power.
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6. firre/ started/ soon as/ boys / leave / campsite.
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7. Whenever you can, follow / three R's / conserve natural resources.
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8. All / natural disaster / cause / damage / and destruction / humans.
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9. most / common type / natural disasters / the world / be / floods and storms.
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10. Sometimes / more / one disaster / occur / same time.
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11. Scientist / can predict / many / the disasters / ahead / time.
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12. you / have dinner / 7 o'clock yesterday evening?
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13. In her dream, / the Beast/ die/ and/ call/ for/ her.
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14. Hanna/ not/ watch/ the cartoon/ TV/ 7:00 p.m. yesterday.
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15. We/ have/ dinner/ 7:00 p.m./ yesterday evening/
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16. What/ you/ do/ 9:00 p.m./ last night?
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17. Yesterday/ 6 o’clock/ my mother/ prepare/ breakfast.
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18. What / you / do / at 9 a.m. / yesterday?
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19. He / drive / it / sudden / rain / heavy.
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20. We / camp / by / river / we / hear / emergency warning / of / flood.
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21. I / sleep / while / sister / do gardening / yesterday afternoon.
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22. The shop owner/ always/ treat/ his customers/ respect.
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23. The grand opening/ begin/ 8 o’clock/ morning/ next Monday.
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24. you/ usually/ bargain/ when/ you/ go/ open-air market?
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25. How often/ your mother/ shop/ the local market?
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Exercise 3: Combine each pair of sentences, using the conjunction in brackets.
1. A serious road accident happened. We were waiting for the bus yesterday.
(while)
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2. We had picked up trash. We left the campsite. (before)
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3. It started raining. They were putting up the tent. (when)
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4. I will get my parents' permission. I will go out with my friends. (after)
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5. The weather was bad. We were on holiday last month. (when)
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6. I will call my mom. I will get the result soon. (as soon
as)
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7. It rains. My father usually drives me to school. (when)
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8. Jack can't play games. He finishes his homework. (before)
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9. You are in Ha Noi again. You must come and see us then. (when)
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10.He finds somewhere to live. Then he'll give his parents the address. (when)
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11.I do the shopping. Then I will come back home. (after)
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12.It starts raining. Let's go home before that. (before)
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13.She must apologize to him first. He won't speak to her until then. (until)
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14.You leave. I will make you a cup of tea. (before)
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15.She will stay at her aunt's house. She is London. (while)
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16.He has read the newspaper. I will borrow it from him. (as soon
as)
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17.I have decided the issue. I will let you know. (when)
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18.They have built a new road. The traffic will be better. (when)
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19.The other passengers will get on the bus. We will leave. (as soon
as)
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20.I left the room. I turned off the lights. (before)
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21.He won't return his book to the library. He'll finish my project. (until)
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22.He was making dinner. The frying pan caught on fire. (while)
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23.I finish my study. I will take a walk in the park. (as soon
as)
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24.She was leaving the shop. She dropped a cartoon of eggs. (when)
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25.He never heard about Halloween. He took part in a Halloween party last year.
(before)
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26.Shakespeare died in 1616. He wrote more than 37 plays. (before)
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27.Mr. Thanh won't answer your email. He has some free time. (until)
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28.Susan chews her nails. She feels nervous. (whenever)
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29. Everybody in the Green Team was present. We started cleaning the beach. (when)
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30. You are brushing your teeth. Don’t let the water run. (while)
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31. The fire brigade got the news of the forest fire. They came. (as soon as)
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32. We picked up all the litter in the stadium. The stadium was clean. (until)
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35. Summer finally comes. They will volunteer at some local environment programmes.
(when)
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36. The director approves our documentary. We will broadcast it nationwide. (As soon
as)
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37. The whole neighbourhood was given reusable bags. They were forbidden to use
plastic products. (before)
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38. People started to care more about endangered species. They watched a video about
marine life. (After)
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39. The villagers will be on strike. The factories stop cutting down trees in the forest.
(till)
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40. Many wild animals are injured. The bush fires are spreading too fast. (because)
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41. I will arrive at the station tomorrow. I will call you right after. (as soon as)
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42. Many Vietnamese women wear conical hats. They work in the field. (when)
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43. My father taught me how to use the computer. Then he bought one for me. (before)
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44. The tornado hit. There were only a few houses left standing. (After)
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45. The choir practised for half an hour. After that, they went on stage. (before)
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46. I read my favourite book. Then I went to bed. (after)
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47. The bell rang. Everyone raced out of the classroom. (when)
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48. Don't go away yet. Finish cleaning up the place first. (until)
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49. My sister makes a mess. My mum makes her weed the garden. (whenever)
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50. People will keep protesting. The government takes action to protect the endangered
rhinos. (until)
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51. The ranger saw a baby panda in the river. He jumped into the river to save it. (As
soon as)
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52. People begin to recycle. They generate much less trash. (When)
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53. We studied in secondary school. We often went to the bookshop nearby. (When)
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54. The mother is shopping at the supermarket. The children are playing at the arcade.
(while)
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55. My grandmother stopped by an open-air market. Then she came to my house. (After)
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56. I won’t buy anything. The Black Friday supersale starts in November. (until)
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57. Jack was able to run out of the house. It collapsed. (before)
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58. The soldiers searched the area. They found all the missing people in the landslide.
(until)
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59. The flood receded. The villagers came back to their home. (After)
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60. The campers will pick up all the rubbish before they leave the campsite.
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61. The volunteers were distributing rice when the second earthquake occurred.
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62. The storm was raging outside during our sleep.
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63. They travelled across India, and then flew on to Japan.
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Exercise 4: Put the adverbs in brackets in the correct place of the following
sentences.
1. My mother goes to the supermarket on Saturdays. (usually)
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2. Most children get up early on the weekends. (rarely)
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3. She is patient when teaching her students.
(always)
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4. Linda cooks dinner for her family. (sometimes)
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5. He jogs in the morning. (often)
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6. She is sad. (seldom)
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7. My sister misses an episode of the Kid's Talents programme. (never)
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8. My father doesn't go fishing. (frequently)
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9. I am excited to see her. (always)
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10. He smiles. (hardly ever)
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11.My mother buys food in the supermarket. (always)
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12.My grandma buys things online because she doesn't know how to use e-commerce
platforms. (rarely)
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13.Does Jane go to buy some local food in the market? (usually)
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14.Anna surfs the internet in the evening. (sometimes)
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15.We pay by credit card. (never)
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16.I don't return things that I buy online. (often)
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17.My parents go to an open-air market in the mountainous area. (sometimes)
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18.The shop assistant at his shop gives us special attention. (always)
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19.My friend visits a fanners' market to find a lot of home-grown fruit and vegetables.
(often)
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20.The shop owner treats her customers with a lot of respect. (usually)
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21. She visits that discount shop all the time to look for cheap products. (always)
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22. The children almost never come to that open-air market. (rarely)
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Exercise 5. Circle the underlined part (A, B, C, or D) in each sentence that
needs correction.
1. It’s necessary to raise awareness of endangered species and environment protection.
A. It’s B. to raise C. endangered D. environment
2. The amount of waste will decrease when people will start to buy reusable packages.
A. will decrease B. when C. will start D. reusable
3. Could you tell me the negative effects of cutting up trees on the ecosystem?
A. Could B. negative effects C. cutting up D. on
4. There will be much less pollution while people stop using cars completely.
A. will be B. while C. stop D. completely
5. Use-single products like plastic bottles and bags can kill or trap marine animals.
A. Use-single B. like C. or D. marine
6. If we don’t bury chemical wastes underground, we won’t pollute fresh water supplies.

7. The firefighters immediately came to rescue the koala until they saw it in the fire.

8. Please wait here when the volunteers are picking up rubbish along the river.

9. If people pay a few more attention to the environment, the Earth will be greener.

10. We can help the environment by avoiding using plastic products and stopping litter.
‘I’

11. I cycle or walk to school every day instead of let my father drive me there.
A B C D
12. An ecosystem in Con Dao National Park is diverse with thousands of species.
A B C D
13. Many factories and hospitals are dumping toxic substances into rivers and lake.
A B C D
14. Before we reduce the use of single-use products, we help protect the environment.
A B C D
15. Wildlife habitats cannot be saved until we stop cutting down trees while burning
forests.
A B C D
16. We must do something to save our planet as soon as it is too late.
A. must B. to save C. as soon as D. too
17. One of the things all of us can do to protect and improve our environment is recycle.
A. the things B. can do C. improve D. recycle
18. Humans can even die if they will drink contaminated water.
A. can B. even die C. will drink D. contaminated
19. They can’t release the koala back into the wild before its injury will heal.
A. can’t release B. into C. before D. will heal
20. They believe that water pollution is the large cause of death and disease in the
world.
A. believe that B. the large cause C. of death D. in the world
21. Could you meet us at the airport tomorrow afternoon? Our flight will land at 4
o’clock.
A. Could you B. at the airport C. will land D. at 4 o’clock
22. My mom bargains always when she shops at the local market.
A. bargains always B. shops C. at D. local market
23. That shopping centre has approximate a thousand retail outlets.
A. That B. has approximate C. a thousand D. outlets
24. Let’s go to Iconsiam! That’s Bangkok’s second large shopping mall in size.
A. Iconsiam B. Bangkok’s C. second large D. in size
25. About 33.3 percents of the world’s population chooses to buy things online.
A. percents of B. world’s C. chooses D. online
26. How usually do you go to the supermarket to buy your groceries?
A. usually B. supermarket C. to buy D. groceries
27. The flash sale is beginning at 3 p.m. and ends at 5 p.m. tomorrow.
A. The B. is beginning C. ends D. tomorrow
28. I find it’s difficult to bargain with the sellers for cheaper prices because I’m shy.
A. it’s B. to bargain C. for D. because
29. It’s too hot outside, so we don’t go shopping at the discount shop later.
A. too B. so C. don’t go D. at
30. Visitors to Dubai Mall can spend endless hours to explore its shops and restaurants.
A. to B. endless C. to explore D. shops and restaurants
31. The government should develop a system to help warning about tsunamis.
A. develop B. to help C. warning D. about
32. The disastrous avalanche happened while a lot of visitors skied down the slope.
A. happened B. while C. skied D. down
33. Search teams were unable to reach some areas because of roads were blocked by
lots of debris.
A. unable to reach B. because of C. were blocked D. lots of debris
34. Everyone was frightening when the apartment building started trembling violently.
A. Everyone B. frightening C. when D. trembling
35. The victims lost all of their property after the volcano eruption two months ago.
A. lost B. property C. after D. volcano
36. If you hear a tsunami warning, run out to your houses and move to higher places.
A. if B. hear a C. out to D. move to
37. Many villagers were sleeping inside their houses while the volcano suddenly
erupted.
A. Many B. were sleeping C. while D. erupted
38. We are all working hardly to free people trapped in the rubble of collapsed
buildings.
A. are all B. hardly C. trapped D. collapsed
39. Two tornadoes cut through eastern Alabama and kill at least 23 people last Sunday.
A. cut B. through C. kill D. last Sunday
40. After the earthquake, thousands of people are left homeless and in need medical
supplies and health care.
A. After B. are left C. in need D. medical supplies
41. A heatwave can lead in widespread drought and increase the risk of wildfires.
A. read B. drought C. increase D. risk of
42. A lot of customers shopped when the ground started trembling violently.
A. stopped B. when C. started D. trembling
43. The price at the supermarket is fixed, so you never can bargain for more discount.
A. at B. fixed C. never can D. more discount
44. People think that noise pollution has less damage to humans then water pollution.
A. that B. less C. to D. then
45. If people keep cutting down trees and they wipe out forests, there will be more
floods.
A. cutting B. they wipe C. will be D. floods
46. I hope we will reach the shelter before the tornado will touch down this afternoon.
A. will reach B. before C. will touch down D. this afternoon
47. The timetable shows that the next bus will leave in ten minutes.
A. The B. shows C. will leave D. in ten minutes
48. Everyone was running when the volcano was spewing red hot lava.
A. was running B. when C. was spewing D. lava
49. Despite of their usefulness, pesticides could pose potential risks to food safety.
A. Despite of B. usefulness C. potential D. to
50. The children learned a lot about wildlife protection when they visit the national
park.
A. about B. when C. visit D. the
51. When I was going to school, I was seeing an old friend.
A B C D
52. I wasn’t go for a walk because it was raining.
A B C D
53. While we returned home, he was still working.
A B C D
54. I listened to the radio, so I didn’t hear the fire alarm.
A B C D
55. What was you doing when the earthquake started?
A B C D
56. Due to eating plastic waste, the California condor is now an endangering bird
species.
A. Due to B. the C. endangering D. species
57. We won’t save the environment if we stop using so much energy.
A. save B. if C. using D. much
58. One in six species is at risk of extinction because climate change.
A. species B. at risk C. extinction D. because
59. The national park is home of many valuable kinds of woods and medicinal plants.
A. of B. many C. kinds D. medicinal
60. Toxic substances are poison substances that can cause health effects.
A. Toxic B. poison C. that D. effects
Exercise 6 Answer the questions:
1. What should we do to prepare for a flood?
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2. What should we do to prepare for a storm?

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3. What should you do to protect the environment?
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4. What should you do to reduce your carbon footprint?
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5. Where do you go shopping? What is its convenience?
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