I. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others. 1 a. hurricane b. tornado c. volcano d. eruption 2 a. terrific b.

I. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
1 a. hurricane
b. tornado
c. volcano
d. eruption
2 a. terrific
b. arabic
c. statistic
d. cosmetic
3 a. referee
b. guarantee
c. Japanese
d. jubilee
4 a. classical
b. electronic
c. logical
d. politic
5 a. nationality
b. mobility
c. equality
d. majority
II. Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
6 We ………… from different kinds of pollution: water air, soil and noise now.
a. is suffering
b. suffer
c. are suffering
d. had suffered
7 The babies ………… when Alice came.
a. has slept
b. have slept
c. is sleeping
d. were sleeping
8 America ………… Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November since 1864
a. celebrates
b. has celebrated
c. is celebrating
d. celebrated
9 The fish died massively because the water is ………… .
a. damaged
b. hotter
c. contaminated
d. poison
10 A natural disaster can cause loss of life or ………… damage.
a. property
b. house
c. home
d. money
11 ………… are severe winter storms characterized by heavy snow and strong winds.
a. Droughts
b. Blizzards
c. Hailstorms
d. Volcanic eruptions
12 The ………… can be controlled by the stoppage of leakage from the radioactive materials including the nuclear reactors, industries and laboratories.
a. light pollution
b. visual pollution
c. air pollution
d. radioactive pollution
13 English is ………… of Australia and Singapore.
a. native language
b. second language
c. official language
d. both A and C
14 Australia has the biggest ………… in the world
a. natural beauty
b. puzzling games
c. cattle station
d. tallest building
15 ………… could possibly be avoided by better construction, safety systems, early warning and planning.
a. Earthquakes
b. mudslide
c. droughts
d. forest fire
16 She is good ………… meteorology .
a. on
b. in
c. at
d. for
17 Last night volcano Maui ………… and the large areas of land were affected
a. erupts
b. erupted
c. erupting
d. erupt
18 When a volcanic eruption occurs, the hot ………… pours downhill.
a. ash
b. smoke
c. dirt
d. lava
19 Since there are two villages located at the foot of the volcano, the local population was ………… .
a. evacuated
b. kille
c. died
d. injured
20 The earthquake ………… have been sent humanitarian aid by many countries.
a. victims
b. elders
c. rescuers
d. soldiers
21 When there is a plane crash, a lot of ………… is left.
a. dust
b. debris
c. waste
d. piece
22 A powerful ………… off the coast of Indonesia sparked a three-metre-high and killed at least 113 people.
a. earthquake
b. tornado
c. tsunami
d. landslide
23 A ………… often occurs in the mountainous areas because many trees have been cut down.
a. forest fire
b. flood
c. tornado
d. landslide
24 ………… often happen in rainy season especially in the center of Vietnam.
a. droughts
b. storms
c. floods
d. sandstorms
25 Deforestation leads to ………… which can be defined as the changes in the average temperature.
a. flood
b. climate change
c. sandstorm
d. erosion