It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and the weather was perfect. Wendy was outside playing with her dog, Skippy. All of a s

It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the sky was blue, and the weather was perfect. Wendy was outside playing with her dog, Skippy. All of a sudden, the dog began behaving strangely. It kept running around in circles, and didn’t seem to be itself. Wendy ran home with the dog to tell her mother what Skippy was doing. Wendy’s mother, Ms Karen told Wendy that she heard on TV that there was a typhoon coming. Ms Karen gathered her family and told them to find the shelter in the home. Wendy’s mother and her family were scared, but soon the storm finished and everyone was glad. What a clever dog! It saves her family.
13. The weather was very beautiful at first.
14. Skippy ran around in circles.
15. The storm did not scare Wendy and her family.
16. Wendy was saved by Skippy from the typhoon.
17. The passage is mainly about _________.
A. the typhoon can be predicted to reach by the strange behaviour of animals
B. Skippy was scared of the typhoon coming
C. Skippy knew that the typhoon was coming
D. Animals can help people not being caught by the typhoon
18. The word gathered means ________
A. collect B. come together C. come to D. go with
IV. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage. (1.5 pts)
My grandmother likes watching the weather (19) on TV. The weather in Ha Noi is often sunny. Ha Noi often has (20) between 23oC and 27oC. However, they are lower between January and March. In the middle areas, it is often wet with some unpredictable showers. Ho Chi Minh City often (21) higher temperatures than the central highlands. In the southwest, people often expect some rain but most of the time, it is hot and dry. The Mekong Delta experiences sunny weather most of the year. Hoowever, (22) sometimes some floods (23) the end of August or the beginning of September in this area. This causes a lot of damage to the crops (24) they bring fertility to the Mekong Delta to help plants grow better.
19. A. to forecast B. forecasting C. forecasted D. forecast
20. A. winds B. rains C. storms D. temperatures
21. A. comprises B. expects C. sees D. consists
22. A. it is B. they are C. there are D. there is
23. A. at B. on C. in D. to
24. A. but B. so C. because D. and