Read the following passage about tornadoes and choose the best answer for each question.
Tornadoes
Did you ever see the movie The Wizard of Oz? A tornado sweeps up Dorothy and Toto, sending them to a new world where there are witches and talking lions! That entire story is fiction, but tornadoes are real and they are serious business. In fact, they can be the most dangerous storms of all.
Tornadoes are sometimes referred to as twisters or cyclones. They are shaped like a cylinder. They are born in thunderclouds. The winds inside a tornado swirl around and around and can be more than 300 miles per hour (mph). The winds are so strong that tornadoes can lift animals, cars, and even houses.
The United States has more tornadoes than any other country in the world. States such as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska are hit hard by tornadoes. This part of the country is known as 'Tornado Alley." Tornado season is during the springtime and summer. If the conditions are right, a tornado can happen any time of year.
1. Where do tornadoes begin?
A. in the ocean B. underground C. in cyclones D. in thunderclouds
2. Why does the author mention The Wizard of Oz at the beginning of the passage?
A. to give a famous example of a tornado
B. to give a history of tornadoes
C. to show that hurricanes are not real
D. to explain why tornadoes are dangerous
2. Based on the passage, people who live in Tornado Alley should .
A. expect tornadoes only during the summer.
B. be very familiar with the movie The Wizard of Oz.
C. be prepared for the dangers of tornadoes.
D. think about moving to the United States.
3. The word conditions in the last paragraph means______________ .
A. preparations B. dangerous hazards
C. the way things are D. lucky feelings
4. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Some states get tornadoes more than other states.
B. Tornadoes are dangerous storms that affect the U.S.
C. Tornadoes are different from how they are in movies.
D. Many tornadoes do not cause a lot of damage.
Tom and Jenny are talking about different ways to (0) ________ the environment for Earth Day. Jenny says students shouldn't (1) _________food. They should eat ___x_____everything on their plates. She also thinks everyone should (2) ________ trash and put it in the trash can to keep the school clean. Tom (3) ________ his water bottle and fills it with water every morning. He also takes his family's (4) _______ to the recycling bin because you can recycle metal. He thinks everyone should reuse and (5) ________ everything they can. Tom and Jenny are trying their best to protect the environment.
Example:
0. A. donate
B. take part
C. protect
1. A. throw away
B. recycle
C. clean up
2. A. reuse
B. pick up
C. save
3. A. recycles
B. throws away
C. reuses
4. A. cans
B. wildlife
C. newspapers
5. A. recycling
B. recycle
C. recycles
Tạm dịch:
Tom và Jenny đang thảo luận về những cách bảo vệ môi trường cho ngày Trái Đất. Jenny nói rằng học sinh không nên lãng phí thức ăn. Họ nên ăn hết thức ăn ở trong đĩa. Cô ấy cũng nghĩ mọi người nên tái chế rác và để chúng vào thùng rác để có thể giữ môi trường sạch. Tom tái sử dụng chai nước và giữ chúng cho lần sử dụng tới. Anh ấy cũng đem chai nhựa để tái chế bởi vì nó có thể tái chế kim loại. Anh ấy nghĩ mọi người nên tái chế và tái sử dụng mọi thứ có thể. Tom và Jenny đang làm mọi thứ để bảo vệ môi trường.