Read and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.

A tornado is a kind of storm which looks (1) ______ a huge funnel. Tornados are the strongest winds on earth. They can (2) _________ 480km per hour. With such great strength, a tornado causes a lot of damage. It can (3) __________ trees, flatten buildings, and throw heavy things such as cars hundreds of metres. It is especially dangerous (4) _______ people in cars or mobile homes. Tornadoes (5) ________ in their duration and the distance they travel. Most last less than ten minutes and travel five to ten kilometres. Some special tornadoes can last several hours and travel up to more than 150km! Tornadoes can occur almost anywhere on earth, but most of them happen in the United States, especially in the Great Plains region. This area may experience more than 200 tornadoes in each year.

1. A. as                    B. such C. as            D. like                         
2. A. reach              B. speed C. arrive                 D. go to                       
3. A. plant               B. water C. uproot                D. grow
4. A. in                    B. at C. to               D. for                   
5. A. similar            B. differ C. change D. different

Read and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following passage.

 A corner shop or a convenience shop is a British tradition. It is a small retail shop. We can (1) _________a corner shop at the end of a local street in many neighbourhoods in towns and cities across the UK. The corner shop sells all kinds of household goods and simple food and drinks like snacks, groceries, coffee, soft drinks. It also (2) _____________newspapers, magazines, and cigarettes. Convenience stores are originally from America. They are like the British corner shops. The only (3) ________ is that convenience stores are often open 24 hours. Probably the most well-known convenience store is 7-Eleven. You can find a convenience store at any residential (4) ____________, a filling station, a railway station, or alongside a busy road. Today, there are convenience stores all over the world. Each country has its own (5) ____________ of convenience stores as well as the global brand 7-Eleven. Both corner shops and convenience stores sell things at higher prices than the supermarket, but they are much more convenient.

1. A. finding B. finds                  C. find                        D. found                  
2. A. sell B. to sell C. selling                    D. sells           
3. A. thing B. difference          C. good                       D. benefit                        4. A. home B. area                     C. land                        D. community                  5. A. using B. making   C. maintaining            D. releasing

WRITING

Rearrange the following words/phrases to make a meaningful sentence.

1. should/ We / clean the house / mum / gets home. /before

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1. 2.won’t have / electricity / until / they / a new generator. / install / The villagers

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1. 3.started / A fire / the boy / as soon as / left / the campsite.

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1. talk/ Don’t/ the river / to/ while / is driving. / he

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1. can’t / bargain/ at / a big supermarket /We /the prices/ are fixed. / because

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1. 6.He /rice /in the field /was harvesting/ when/ rained. / it

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