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HỌC KÌ II



NĂM HỌC 2010- 2011

Designed by Le Hoang Thu
January, 2011



UNIT 9: DESERTS
Complete the following sentences using the words in the box:



1. The desert is in the ____________ part of the country.
2. They led a ____________ expedition across the sand dunes in 1930
3. The Simpson Desert remained a ____________ until Madigan led an expedition across the desert.
4. The Sahara is the ____________ desert in the world.
5. In developing countries, people cut down trees for ____________.
6. It’s the most ____________film I’ve ever seen
7. The room has a total area of 26 square meters with 6 meters long and 4 meters ____________.
8. People in the desert areas planted a green wall of trees to ____________ the desert sand from spreading.
9. Deserts have been growing at a frightening speed because of humans and _________ changes.
10. Deserts have hard climate with _________ land and dry weather
Choose the best answer
1/ They spent three months ______________ the Great Victoria Desert.
A. settling B. invading C. exploring D. cycling
2/ Was the desert named _________ Simpson in 1929?
A. for B. after C. with D. on
3/ Hummock grasses ______________ in loose sand on the crest.
A. grow B. raise C. plant D. increase
4/ There are different types of _____________ in the Simpson Desert.
A. camels B. hills C. lakes D. dunes
5/ The hottest daytime temperatures have _______________ 58oC in Australia’s Simpson Desert.
A. raised B. increased C. reached D. come
6/ In the _______________ in the deserts, grass, trees, food, and other things can be grown and people can set up permanent homes.
A. islands B. oases C. cities D. sand dunes
7/ It’s necessary to bring a _____________ along on expeditions across the deserts.
A. cell phone B. computer C. compass D. camera
8/ Because of the arid land and dry climate not many kinds of trees and animals __________ in a desert.
A. exist B. grow C. see D. remain
9. Making _______________ across a big desert is both risky and dangerous.
A. a voyage B. a picnic C. an expedition D. an excursion
10. Some deserts are ________________ while the others are rocky or snowy.
A. oily B. muddy C. sandy D. watery
Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.
The camel can go without water for a long time. Some people think it stores water in its hump. This is not true. It stores food in its hump. The camel’s body changes the food into fat. Then it stores the fat in its hump. It cannot store the fat all over its body. Fat all over an animal’s body keeps the animal warm. Camels live in the desert. They do not want to be warm during the day.
The desert is very hot. The camel gets hotter and hotter during the day. It stores this heat in its body because the nights are cool.
The Arabian camel has one hump. The Bactrian camel of Central Asia has two humps. It also has long, thick hair because the winters are cold in Central Asia.
There is a lot of sand in the desert. The camel has long eyelashes. Then sand cannot go into the camel’s eyes. Arabic has about 150 words to describe a camel. Arabs need all these words because the camel is very important to them.
1/ The camel can go without ________________ for a long time.
A. food B. fat C. water D. heat
2/ The camel stores _________________ in its humps.
A. water B. food C. heat D. hair
3/ Long ________________ keep sand out of the camel’s eyes.
A. eyelashes B. thick hair C. humps D. ears
4/ The Bactrian camel has long thick hair because _________________.
A. it lives in a hot desert B. it stores fat in its hump
C. winters are cold in Central Asia