Bài tập môn tiếng anh lớp 10 (20)

BÀI TẬP TRẮC NGHIỆM TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 UNIT 9
UNDERSEA WORLD
I/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct
them:
1/ (A) I'll pay you (B) double (C) unless you get the work (D) finished by Friday.
2/ (A) There are, (B) if you don't mind me (C) to say so, one or two problems (D) with
this plan.
3/ You (A) won’t pay (B) for time off (C) unless you have (D) a doctor’s note.
4/ He (A) hasn’t got (B) any hobbies—(C) if you call watching TV (D) a hobby.
5/ (A) Provided that you (B) had the money (C) in your account , you can withdraw (D)
up to £100 a day.
6/ (A) We’d buy everything you produce, (B) provided (C) of course the price is (D)
right.
7/ “She doesn’t think (A) she’ll get a job.” “She (B) should worry, (C) with all her
qualifications (= she does not need (D) worrying).”
8/ (A) In order that training (B) should be effective (C) there must be planned (D)
systematically.
9/ You (A) ought have come (B) to the meeting. (C) It was (D) interesting.
10/ (A) What do you need your own computer (B) for? You (C) can use (D) us.
II/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D
to complete it:
Approximately one-third of the Arctic (1) _______ is underlain by continental shelf, (2)
_______ includes a broad shelf north of Eurasia and the narrower shelves of North
America and Greenland. Seaward of the continental shelves (3) _______ the Arctic Basin
proper, which is subdivided (4) _______ a set of three parallel ridges and four basins


(also (5) _______ as deeps). These features were discovered and explored (6) _______ in
the late 1940s. The Lomonosov Ridge, the major ridge, cuts the Arctic Basin (7) _______
in half, extending as a submarine bridge 1,800 km (1,100 mi) (8) _______ Siberia to the
northwestern tip of Greenland. Parallel (9) _______ it are two shorter ridges: the Alpha

Ridge on the North American (10) _______, defining the Canada and Makarov basins,
(11) _______ the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge on the Eurasian side, (12) _______ the
Nansen and Amundsen basins. The average (13) _______ of the Arctic Ocean is only
1,300 m (4,300 ft) (14) _______ the vast shallow expanses on the continental shelves.
The deepest (15) _______ in the Arctic Ocean is 5,450 m (17,880 ft).
1/

A. Sea

B. Ocean

C. Lake

D. River

2/

A. it

B. whom

C. that

D. which

3/

A. is

B. lies

C. runs

D. stands

4/

A. on

B. in

C. into

D. onto

5/

A. known

B. considered

C. thought

D. remembered

6/

A. starting

B. beginning

C. appearance

D. creation

7/

A. most

B. mostly

C. all

D. almost

8/

A. in

B. at

C. from

D. between

9/

A. to

B. of

C. with

D. by

10/ A. shape

B. face

C. size

D. side

11/ A. and

B. but

C. or

D. so

12/ A. forming

B. coming

C. defining

D. making

13/ A. height

B. depth

C. width

D. length

14/ A. by

B. with

C. in spite of

D. because of

15/ A. mark

B. area

C. place

D. point

III/ Read the sentences below carefully, and then put them in the correct order to
make a meaningful reading: (Number 1 and number 12 have done first for you)


1/ Tsunami, Japanese word meaning “harbor wave,” used as the scientific term for
seismic sea waves that can cause catastrophic damage when they hit a coastline.
2/ Since 1819, about 40 tsunamis have struck the Hawaiian Islands.

3/ Tsunamis can be generated by an undersea earthquake, an undersea landslide, the
eruption of an undersea volcano, or by the force of an asteroid crashing into the ocean.
4/ When the ocean floor is uplifted or offset during an earthquake, a set of waves is
created similar to the concentric waves generated by an object dropped into the water.
5/ The most frequent cause of tsunamis is an undersea earthquake.
6/ Most tsunamis originate along the Ring of Fire, a zone of volcanoes and seismic
activity, 32,500 km (24,000 mi) long, which encircles the Pacific Ocean.
7/ A tsunami can have wavelengths, or widths (the distance between one wave crest to
the next), of 100 to 200 km (60 to 120 mi), and may travel hundreds of kilometers across
the deep ocean, reaching speeds of about 725 to 800 km/h (about 450 to 500 mph).
8/ People onboard a ship passing over it would not even notice the tsunami.
9/ A tsunami is not one wave but a series of waves.
10/ Upon entering shallow coastal waters, however, the waves suddenly grow rapidly in
height.
11/ In the deep ocean, the waves may be only about half a meter (a foot or two) high.
12/ When the waves reach the shore, they may be 15 m (50 ft) high or more.