Bài tập đọc và điền từ - luyện thi ĐH môn Tiếng Anh - đề 2

EXERCISE 2.

FLOOD IN DORCHESTER

DORCHESTER, SEPTEMBER 13

... (1) six o'clock yesterday evening, the River THames burst its banks and flooded a wide area. By nine o'clock the floods had reached the town of Dorchester. The main street was soon ... (2) 3 feet of water. Fire engines arrived quickly to pump away the water, but heavy rain made their job very ... (3).

Mrs Rose Willow, a ... (4) nearly 80 years old, and living alone in her cottage, was trapped upstairs ... (5) three hours. Finally, firemen ware able to rescue her with ladders and a small ... (6). "My cat, Tibbles, stayed with me all the time," said Mrs Willow. "She ... (7) me a lot. She sat with me, so I didn't feel affraid."

The rain has finally stopped, the river level is falling and the weather forecast in good, ... (8) the floods have done a great deal of damage. "Luckily, nobody was ... (9) or injured," Chief Fire Office Hawkins ... (10) reporters, "but it will take a long time to clear up the mess."

1. A. In - B. To - C. At - D. Until

2. A. over - B. under - C. through - D. between

3. A. easy - B. difficult - C. quick - D. clean

4. A. girl - B. man - C. lady - D. child

5. A. for - B. during - C. while - D. through

6. A. ship - B. boat - C. car - D. bicycle

7. A. worried - B. frightened - C. bored - D. helped

8. A. but - B. also - C. therefore - D. so

9. A. burnt - B. cut - C. scratched - D. drowned

10. A. said - B. asked - C. told - D. spoke

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