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
2 (trang 73 SBT Tiếng Anh 8 Global Success): Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D to fill in each blank in the following passage. (Chọn đáp án đúng A, B, C hoặc D để điền vào mỗi chỗ trống trong đoạn văn sau.)
Tornadoes
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 (6) 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 (7) earth, but most of them happen in the United States, especially in the Great Plains region. This area may (8) more than 200 tornadoes in each year.
