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A Read the articles about natural disasters.
Forces of nature
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Hurricane Charley Hits Hard Earthquake Brings Tragedy to Haiti
Hurricane Charley started as a small storm over the On January 12, 2010, a very big earthquake hit the Island
eastern Caribbean Sea on August 9, 2004. Two days later of Haiti in the Caribbean. Its almost impossible to imagine
it struck the island of Jamaica and destroyed some parts the number of people who died, were injured or lost
of the island. By August 13, it had reached Port Charlotte, their homes. According to official estimates, over 220,000
people died and over 300,000 people were reported
Florida where it did some of its worst damage. Most of its
injured. Some of the deaths were caused by a tsunami in
destruction was caused by its very strong winds, which
the Petit Paradis area of the island. Other tsunamis were
reached more than 240 kilometres per hour, and not by reported but they did not cause any loss of life. The loss
heavy rainfall. By the time it travelled north and reached of property was also shocking. It is estimated that almost
Cape Cod, Massachusetts on August 15, it had destroyed 14 100,000 houses were destroyed and about 200,000 were
billion US dollars worth of property and caused 15 deaths. damaged leaving hundreds of thousands of people
homeless.
2
Tsunami Strikes Indian Ocean 4
In December 2004, a very powerful earthquake, The Mumbai Floods of 2005
with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale, July 26, 2005 is the day when everything stopped in the Indian city
struck near the west coast of the Indonesian of Mumbai because of flash flooding. The water levels rose so quickly
island of Sumatra. Within hours a tsunami in just a few hours that thousands of people were stuck on the roads.
formed. It hit the coastline of 11 Indian Ocean Thousands of schoolchildren were stranded by the flood and were
countries. Countless people were carried out to not able to get home to their families for over 24 hours. Many people
sea; they had no chance against the huge waves. on the coast died in the disaster and many more lost their homes. All
Many others lost their lives in their homes, on
ground floor flats were underwater; the people lost everything. The
the beaches or wherever they happened to be.
Thousands of homes and other buildings were floods were caused by the biggest rainfall recorded in many years.
destroyed by heavy floods all around the Indian Over 65 inches of rain fell in 12 hours. The heavy floods caused a huge
Ocean, from Africa to Thailand. loss of about 100 million US dollars for Mumbai and its residents.
B Match the words in bold in the sentences 1-8 with their meanings a-h.
1
There is a very interesting article in todays paper. a
lack of food
2
The country suffered from a three-year famine. b newspaper writer
3
My uncle is a well-known columnist. c
shop which sells newspapers, magazines etc
4
I didnt know that the eye of a hurricane is very calm. d period of time when there is no rain
5
Surprisingly, there was only one casualty of the flood. e
violent storm with very strong winds
6
Many animals died because of the drought. f
piece of writing about a particular subject
7
I stopped at the newsagents on my way home. g centre
8
The hurricane left the area in ruins. h
injured person (___ / 8 marks)
B Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective or adverb in brackets.
1
The Age is one of the (old) running newspapers in Australia.
2
Floods happen (frequently) in the spring than in autumn.
3
Magazines are quite cheap but they (not cheap) as newspapers.
4
A hurricane is (dangerous) than a thunderstorm.
5
Alexander is the (good) cameraman in the film-making industry.
6
This is the (interesting) documentary I have ever seen!
7
The (long) you wait, the more dangerous it will be for you to leave.
8
A snowstorm is (bad) than a rainstorm. (___ / 8 marks)
C Complete the sentences with enough, so, such or too. You will have to use some words more than once.
1
The earthquake was strong that it caused a lot of damage.
2
It was dangerous for the rescue team to continue the search.
3
It was big a forest fire that we had to evacuate our homes.
4
There were high temperatures that we had to stay indoors.
5
It was an interesting article that I read it twice.
6
Do I have time to make a coffee before the news? (___ / 6 marks)
D Rewrite the sentences with the correct form of the passive voice.
1
Peter wrote an article about the earthquake.
An article .
2
They say that what we hear on the news is not all true.
It .
3
My dad likes us to give him magazines.
My dad .
4
They will refund my subscription soon.
My subscription .
5
I must pay the staff by the end of the month.
The staff .
6
They will make a decision about the publishing date by next Monday.
A decision .
7
They print books on recycled paper these days.
Books .
8
Many people say that the average temperature on Earth is rising.
The average temperature on Earth .
(___ / 8 marks)
(___ / 10 marks)