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2 ★ Choose the correct word.
1 The tsunami swept/forced away many houses.
2 The accident ripped/hurled the car apart.
3 The hurricane moved/headed for the Caribbean
island.
4 An earthquake struck/slammed off the coast of
Chile yesterday.
5 Power plants closed/crumbled down after the
earthquake hit.
6 The injured child cried and held/clung to his
mother.
7 The wave floated/rolled across the ocean and
hit the coast.
8 The damaged area was loaded/washed with
debris.
4 ★ Fill in: whole, both , neither, either or none.
1 Jeff survived .......................... a hurricane and a
flood all in the same week.
2 ................................ Tom or Sharon will call the
emergency services.
3 ................................ Joe nor Paul were near the
mine when it collapsed.
4 ..................................... of my friends have ever
experienced an earthquake.
5 An earthquake destroyed a ...............................
village in Northern Chile.
V ocabulary
1 ★ Fill in: evacuation, rubble , devastating,
epicenter , shook , partial, courageous, collapse,
frantic , aftershocks , stranded, triggered .
1 The ................................. earthquake destroyed
many houses in the area.
2 There was a ................................ rush to escape
from the burning building.
3 The building was so damaged that the police
worried it would ................................. .
4 The police officer had only a ..............................
description of the missing boy.
5 Scientists recorded a series of ............................
after the strong quake.
6 The underwater earthquake ..............................
huge tsunami waves.
7 Thousands of people remained ..........................
after losing their homes in the flood.
8 There are ................................. rescue workers
who are ready to risk their lives to save others
in need.
9 The mayor ordered the ................................. of
the area after the tsunami warning.
10 The quake was so strong that the building
................................ violently from side to side.
11 Rescue workers tried to pull survivors out of
the ................................. .
12 The quake’s ................................ was in the sea
100 kilometres from the coast.
G rammar
3 ★ Underline the correct item.
Hurricane Hits
Southern Florida in the US
A destructive hurricane which struck Southern Florida
yesterday afternoon has injured 1) many/much residents.
The hurricane caused a 2) couple/great deal of damage
when heavy rain and winds of up to 88 kilometres per
hour knocked down 3) plenty/a large amount of trees
and power lines in the area.
4) Most/Too much homes across the state have lost
power. The violent storm has also destroyed
5) many/much houses and buildings and left thousands of
people homeless. Emergency workers have set up 6) a
few/a little shelters for the homeless as they struggle to
distribute food and water. 7) Some/Every experts are now
trying to estimate 8) how much/how many it will cost to
repair the damage due to the devastating hurricane.
9) Several/Each forecasters at the National Hurricane
Centre are worried that the storm will move along the
East Coast and hit other states in its path.
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