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Exercises

. I What type of disaster from the list at A opposite are these sentences about? Why?
Example: The lava flow destroyed three villages. volcano; lava is the hot rocks and metal
1 The earth is cracked and vegetation has withered.
2 The tremor struck at 3.35 p.m. local time.
3 People had boarded up shops and houses during the day before, and stayed indoors.
4 Shelling and mortar fire could be heard all over the town.
5 Witnesses said they saw a fire-ball fall out of the sky.
6 People were-stranded in the upper floors and sometimes on the roofs of their homes,
unable to move about.

.2 Complete the missing items in this word-class table, using a dictionary if necessary. Where
there is a dash (-), you do not need to write anything.

ver 6 noun: thing or idea noun: person

................................. explosion -
................................. ........................................... survivor
injure ........................................... .................................
starve ........................................... .................................
erupt ........................................... -

In these headlines, say whether the situation seems to be getting worse or better, or whether
a disaster has happened or has been avoided/prevented.
Oil slick rice? 1
Poison gas 1
cspreads

2 AIDS time- 4 All survive jumbo
gg ticA & heeded warnings time
in
;lood
not
8.4 Fill the gaps with a suitable word from B opposite. Try to work from memory.
1 Another 50 people died today, yet more ................................. of this terrible famine.
2 The government has agreed to allow 3,000 ................................ trying to escape the
civil war to enter the country.
3 It was the worst road accident the country has ever seen, with over 120 .....................
4 A: Were there any ................................. when the ship sank? B: I'm afraid not.
5 The ................................. and ................................. were simply left lying on the
battlefield; it was a disgrace.

Which diseases are we talking about? Try to do this from memory.
1 One that can be caused by a mosquito bite.
2 One that leaves the skin badly deformed.
3 One you can get by drinking infected water.
4 One you can get from an animal bite.
5 One that makes the skin go yellow.

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