Vocabulary Workshop Level Blue Unit7 Completing the Sentence

The powerful earthquake that hit the San Francisco Bay area on October 17, 1989, did___________ damage to the city, though not nearly so much as was done by the terrible earthquake and fire of 1906.

• considerable

• jolt

• barriers

• calculate

The mighty _______________, which registered 7.1 on the Richter scale, shook buildings and buckled elevated highways.

• considerable

• jolt

• barriers

• calculate

Safety officials put up ______________ to keep people away from unsafe areas.

• considerable

• jolt

• barriers

• calculate

Scientists ____________ that the loss of life and property would have been far greater if the earthquake had hit during the day instead of early evening.

• considerable

• jolt

• barriers

• calculate

The Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh was an ambitious and ____________________ artist who made hundreds of paintings and drawings during his short lifetime. He moved to southern France in 1888, and there he produced many of his masterpieces.

Van Gogh died in 1890 at the age of 37.

• industrious

• rejoiced

• shriveled

• composed

Van Gogh _________________ at the completion of each new painting but despaired that his work never sold.

• industrious

• rejoiced

• shriveled

• composed

As the summer heat _____________ the olives on the trees near his home, van Gogh wrote sad letters to his brother Theo..

• industrious

• rejoiced

• shriveled

• composed

He _______________ works of great beauty that were not appreciated until after his death. Today his paintings are in museums all over the world and are sold for millions of dollars.

• industrious

• rejoiced

• shriveled

• composed

When a power blackout darkened part of the city, some criminals roamed the streets. They broke windows and neighborhood stores.

• looted

• senseless

• deputies

• reliable

Community leaders spoke out against this _____________ violence and urged people to act responsibly during the emergency.

• looted

• senseless

• deputies

• reliable