B1 lower unit 4 listening A

1. I remember the______________________ of 1987. There was no rain from May through B September.

• Measure (v.)
• Drought (n.)
• Rainfall (n.)
• Temperature (n.)

2. Storms with very strong winds can______________________houses. They can be very dangerous.

• Destroy (v.)
• Predict (v.)
• Flooding (n.)
• Storm (n.)

3. I listened to the weather_____________________ this morning. The meteorologist said it's going to snow this afternoon.

• Temperature (n.)
• Storm (n.)
• Forecast (n.)
• Measure (v.)

4. There was a very small___________________day of rain yesterday. It wasn't enough to ruin our at the beach.

• Predict (v.)
• Flooding (n.)
• Storm (n.)
• Amount (n.)

5. During the______________Mike stayed inside the house because he is afraid of lightning.

• Forecast (n.)
• Storm (n.)
• Amount (n.)
• Destroy (v.)

6. There was a lot of____________________ that year-up to 90 inches (229 centimeters) in some parts of the country. It caused a lot of______________________ and hundreds of homes and businesses were underwater.

• Rainfall (n.)

• Drought (n.)

• Destroy (v.)

• Storm (n.)

7. The _______________on Friday was 98 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees Celsius). It was too hot for me.

• Flooding (n.)
• Temperature (n.)
• Storm (n.)
• Forecast (n.)

8. It's difficult to _______________the weather, so meteorologists are not always correct.

• Temperature (n.)
• Measure (v.)
• Predict (v.)
• Rainfall (n.)

9. Meteorologists use special instruments to__________________ changes in the weather.

• Drought (n.)
• Amount (n.)
• Flooding (n.)
• Measure (v.)