STARS WORLD ENGLISH 8 -UNIT 9 - LESSON 1

The forest fire ______________ for twelve hours and thousands of wild animals died.

• calmed

• extinguished

• raged

• spread

How can we know when an active volcano will ______________ again?

• erupt

• erode

• ignite

• collapse

Measured 9.5 on the Richter scale, the world’s largest ______________ occurred on May 22, 1960 in southern Chile.

• landslide

• hurricane

• earthquake

• tsunami

Despite modern technologies available to us, we’re still ______________ against natural disasters.

• harmless

• hopeless

• homeless

• helpless

The reporter said that ten people died and thirty were ______________ injured in the flood.

• mildly

• temporarily

• slightly

• seriously

A ______________ that is just a few centimetres high from the sea can rear up to heights of 30 to 50 meters as it hits the shore.

• tsunami

• blizzard

• cyclone

• hurricane

Survivors of the flood were ______________ by helicopter.

• rescued

• abandoned

• ignored

• evacuated

The ______________ caused extensive damage to the coastal towns.

• snowstorm

• hurricane

• tsunami

• earthquake

Many people were evacuated before the ______________ hit the area.

• hurricane

• drizzle

• fog

• storm

The ______________ of the earthquake was felt hundreds of miles away.

• earthquake

• aftershock

• vibration

• tremor