PASSAGE 8

Which of the following would be the best title?

• Causes of floods

• Global warming and flooding

• Types of floods

• Effects of floods

All of the following are natural disaster mentioned in para 1, EXCEPT

• Airplane crash

• Fires

• Earthquakes

• Flood

The word "They" in para 1 refer to

• Fires

• Natural disasters

• Floods

• Heavy rains

The word " widespread" P1 closest meaning

• Specific

• Overall

• Local

• Concentrated

According to para 2, which of the following is TRUE about deep snow?

• Although it does not cause flooding, it usually melts on rainy day

• It may melt faster when the ground is not frozen

• It can not absorb the additional water hot by....

• It may result in bad flooding if it melts on a heavily rainy day

How does melting snow cause flooding?

• It makes the level of the river rise

• It makes the water too cold

• It cause pieces of ice to block the river

• It makes the rivers run too fast

P3,which of the following statements is TRUE ?

• The dam and the river may cause the ice to break into large pieces

• If there is a dam in the river ,the water behind the dam may rise

• Both areas upsteam and downsream will be flooded if the ice breaks

• Rivers covered in ice have a large amount of water if the ice breaks

What is a broken man made dam compared to?

• Huge amountof water

• A tidal wave

• A broken ice dam

• A tsunami

Para 4,flowing of unleashed dam wter can

• Be 10 meters in length

• Destroy everything on their way

• Create several paths later

• Damage living creatures only

Which of the following statements iss True ?

• Rivers are the main causes of downstream flooding

• Flooding can be caused by both nature and human's product