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Unit 13-15 Natural Disaster

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________________ is a flat thin piece of any material, normally square or rectangular.

a)

Sheet

b)

Coast

c)

Wave

d)

shallow

2.

________________ is to cry or say something loudly and usually on a high note, especially because of strong emotions.

a)

Strike

b)

Sink

c)

Severe

d)

Scream

3.

________________ is the person in charge of a ship or an aircraft.

a)

Geologist

b)

Captain

c)

Cabin crew

d)

Gardener

4.

________________ is a ball of gas that appears in a liquid, or a ball formed of air surrounded by liquid that floats in the air.

a)

Movement

b)

Bubble

c)

Path

d)

Frothy

5.

________________ is to pull somebody/something along with effort or difficulty.

a)

Drown

b)

Damage

c)

Drag

d)

Depend

6.

The ________________ is responsible for guarding the land next to the sea, seeing that boats and ships, and helping people in emergencies.

a)

Coast guard

b)

Property

c)

Earthquake

d)

Hurricane

7.

The five people injured in the car accident, only one ___________.

a)

died

b)

drowned

c)

struck

d)

survived

8.

We are going to have an examination tomorrow. We’ll have to ___________ very early to arrive school in time.

a)

smash

b)

notice

c)

set off

d)

predict

9.

My mother travelled by plane from Bangkok to Melbourne. She was ___________ the plane for 10 hours.

a)

on board

b)

landed

c)

warned

d)

imminent

10.

At the top of the mountain the wind was very ___________. It reached 80 kilometers an hour.

a)

unusual

b)

stormy

c)

severe

d)

evacuated

11.

 I might go for a picnic today, but it ___________ the weather. I’ll go if the weather is good, but if it rains, I’ll stay at home.

a)

measures

b)

depends on

c)

discovers

d)

occurs

12.

After the earthquake, geologists discovered a 60-kilometer ___________, where two sheets of rock had moved over 2 meters in opposite directions against each other.

a)

wave

b)

tremor

c)

speed

d)

fault line

13.

Many buildings ___________ and were destroyed in the fires afterward.

a)

dragged

b)

collapsed

c)

smashed

d)

reminded

14.

The sea became ___________ before the tsunami struck.

a)

comming on

b)

massive

c)

frothy

d)

stronger

15.

A car ____________ into a motorcycle yesterday. It was a very bad accident.

a)

sank

b)

smashed

c)

screamed

d)

recorded

16.

More people died after earthquakes than tsunamis.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Scientists could tell that when an earthquake happened.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Nowadays, people never receive warning before the striking of the tsunami.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

159 people in Hawaii in 1946 were killed because there was no warning of a massive wave.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

In 1960, people in Hawaii always thought that tsunami was very terrible and dangerous.

a)

True

b)

False