EARTHQUAKE AND EPIDEMIC In some parts of the world, the ground shakes from time to time.
This is called a(an)
__1__ and if it’s a bad one, the number of __2__
(dead and injured people) is sometimes large. Buildings often
__3__
and
__4__ teams have to search for people who are __5__ under the
__6__. Sometimes water supplies are affected and there is a(an) __7__
of disease, called a(an)
__8__. __9__ teams are sent by the government
to help the sick. The death
__10__ can reach hundreds or even
thousands.
1.
A) casualty
B) outbreak
C) earthquake
D) collapse
2.
A) casualties
B) outbreaks
C) epidemics
D) wounded
3.
A) tremble
B) outbreak
C) quake
D) collapse
4.
A) epidemic
B) quake
C) rescue
D) saving
5.
A) pressed
B) squeezed
C) rescued
D) trapped
6.
A) rubble
B) toll
C) bubble
D) hole
7.
A) casualty
B) outbreak
C) abundance
D) collapse
8.
A) epidemic
B) disaster
C) illness
D) outbreak
9.
A) epidemic
B) medical
C) rescue
D) quake
10. A) rubble
B) toll
C) result
D) outbreak
FIRE During the night it was reported that a house was __1__ fire.
Someone phoned the fire __2__ and a fire __3__ was sent to the
house. One fire __4__ was __5__ by smoke and taken to hospital, but
in half an hour the fire was __6__ control and after another half hour it
was finally __7__. At first the police thought it was an accident, but
later they found matches and a petrol can and began to suspect __8__.
1.
A) under
B) in
C) on
D) out
2.
A) team
B) brigade
C) police
D) bridge
3.
A) engine
B) brigade
C) agent
D) car
4.
A) engine
B) brigade
C) police
D) man
5.
A) undercome B) overgone
C) overcome
D) overwent
6.
A) under
B) over
C) in
D) out
7.
A) put in
B) put by
C) put off
D) put out
8.
A) accident
B) arson
C) burglar
D) robbery
