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Natural Disasters

Famine and flood
1 Put each of the following words or phrases in its correct place in the passage.
drought famine starve starvation cut oft
helieopters drop flood drown

If a country has no rain for a long time, this dry period is called a (a) _
In countries dependent on their agriculture, this can lead to a period of (b) o
when there is not enough food and people actually (c) (die of hunger)o They
die of (d) oWhen it rains very heavily and the land is under water, this is called
a (e) oIn this situation people and animals can (f) oSometimes
(g) have to (h) food supplies to people in areas which are (i) _

Earthquake and epidemie
2 Instructions as above.
medieal teams trapped epidemie toll outbreak
rescue teams rubble casualties collapse earthquake
In some parts of the world, the ground shakes from time to time. This is called an
(a) and if it's a bad one, the number of (b) (dead and injured
people) is sometimes large. Buildings often (c) and (d) have to
search for people who are (e) under the (f) o Sometimes water
supplies are affected and there is an (g) of disease, called an (h) _
(i) are sent by the government to help the sick. The death (j) can
reach hundreds or even thousandso

Fire

3 Instructions as above.
on fire fire engine under control fireman
put out fire brigade overcome arson
During the night it was reported that a house was (a) o Someone phoned
the (b) and a (c) was sent to the house. One (d) was
(e) by smoke and taken to hospital, but in half an hour the fire was
(f) and after another half hour it was finally (g) o At first the police
thought it was an accident, but later they found matches and a petroi can and
began to suspect (h) _
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Put one of the following words in each space in the sentences below.
(d)
(c)
(b)
(e)
for
(f) (g)
in of to from oft under by
(a)
Many people died starvation.
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There are earthquakes in Japan time time.
Food supplies are dropped people whose homes are cut _
Rescue teams searched injured people.
There was a drought ten months Central Africa.
Many people were trapped the rubble of the building which had collapsed.
Medical teams were sent the government.