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TEST 1 UNIT 10: NATURAL FORCES

12. Nicholas: Tell me, Louis. What are your predictions about 14. Hello. I’m Sue. I pay attention to the environment as
the future of the world? much as I can because everything in the world is getting
worse day by day. I think there will be more natural
Louis: I think global warming will be a big threatening
problem in the future. disasters in the future than now. One of these disasters
will probably be destructive floods because deforestation
Nicholas: Why do you think so? causes them. You know that forests slow down the

Louis: ............. So, climate change will be a very serious speed of flood. To save the future of the earth, ....... .
threat in the future. Choose the suitable option to fill in the blank.

Complete the dialogue with the suitable option. A) we should cut down more trees to get large areas
A) There are more floods and droughts now than before. B) we shouldn’t pour our waste into the seas, lakes and
B) People use less water and prefer recyclable products. rivers
C) Some natural disasters cause more damage than C) we should plant more trees and protect the forests
others. D) we shouldn’t make campaigns about the importance
D) I think we should take necessary measures to stop it. of protecting nature

15.
Good evening, viewers. This is James Gardner. I’m
bringing you the news around the country. Here
are some highlights. Hurricane Katrina hit New
Orleans. Katrina’s wind speed was 220 kilometres
per hour. Because of the storm, huge amounts
13. Leading Disasters in the World of water rushed into the city and caused a lot of
damage. Thousands of people lost their homes.
Cost ($ Number of A massive tornado hit the suburbs of Oklahoma
Country Disaster(s) Year
billion) Deaths City. It reached 320 kilometers per hour. Four
local hospitals treated 198 people including nearly
Turkey Earthquake 1999 30 17480
56 children. Officials say at least 31 people died,
Hurricane, eleven of them were children.
The USA 2005 144 1322
Flood
China Earthquake 2008 89 84000

Earthquake,
Chili 2010 31 520
Tsunami
Earthquake,
Japan 2011 210 15840
Tsunami

According to the chart above, which of the following
option is correct? Which option is correct according to the news?
A) The same natural disaster hit Turkey and China in A) The hurricane affected thousands of people living in
different years, but more people died in Turkey. New Orleans and it killed 11 children.
B) The natural disasters that occurred in the USA in B) The news reader talks about the reports of injuries
2005 caused more than 144 billion dollar’s worth of and deaths caused by the tornado.
damage. C) The wind speed of the hurricane in New Orleans was
C) Less people lost their lives because of the same more than the wind speed of the tornado in Oklahoma
natural disasters in Japan compared to Chili. City.
D) The natural disasters in Japan caused the most D) Those disasters happened in different cities and
economic loss in all of those. there were many deaths because of them.

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