II. Complete the sentences with the words in the box
Avalanche blizzard disaster drought eruption
evacuation explosion flood lightning tsunami
1. The soldiers have been deployed to help avert a looming environmental ____________ in central
provinces.
2. When I was outside in the ____________, I couldn’t see more than a few feet in front of me
because of the snow.
3. Mum went shopping yesterday afternoon and she was very frightened. In the car park, there was
an ________________ and nobody knew what it was.
4. I saw on TV that yesterday there was an ________________ on an island in the Pacific and hot
lava came down the volcano.
5. My little sister is afraid of __________________, so when there is a bad storm she always hides.
6. Last Sunday we wanted to go skiing, but we couldn’t because in the mountains there was an
____________.
7. Powerful earthquake off the coast in Indonesia sparked a three-metre-high ____________ that
killed at least 113 people.
8. If there is a bad________________ in a town, the people have to travel by boat!
9. After the harshest winter in decades, the western region is now facing its hottest summer and the
worst ____________ across the area in nearly 40 years.
10. People should become familiar with the guidelines for ______________ because natural
disasters can force them to leave their homes.
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hunger , flea market , poverty, slums , malnutrition , explosion , overpopulation , density, living standard , spacious
1. There are millions of people in that African country who are living in ....poverty..... because they have no jobs.
2. .....Explosion...... is one of the country’s most pressing social problems.
3. She was brought up in the ....slums..... of Dharavi.
4. There has been a shortage of food for a long time because of failure of crops and people are suffering from ....malnutrition.....
5. In Africa many people die of .....hunger..... each year.
6. The hotel rooms are ....spacious..... and comfortable.
7. HongKong has a hight population ....destiny......, over six thousand/km2.
8. The ....living standard.... in many developing countries is low.
9. The government has had to take measures to stop the overpopulation.
10. A .....flea market.... is an outdoor market that sells second-hand goods at low prices.
Complete the sentences with words which have the same root as the underlined word:
1. Mike’s influence on the chicken has been considerable, but Hin has been even more influential
2. The situation is bad. Out soldiers are in the valley and the enemy is situated on the hills.
3. Oliver wants half this nut, but it isn’t easy to halve
1. In our survey, we ask you to vote for your favorite film
2. The plot of the film was too complicated – I couldn’t understand it
3. Manohla Dargis is one of the chief film critics of the New York Times
4. My younger brother enjoys watching documentaries about wild animals.
5. Bruce Lee’s martial arts movies made him an international film star
6. The Godfather is one of must - see film for movie lovers
7. James Cameron’s film about the Titanic disaster won 11 Oscars.
8. I read a review of that film and it sounds really interesting.
9. The special effect were amazing! The spaceships all seemed real!
10. The director shouted “Action!” and the actor started running
II. Complete the sentences with the words in part I. Then practise saying them.
1. The statue of _____Uncle_______ Ho Chi Minh is made of _____bronze_______.
2. I’m going to paint the fence. Have you got any paint _____brushes_______?
3. She won first ______place______ in a poetry competition.
4. An _______apricot_____ is a small, round, soft fruit with an orange-yellow skin.
5. ______Prince______ and princess are the titles to call the children of a king.
6. The outer wall of Saigon Notre Dame Cathedral was built with red ____bricks________.
7. Nowadays, traffic is a serious ______issue______ in big cities.
8. She has some _____pearls_______ in her jewellery box.
1 disaster
2 blizzard
3 explosion
4 eruption
5 lightning
6 avalanche
7 tsunami
8 flood
9 drought
10 evacuation