Answers to homework- Reading Practice

Text 1  Q&A  NATURAL DISASTERS

A volcano, an earthquaque, a landslide, a tornado, a drought, a flood

ANSWERS

     a)  

          PREVENT: to keep from occurring; stop

MELT: to (cause to) become liquid by heat

DEEP adj.  extending far down from the top or surface

 ERUPT to burst forth, come out

 EVAPORATE: (cause to) change from a liquid or solid state into vapor or gas

     b)      and c)

 1D (No, they can’t, but they can predict which places are going to be hit sometime in the future)

2B (We can plant more trees)

3A (They can be caused by earthquakes under the ocean, a landslide or a volcano erupting)

4E (Yes, it is)

5C (The sea level will rise around the world and a lot of towns and cities round the world will be flooded)

d) 

  1 Because the ocean is less deep there. 2 Because the water isn’t held in the ground, so it evaporates. 3  Over 50%.  4 The Caribbean, Chile, Indonesia, Japan and North America.   5 On average the world’s temperature has increased by 1.5ºC in the last 150 years and eight of the ten hottest years have been recorded in the last two decades.


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Text 2  
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ANSWERS

         1.       1 environment   2 recycling    3 over-consumption    

                 4 waste    5 amusing    6 landfill site    7 solution      

                 8 retailer

      

        2.      1F  2T   3T   4T  5F  6T  7F  8T  9F