Question: What disasters are you most worried about? why? Complete the 15 sentences with the words on the left.
1. A
flood
sometimes happens when
it rains for many days or weeks.
2. An
is a rock from space that
can hit the earth.
3. People who
a disaster are
called survivors.
4. I'm worried that our plane might
5. A
can burn down a building
6. A
is a kind of mountain that can
explode.
7. After a disaster, the first thing people do is
A asteroid
survivors.
C С
crash n., v
8. A strong
can shake the earth
E earthquake n.
and knock down buildings and kill many people.
fire n.
9. An
sometimes happens when
flood n., v.
an oil tanker has an accident at sea.
H hurricane n.
10. Some people are not hurt by a disaster, but others
L landsliden
11. A
is a large storm with strong
N natural disaster 12
winds that can affect a whole country.
oil spill
12. A
with large ocean waves
R rescue
sometimes happens after an earthquake.
S survive
13. A
is smaller than a humicane, but
its strong winds can also destroy many buildings
T tomado a
tsunami
14. After a lot of heavy rain, a
might
cause lots of soil to slide down a mountain.
victim
15. Some disasters, like plane crashes, may be caused by
volcano na
people. Other disasters are
are
5.
