Quiz 7.

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Name: 7 Several coastal villages were destroyed by the
Date: huge waves when the ___ reached the island.
Mark: a ash
b avalanche
Vocabulary c tsunami
d drought
1 Our car was damaged by the ___ which fell
during the storm. 8 A supervolcano eruption could threaten the ___
a aftershock of our planet.
b hail a survival
c hurricane b casualty
d lava c destruction
d hotspot
2 We could hardly see the path in front of us in
the ___because the snow was so heavy. 9 One of the forest ___ saved a family of bears
a blizzard when he stopped a fi re from reaching their cave.
b landslide a quantities
c eruption b rangers
d tornado c authorities
d organisations
3 A severe weather ____ was issued on the radio
this morning. 10 Olga is so ___ earth. She never pretends to be
a line something that she isn’t.
b warning a in the
c cloud b into
d scale c down to
d through the
4 Thunderstorms play ___ with the power supply
to 11 The beautiful photographs and interesting
the town. articles have attracted a wide ____ who buy this
a havoc magazine regularly.
b lightning a subscription
c wildfire b readership
d nature c article
d measurement
5 The earthquake was only 4.5 on the Richter ___
, so there wasn’t much damage to property. 12 Tim wasn't ____ enough to be a correspondent
a intensity so he became a newsreader instead.
b magnitude a adventurous
c force b satisfying
d scale c risky
d usual
6 This area of the country is suffering from ___
because most of its farmland was destroyed by 13 I tuned ____ to the radio station just in time to
the recent floods. hear the weather report.
a earthquake a up
b drought b in
c famine c round
d twister d along
14 Clara thought her article was brilliant but the 21 The sound ____ tested the reporter’s
newspaper ____ refused to put it on the front microphones
page. before the interview.
a author a volume
b editor b producer
c presenter c politician
d columnist d engineer

15 Websites and blogs are two kinds of electronic 22 She’s had an active interest in ____ since she
____. got her first camera at the age of ten.
a press a footage
b print b quizzes
c media c photography
d supplement d writing

16 The publisher is going to bring ____ an 23 My parents didn’t want me to become a writer
adaptation of the book for children. at first, but eventually I ____ them round.
a out a tuned
b up b rang
c through c picked
d for d brought

17 I read an interesting ____ of Jamie Oliver’s

new cookery book. It sounds really good.
a title
b commentary
c bestseller
d review

18 I called the TV channel and left a message for

the director to ring me ____.
a back
b for
c out
d through

19 The journalists were on ____ yesterday so

there was no news on TV all day.
a flash
b strike
c content
d report

20 The author was delighted when a famous ____

finally agreed to print his book.
a critic
b publisher
c newsagent
d journalist