Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage. CAN NATURAL DISASTERS BE AVOIDED Natural disasters kill more people on a global scale than wars. According to the United Nations, (1)______ the last decade, natural disasters have caused the deaths of more than a million people and (2)_______ 1.8 billion people in terms of loss of health, homes and employment. It is almost (3)______ to prevent natural disasters such as hurricanes, volcanic (4)______, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Such events are (5)______ by unavoidable climatic and geological phenomena. Hence, we can only reduce the (6)_______ effects that natural disasters have on our lives by using effective monitoring (7)________ warning systems, flood defences, comprehensive disaster management plans and (8)______ citizens on disaster preparedness. The best way to minimise the effects of a natural disaster (9)______ to establish early detection systems that allow for advance warning to be (10)_______ to everybody.
1. A. in B. to C. at D. on
2. A. effected B. affected C. caused D. destroyed
3. A. important B. imbalanced C. impossible D. indifferent
4. A. explosion B. collapse C. shakes D. eruptions
5. A. occurred B. caused C. happened D. destroyed
. A. negative B. positive C. damaging D. A&C
7. A. and B. or C. but D. so
8. A. educate B. educational C. education D. educating
9. A. are B. is C. was D. were
10. A. delivered B. delivering C. given D. giving