III. READING: (2pts)
Task 6: Read the paragraph below. Choose the best word (A, B, or C) for
each space.
I often hear or read about "(21)_ disasters" the eruption of Mount
St. Helen, a volcano in the state of Washington; Hurricane Andrew in Florida;
the floods in the American Midwest; terrible all over the world; huge fires; and
so on (22)__ so on. But I'll never forget my first personal experience with the
strangeness of nature - "the London Killer Fog" of 1952. It began (23)
Thursday, December 4, when a high pressure system (warm air) covered
southern England. With the freezing cold air below, heavy fog formed.
Pollution from factories, cars, and coal stoves mixed with the fog. The humidity
was terrible high. There was no breeze at all. (24)_ (cars, trains, and boats)
stopped. People couldn't see, and some walked onto the railroad tracks or into
the river. It was hard to breath, and many people got sick. Finally, on Tuesday,
December 9, the wind came and the fog (25) away. But after that, even
more people got sick. Many of them died.
21. A. nature
B. natural
B. and
B. at
22. A. or
23. A. in
24. A. Traffic
25. A. came
C. took
D. left
Task 7. Read the following passages and answer the questions by choosing
the best answer A, B, C or D.
Heading:
C. on
C. naturism
C. but
B. Transport
B. went
D. to
D. naturist
D. yet
C. Jam
D. Travel