Question 4. Choose the correct word A, B or C for each gap to complete the following passage.
(1) January 17 th , 1995, a powerful earthquake hit the city of Kobe, Japan. Many buildings (2) or
collapsed.
Soon after the earthquake, people in Kobe (3) working together to save their city. Neighbours
pulled each other out (4) collapsed buildings. Ordinary people (5) out fires even
before the fire trucks arrived. Volunteers in Kobe organized themselves into (6) . They worked out
a system to send (7) to people who needed. Other teams searched for belongings in damaged stores and
homes. Some people (8) food, water, clothes, and electric generators to different part of the
city. Some volunteers took (9) of children who had lost their parents. Teams of
volunteers from outside Japan helped, too.
Today, Kobe has been built. But people there still remember the outpouring of support they (10)
from all over the world back in 1995.
1. A. in B. at C. on D. from
2. A. is burning B. burned C. burning D. burn
3. A. to begin B. are beginning C. begin D. began
4. A. into B. of C. on D. with
5. A. to put B. putting C. puts D. put
6. A. teams B. pair C. group D. friends
7. A. helped B. helping C. help D. to help
8. A. brought B. bringing C. brings D. brought
9. A. part B. care C. caring D. note
10. A. received B. is receiving C. have received D. receiving