I/ Choose the best answer (A, B, c or D).
1. The earth’s weather is ……………… and we don’t know what will happen to us.
A. dangerous  B. serious C. predicted D. mysterious

2. Man has spent years and years trying …………… weather patterns but it is still an inexact science.
A. predicting B. to predict C. to predicting D. to have predicted

3. A drought occurs when a region receives consistently below average ………………
A. falling rain B. rain falling C. rainfall D. fallrain

4. When we ………… back to our home village last month, it ……………… so much.
A. had come - changed B. came - had changed C. came - has changed D. had come - has changed

5. She ……………… in that town for 20 years by the time that historic earthquake
A. had live - occurred B. has lived - occurred C. had lived - occur D. had lived – occurred

6. Some tents ……………… so that children and old people could sleep in.
A. was set up B. were set up C. set up D. setted up

7. People in Japan ……………… how to survive in an earthquake.
A. have been taught B. are taught C. were taught D. had been taught

8. Exactly 5 people got stuck and ……………… in that fire.
A. was death B. was died C. dead D. died

9. An earthquake is the ……………… a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust.
A. cause by B. consequence C. result from D. result of

10.The magnitude of an earthquake ……………… on the Richter scale.
A. reports B. is reported C. was reported D. reported

II/ Fill in the blank with the correct form of the given word.
1. The …………….. of the city after the devastating earthquake is being carried.(construct)
2. Visitors are allowed to get close to this volcano because it is…………… (act)
3. Ten years ago, more than 10 thousand people of this area suffered from a frightening volcano …………….. (erupt)
4. After the flood, many people were made …………….. (home)
5. We should offer our ……………..hands to aid the victims of natural disasters. (help)