Упр.3 Юнит 1 Урок 3 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10 класс

Задача

Read the article about a natural disaster in Australia and choose the best headline for it. Explain your choice, (reading for the main idea)
- Hit by terrible floods
- Thousands missing in Australia floods
- Australia floods in recent 20 years
Thousands of people (0) … (to affect) by some of the worst flooding to hit eastern Australia in 20 years. Heavy storms have been attacking the coast for days, causing rivers to break their banks and cutting off several towns in the state of New South Wales. The rising flood waters have made hundreds of people leave their homes and parts of the state (1) … (to declare) natural disaster zones. 11,900 houses are totally underwater and another 14,700 (2) … partially (to cover). Officials say that some areas could (3) … (to cut) off for about a week. Helicopters (4) … (to use) to get food to those who are trapped. Heavy rain caused floods in parts of the state and some beaches (5) … (to close) to keep people safe. The bad weather follows months of drought in Australia. But experts say a lot more rain (6) … (to need) to make up for the massive shortfall of rain during the long dry period.
(from CBBC NEWSROUND, 1 July, 2008)
Complete the article with the verbs in brackets in the correct passive form, (developing meaning grammar)

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Выполнение

1) The best headline is 1. Hit by terrible floods, because the article is mainly about the flooding in Australia and its consequences.

2) Complete the article with the verbs in the correct passive form:

Thousands of people have been affected by some of the worst flooding to hit eastern Australia in 20 years. Heavy storms have been attacking the coast for days, causing rivers to break their banks and cutting off several towns in the state of New South Wales. The rising flood waters have made hundreds of people leave their homes and parts of the state have been declared natural disaster zones. 11,900 houses are totally underwater and another 14,700 are partially covered. Officials say that some areas could be cut off for about a week. Helicopters are being used to get food to those who are trapped. Heavy rain caused floods in parts of the state and some beaches have been closed to keep people safe. The bad weather follows months of drought in Australia. But experts say a lot more rain is needed to make up for the massive shortfall of rain during the long dry period.