Упр.4 Часть 5h Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Spotlight 8 класс

Read the texts and use the words in the lists to complete the blanks.

• forceful
• rescue teams
• natural
• massive
• survivors
• collapse
• occurred
• crack

A On December 26th 2004, no one could have imagined that a 1) ______ disaster was about to take place. At 8:00 am local time, an undersea earthquake 2) ______ off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The 3) ______ tremor resulted in a destructive tsunami which hit Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. The force from these 4) ______ waves caused roads to 5) ______ and buildings to 6) ______. Despite the fact that several countries quickly sent 7) ______ to the area to search for and treat 8) ______ almost 230,000 people died that day.

B On August 11th 1999, a 1) ______ tornado swept through Salt Lake, Utah causing great 2) ______. That day, winds of over 160 km/hr 3) ______ 150m tall buildings, ripped roofs from houses and blew out windows without warning. 4) ______ over a hundred people were injured and one died. 5) ______ said the tornado couldn’t have hit a worse place!