Name: .............................................. Mark: ..............

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VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

(15 points)
Complete the sentences with the words below. (3 points, 0.5 each)
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1 Rain can cause a volcanic eruptions | hurricane | tsunami | avalanche | snowstorm | flood.
2 A volcanic eruptions | hurricane | tsunami | avalanche | snowstorm | flood starts under
the ocean.
3 The ground is white after a volcanic eruptions | hurricane | tsunami | avalanche |
snowstorm | flood.
4 Snow fell down the mountain during the volcanic eruptions | hurricane | tsunami | avalanche
| snowstorm | flood.
5 Some volcanic eruptions | hurricane | tsunami | avalanche | snowstorm | flood are
terrible explosions.
6 The wind is very strong during a volcanic eruptions | hurricane | tsunami | avalanche |
snowstorm | flood.

Circle the two words that don’t belong in each category. (2 points, 0.5 each)
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1 Types of storms:
drought • hurricane • forest fire • tornado
2 Disasters involving water:
locust infestation • flood • earthquake • tsunami

Complete the sentences with the words you circled in Exercise 4. (2 points, 0.5 each)
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1 There wasn’t any rain last year. There was a ................................................... .
2 We felt the ground move during the ................................................... .
3 During a ................................................... , the insects eat vegetables in gardens and farms.
4 A ................................................... is very dangerous. It can destroy trees and homes.

A celebrity is talking about his life. Complete the dialogue with the correct form of was or were.
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(3 points, 0.5 each)

Interviewer: 1.
Were / Was you a happy child?
Celebrity: No, I 2.weren’t / wasn’t . My brother and I 3. were / was very young when our
mother died. I 4. was / were only three! After that, we went to live with
our aunt and uncle.
Interviewer: Where 5. Was / were your father?
Celebrity: Our father 6. weren't / wasn’t at home much because he worked very hard.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of there was or there were. (2 points, 0.5 each)
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1 There was / There weren’t / There wasn’t any rain last year.
2 There weren’t / There wasn’t / There were some people in the house. We tried to save them.
3 There was / Were there / Was there a flood two years ago?
4 There weren’t / There was / Was there any trees after the fire.

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Complete the text with the correct form of was, were, there was or there were. (3 points, 0.3 each)
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Fifteen-year-old Pemba Tamang 1.was / were / there was at work in a hotel in Kathmandu.
Suddenly, 2.there were / were / there was an earthquake. Tamang 3.were / was there / was in
a small hole and 4.there wasn’t / there weren’t / there were any people in the area to help him.
5.
There was / Were / Wasn’t water to drink and 6.wasn't / there was / there were some very
small pieces of bread to eat. 7. There was / There were / Wasn’t some rescue workers in the
area, but they 8.weren’t / wasn’t / there wasn’t near Tamang’s hole. His calls for help 9. weren’t /
was / there were loud enough for them to hear. When they discovered him five days later, they
10.
were / was / wasn’t amazed to see him alive.

ORAL COMPREHENSION
(20 points)
understand main points • understand relevant details

Listen to the conversation between Don and Fay. Then choose the correct answer. (10 points)
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Place: Britain Place: Iran
Weather now: 1.
Sunny / rain / snowstorm Year of disaster: 3.
1972 / 1872 / 1992

Month: 2.
February / December / October Number of villages under snow: 4.
300 / 200 / 50
Temperature during disaster: 5.
-25 ºC / 25 ºC / -10 ºC

Listen again and choose the correct answer. (10 points)

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1 About 4,000 / 400 / 5,000 people died during the disaster in Iran.
2 The disaster continued for 9 / 7 / 6 days.
3 During the storm, it was difficult for rescue teams to save cats / eat / get to the area.
4 There wasn’t any food, fresh water or electricity / WI-FI / rubbish in some areas of Iran.
5 The weather outside is getting the same / worse / better.

WRITTEN PRODUCTION
(15 points)
Look at the picture and write at least four sentences to describe the natural disaster that appears
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below. Use was, were, there was or there were.

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