HS2 2019 unit4 p70

Read the text below. For questions 1-12 choose the correct answer.

The Hurricane Was a Nightmare

Kevin Parfait from Martinique tells about a disaster experience: “This story (1)                  [take place, took place, have taken place, had taken place] about seven years ago. At the time I was only eleven years old, but images from that week are still (2)                 [as clear as, so clear, both clear and, rather clear] it all happened yesterday.

During that week, we had to face (3)     [in, on, for, up] to the most powerful hurricane Martinique (4)                [ever see, ever saw, have ever seen, had ever seen] . The fact that I was little increased the effects of such an experience. I can still hear the noise of the wind (5)         [blow, to blow, blowing, blew] on the taped windows that were shaking. Outside, everything was flying or moving… trees, papers, plastics.

But the nightmare was not that phase, when we were just afraid without (6)       [no, any, every, some] other possibilities. The real one was after it hit. In fact, the hurricane (7)                 [do not cross, did not cross, had not crossed, was not crossed] the island only once, but three times, causing at each crossing more and more damage.

During the entire week following that event, we (8)               [can`t, could not, were not able, had not able] to go out of the house. All the roads (9)           [are, were, have been, had been] cut off, and we did not have running water or phones.

Under those conditions, (10)               [the hardest, hardest, the most hard, harder] part was having no contact with the rest of my family living around the island. The feeling of presuming the death at your close friends and relatives was hard to endure. We (11)            [lived, have lived, has lived, had lived] like that for one horrible week before everything (12)             [fixed, was fixed, were fixed, been fixed] . For me, those even days were a real nightmare.”

Read the text below. Choose from (A-H) the one which best fits each space (1-6). There are two choices you do not need to chose.

The New Seven Wonders

A on the Moon

B at the ceremony in Lisbon

C announced his next initiative

D in random

E just attract the best

F as a symbol of joy and suffering

G completely honoured

H presented the ceremony

The results of a worldwide vote to choose the New Seven Wonders of the World Have been announced (1)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H]. In contrast to the wonders of the ancient world, the new list emerged from an exercise in which tens of millions of votes were cast by people around the world. This is a report from Alison Roberts:

“The seven wonders chosen in a global poll in which a hundred-million votes were said to have been cast online, by phone and by text message were announced one by one (2)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] order towards the end of a glitzy ceremony in Lisbon.

Firs came the Great Wall of China, said to be the only monument visible from space. Its certificate was handed over to Chinese officials by Nell Armstrong, the first man (3)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] . Next up was Petra, the stone-carved ancient city in Jordan, whose royal family led a campaign for it. Rio de Janeiro`s Statue of Christ the Redeemer also made the cut after an appeal by Brazil’s president for his compatriots to vote. There were other winners from America – Machu Picchu in Peru and Chichen Itza in Mexico – representatives of ancient civilizations unknown to Antipater of Sidon, the Greek writer who drew up the original list of wonders two thousand two hundred years ago. The last two wonders were Rom`s Colosseum, described in its introduction (4)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] , and the Taj Mahal. That was announced by Bollywood star Bipasha Basu who, along with Oscar winning actors Ben Kingsley and Hilary Swank (5)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] .

The Pyramids at Giza, the only wonder on the original list still standing, had been made an honorary candidate, guaranteed a mention. But Egyptian officials shunned the whole initiative anyway as too commercial. At the ceremony`s close, its Swiss organizer, Bernard Weber, (6)   [A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H] - a global poll on the seven natural wonders of the world.”

Read the sentences and have a look at the two maps, one for the morning and the other one for the afternoon. Decide which sentences are right and which are wrong.

1. There will some rain in the Southwest in the afternoon.       [right, wrong]

2. The maximum temperature will be around 18 degrees Celsius.       [right, wrong]

3. It will rain all day in the Southwest.       [right, wrong]

4. There will be a lot of rain in Wales in the morning.       [right, wrong]

5. There will be thunderstorms in Wales in the morning.       [right, wrong]

6. It will stay dry in the Southeast the whole day.       [right, wrong]

7. The temperatures in the afternoon will be higher than in the morning.       [right, wrong]

8. The highest temperatures will be reached in Scotland.       [right, wrong]

9. It will clear up in Scotland in the afternoon.       [right, wrong]

10. The morning will be sunny in all parts of Britain.       [right, wrong]