Fill in each numbered space with ONE appropriate word.
TSUNAMI IN JAPAN
Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were (51)_______ away by a wall of water after the 8.9 - magnitude tremor, which struck about 400 kms (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo. A state of emergency has been declared at a nuclear power plant, (52)_______ pressure has exceeded normal levels. Officials say more than 10,000 people are dead and about 7,000 (53)_______, but it is feared the final death toll will be (54)_______ higher. In one ward alone in Sendai, a port city in Miyagi prefecture, 200 to 300 bodies were found. “The quake has been the fifth-largest in the world (55)_______ 1900 and nearly 8,000 (56)_______ stronger than the one which devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month”, said scientists. Thousands of people (57)_______ near the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been ordered to evacuate. Japanese nuclear officials said that pressure inside a boiling water reactor at the plant was running much higher than normal after the cooling system failed. Officials said they might need to deliberately (58)_______ some radioactive steam to relieve pressure, but that there would be no health risk. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had earlier said the US Air Force had flown emergency coolant to the site. But US officials later said (59)_______ coolant had been handed over because the Japanese had decided to handle the situation (60)________.
The UN's nuclear agency said four nuclear power plants had been shut down safely.
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The woman (17. accuse)_______ of the killing said that she was at the cinema at the time.
Unless you return money immediately, you will risk being charged________ theft and getting into serous trouble
I’ve applied for the job I saw________ in the newspaper last month.
People will only become aware of the problem if you increase the publicity.
→ Only if _________________________________________________.
________ he failed in the entrance exam caused his family much sadness.
Writing an essay.
“Increasing numbers of private transportations have put greater and greater pressure on the roads”.
What do you think of that matter? Write an essay of about 280- 300 words to support your solutions.
Scientists have tried very hard to find a cure for AIDS.
→ Enormous _____________________________________________.
It is necessary that he goes to see a doctor as soon as he returns from taking the exam.
A: Do you think it will rain tonight?
B: ________. I am attending the evening class.
Read the passage below and then choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
Women nowadays have more (61)________ than those in the past. For example, our great grandmothers were not allowed to go to school or to work to earn their own living. (62)________, they had to depend on their husbands financially. Modern women, on the contrary, can get good education, have their own careers, and (63)________ their interests. They can even take good positions in politics if they are competent (64)________ it. However, women living in our modern society have their (65)________ too. Today women work harder than their great grandmothers so that they can gain the (66)________ between working life and family life. Many people predict that by 2032, most (67)________ positions at work will be taken by women. Then, it is possible that women will have more (68)________ life because, (69)________ in a very modern society, the women can’t (70)________ their role in the family.
It would be lovely if the children could see and, ________, touch the animals.