Ex 7. Read the text and do the following tasks.

Peshtigo Fire

On October 8, 1871, the most devastating forest fire in American history swept through northeast Wisconsin. The blaze began at an unknown location in the dense Wisconsin forest. It first spread to the small village of Sugar Bush, where every resident was killed. Strong winds then sent the 200-foot flames racing northeast toward the neighboring community of Peshtigo. Temperatures reached 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, causing trees to literally explode in the flames. The wildfire even jumped across the Peshtigo River, trapping both sides of the town in flames.

After raging for about two hours, the fire burned more than 280,000 acres in Oconto, Marinette, Shawano, Brown, Kewaunee, Door, Manitowoc and Outagamic counties. The human toll was 1,152 known dead and another 350 believed to be dead. Another 1,500 were seriously injured and at least 3,000 made homeless. The property loss was estimated conservatively at $5,000,000 and this did not include 2,000,000 valuable trees and a large number of animals. Despite the massive scale of the blaze, it has been overshadowed by the Great Chicago Fire, which began on the same day about 250 miles away.

1). Complete the summary with ONE word from the reading text.

Peshtigo Fire is regarded as the worst forest fire in American history. It started in the Wisconsin forest and quickly spread to a large area of 280,000 acres by strong (1)............ The fire jumped across the Peshtigo River and burned on both sides of the town. The human death (2)................. was roughly 1,500 and about 1500 people were badly (3)........ In addition, thousands of people were left (4).................. Although this fire wreaked havoc across a large area and caused heavy loss of life and damage to (5)..................., not many Americans know about it.

Read the passage and choose the best answer in the table to fill in ach blank

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A forest fire(1)...............in the west of Quang Ninh Province last week. How it started is unknown, but three days later it was still (2)...............out of control. The weather was(3)................and windy, so it (4).................quickly, and many surrounding districts were in (5)................ Fortunately, on the fourth day, there was a (6)................which helped to put it out.

HELP ME!

Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire-fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings.

Why was the fire engines prevented from going to help?

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Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousand of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result , small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burts. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings

These sentences are T or F

1. A hundred thousand people were killed in Tokyo in 1923 because of an earthquake

2. The earthquake began a minute before midnight

3. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because most of the water pipes had burts

4. Over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire

Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire-fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings.

How many people were killed in the earthquake?

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Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentences printed before it.

1. The house was so badly damaged in the fire that it couldn't be repaired.

→ The house was too _________________________________________.

2. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't open the door.

→ Try ______________________________________________________.

3. If Cathy hadn't been so mean, we'd have had a teally good time.

→ But ______________________________________________________.

4. Three stange boys stole my neighbour's motorcycle.

→ My neighbour's was _________________________________________.

5. I was not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test.

→ It came ___________________________________________________.

Read the following passage, and answer the questions that follow

Almost a hundred thousand people were killed and half a million homes destroyed as a result of an earthquake in Tokyo in 1923. The earthquake began a minute before noon when the habitants of Tokyo were cooking their midday meals. Thousands of stoves were overturned as soon as the earth began to shake. As a result, small fires broke out everywhere and quickly spread. The fire engines were prevented from going to help because many of the roads had cracked open. It was impossible to use fire-fighting equipment as most of the water pipes had burst. Consequently, over ninety percent of the damage was caused by fire rather than by the collapse of buildings.

How many percent of the damage was caused by the collapse of buildings?

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My name's David. One day I was walking home when I saw a fire in the downstairs window of a very big house. I went to the (1) door and shouted loudly but nobody came. There was a telephone in the street near the house so I phoned and told someone about the fire. After about five minutes a fire engine with blue lights on the top came round the (2) . It was very exciting! Firemen were running everywhere, throwing water on the fire and then, suddenly, everything was all right again. I went into the house with the firemen. The kitchen was badly burnt and it (3) terrible but the other rooms in the house were fine. Then this man arrived. I knew him! He was a famous footballer but he was also the man who lived in the big house. He (4) me very much and asked me for my name and address. Then, two days later, a letter arrived for me. Inside the (5) there were two tickets to see my favourite team play! How good was that?