III. Read the following passage and do the tasks below. 

       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 inhabitants 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 the buildings. Most of those who died were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires, which followed. If the earthquake had occurred at night while people were sleeping, far fewer would have died.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. How many people were killed after the earthquake?

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2. Why were the engines prevented from going to help?

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3. Was it possible to use fighting equipment?

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III. Read the following passage and do the tasks below. 

       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 inhabitants 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 the buildings. Most of those who died were not killed in the earthquake itself but in the fires, which followed. If the earthquake had occurred at night while people were sleeping, far fewer would have died.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. How many people were killed after the earthquake?

___________________________________________________________________

2. Why were the engines prevented from going to help?

  __________________________________________________________________

3. Was it possible to use fighting equipment?

  __________________________________________________________________

B. Choose the correct answer.

4. When did the earthquake start?

A. in the afternoon                                    B. before noon         

C. at night                                                 D. after midday meals

5. What was the main cause of the damage and death of most people? 

A.  The roads                                            B. The collapse of the building    

C. The water pipes                                    D. The fire                             

II. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following passage.

          Computers are helpful (1) _________ many ways. First, they are fast. They can work with information even (2) _________ quickly than a person. Second, computers can work with a lot of information at the same time. Third, they can keep information for a long time. They (3) __________ forget things that the common people do. (4) __________, computers are almost always correct. They are not perfect, but they usually do not (5) _________ mistakes.

1. A. in                                   B. on                                           C. at                                   D. over

2. A. much                            B. rather                                     C. more                             D. less

3. A. might not              B. must not                                       C. should not                   D. do not

4. A. However                B. Moreover                                    C. Otherwise                    D. Nevertheless

5. A. do                                  B. make                                      C. have                       D. take

I. Read the following passage and put a word in the box in each of the numbered blanks.

            Air pollution is caused of ill health in human beings. (1) __________a lot of countries, there are laws limiting the amount of smoke which factories can produce. Doctors have (2) __________ that air pollution causes lung diseases.

The gases from the (3) __________ of cars have also increased air pollution in most cities. The lead in petrol produces a poisonous gas, which is often collected in (4) __________ streets circled by high buildings. Children who live in areas where there is a lot of lead in the atmosphere can not think as (5) __________ as other children, and are clumsy when they use their hands.

1.______________ 2. ______________ 3 .______________ 4.______________ 5.______________