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Page 95 Global problems answers<br />

Task 1<br />

1.B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. B 12. B 13. A 14. B 15. A<br />

Answers<br />

answers<br />

Note: A hurricane is the name we give to a tropical storm with strong winds and rain in the Caribbean or<br />

Eastern Pacific. In the Far East it is called a typhoon. In the Indian Ocean it is called a cyclone.<br />

Task 2<br />

1. spread 2. spread / swept 3. erupted 4. shook 5. broke out 6. casualties 7. survivors / casualties<br />

8. Refugees / Survivors 9. suffering 10. relief<br />

(These words do not belong anywhere: disaster / spouted / ran / flamed / wobbled)<br />

Task 3<br />

1. torrential 2. flood 3. epidemic 4. famine 5. relief 6. volcano 7. erupted 8. hurricane 9. devastation<br />

10. typhoon 11. casualties 12. drought 13.civil war 14. Refugees/Survivors 15. swept/spread 16. accident<br />

17. explosions 18. plague<br />

Other words and expressions which you might find useful include:<br />

major (accident) / disease / illness / hardship / dead / wounded / injured / homeless / victim / aid convoy<br />

See also page 68 (Social tensions)<br />

Peter Collin Publishing. © 2001. For reference, see the English Dictionary <strong>for</strong> Students (1-901659-06-2)<br />

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