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МатематикаВопрос:
Read the text and fill in the missing words. ⚫ suffer difficulties hit disaster ⚫ trapped ruined
Ответ:
1. Floods happen when there is more water in a river or lake than that body of water can handle. This extra water then spills out onto the land causing a disaster.
2. Flood waters destroy everything in their path: buildings, bridges, roadways etc. Entire crops can be ruined and people and animals can be trapped.
3. Economic difficulties can be felt for years. Those who stay have to suffer to spend a lot of money to rebuild their houses.
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- Read the text again and mark the sentences below as T (true) or F (false). Correct the false statements. 1 After too much rain a lake or river may flood the surrounding area. 2 Crops are damaged by flood waters. 3 When flood waters retreat, life immediately goes back to normal. 4 Cities at risk of flooding have built levees to protect them. 5 The 2005 flood in New Orleans was caused by a tsunami.
- Write questions to which the underlined parts are the answers. 1 After flooding water can be dangerous to drink. 2 There are often food shortages following a flood because crops have been destroyed.
- After a flood, people living in the region can experience economic difficulties.
- Levees are built to prevent a river from overflowing.
- Match the words in bold to their meanings. ⚫ go away manage huge left ⚫ under lack of
- Answer the questions. 1 Why are bridges unsafe after a flood? 2 How do levees protect cities from flooding? 3 How did Hurricane Katrina cause a flood?
