Everyday Vocabulary Earthquake and Epidemic Test

Everyday Vocabulary: EARTHQUAKE AND EPIDEMIC Test

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Question 1

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

EARTHQUAKE AND EPIDEMIC

In some parts of the world, the ground shakes from time to time. This is called a (an) _____ and if it’s a bad one, the number of _____ (dead and injured people) is sometimes large.

A	casualty
B	outbreak
C	earthquake
D	collapse

Question 1 Explanation:

When the ground shakes, we call it an earthquake. Not collapse, which means falling down, as buildings do after the shaking.

Question 2

This is called a (an) _____ and if it’s a bad one, the number of _____ (dead and injured people) is sometimes large.

A	casualties
B	outbreaks
C	epidemics
D	wounded

Question 2 Explanation:

Casualties are people who are killed or injured in an accident or disaster, which matches the hint (dead and injured people). Not wounded, because it means only injured people, not dead ones.

Question 3

Buildings often _____ and _____ teams have to search for people who are _____ under the _____.

A	tremble
B	outbreak
C	quake
D	collapse

Question 3 Explanation:

To collapse means to fall down suddenly. Teams then search under the fallen pieces, so the buildings must have fallen down. Not tremble or quake, which only mean to shake.

Question 4

Buildings often _____ and _____ teams have to search for people who are _____ under the _____.

A	epidemic
B	quake
C	rescue
D	saving

Question 4 Explanation:

Rescue teams are groups of people who save others from danger. Not saving, because we don't say saving teams in English.

Question 5

Buildings often _____ and _____ teams have to search for people who are _____ under the _____.

A	pressed
B	squeezed
C	rescued
D	trapped

Question 5 Explanation:

Trapped means caught somewhere and unable to get out, e.g. people trapped under a building. Not rescued, because the teams are still searching for these people.

Question 6

Buildings often _____ and _____ teams have to search for people who are _____ under the _____.

A	rubble
B	toll
C	bubble
D	hole

Question 6 Explanation:

Rubble is the broken stones and bricks left when a building falls down. Not bubble, which looks similar but means a ball of air.

Question 7

Sometimes water supplies are affected and there is a (an) _____ of disease, called a (an) _____.

A	casualty
B	outbreak
C	abundance
D	collapse

Question 7 Explanation:

An outbreak is the sudden start of something bad, such as a disease. It is often used in the phrase an outbreak of disease.

Question 8

Sometimes water supplies are affected and there is a (an) _____ of disease, called a (an) _____.

A	epidemic
B	disaster
C	illness
D	outbreak

Question 8 Explanation:

An epidemic is a disease that spreads quickly to many people in one area. Not outbreak, because the sentence has already used that word and now gives the name for it.

Question 9

_____ teams are sent by the government to help the sick.

A	Epidemic
B	Medical
C	Rescue
D	Quake

Question 9 Explanation:

Medical teams are doctors and nurses, and they are the people who help the sick. Not Rescue, because rescue teams search for trapped people.

Question 10

The death _____ can reach hundreds or even thousands.