VII Fill in the blank with the correct form of the given word. 1. New Zealand is an ideal destination for travellers because of its many attract tourist ………………………. 2. People keep throwing rubbish into the lake, and it results in the …………………….. of many fish. die 3. Noise pollution ………………………. people’s hearing ability. threat 4. The …………………. from Sydney to Wellington has been delayed because of bad weather. fly 5. A number of cleaning products contain very ……………… chemicals. harm VIII Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it. 1. The earthquake|happened| at |midday| when|many |people |had had|lunch A B C D 2. |Water pollute| in the lake |has made| the |fish| |die|. A B C D 4. If the factory |doesn’t stop||pollute| the lake, no |fish| |will be able| to survive A B C D 5. Landslide |has| never |occur| in my |region| |since| 1995. A B C D C. READING IX Read the passage. Fill in the gap with a suitable word. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 struck very (1) ………………… in the morning. The first rumble, called a foreshock, occurred about 5:11 a.m. right along the San Andreas Fault. The San Andreas Fault is a crack in the earth that (2) ……………… about 800 miles through California. The weakness caused by this crack is a main (3) ………………… why earthquakes occur in the California region. The main quake was (4) ………………… 5:12 a.m. and (5) ………………… for almost a minute. The center of the quake was just outside of San Francisco proper. Buildings began to crumble immediately. The streets weren’t (6) ………………… crowded as they would have been later in the day. Those who were (7) ………………… their way to work were crushed (8) ……………… the rain of falling brick.