ACTIVITY 42:
Without looking at the original text on
the previous page, fill each of the blank spaces with one
suitable word. (Some blank spaces
accept more than one alternative). Then
check the correct answers.
SHARING A VOLCANO
though many of
the man-made pressures
society and the
consequent problems of pollution are
to those of
Great Britain, Japan has
more serious
natural hazards to
with than
British people have. It lies on a point
two continental
plates meet
that there is a
constant risk of volcanic eruption and earthquakes.
Tokyo therefore
with San
Francisco the unenviable reputation of
a city certain
to
affected
the future by
an earthquake like the
that killed
of people in
1923. To
matters worse,
the land has subsided
then so that 60
sq. km. of the Tokyo city area are now below sea
,
with the consequent additional dangers of widespread
flooding,
is in any
a perennial
hazard in Japan. Anyone
at Japan's
technological achievement in the
of these
statements is bound to regard it with a mixture of
admiration and sympathy.
Avoiding repetition
ACTIVITY
43: In the conversations below,
an English visitor, Mr. Folley, is talking to his tour guide.
Choose from the menus
the right word to complete the dialogue.You can use them more than once. Then
check the correct answers.
MR. FOLLEY:
I'd like to buy
fruit. What is
like here?
TOUR GUIDE:
Well, most of
is exported. But we can get
in this shop. Melons are in
season now. I bought a very good
yesterday. The big
are quite juicy.
MR. FOLLEY:
That's a good idea. I'll get
. How about this
?
looks about the right size.
Or would you recommend the very green
?
TOUR GUIDE:
Do you mean
in the window over there?
MR. FOLLEY:
Yes, the
on the left.
TOUR GUIDE:
I don't think
are so ripe as the others.
MR. FOLLEY:
And how about those big yellow
next to them ?
TOUR GUIDE:
Do you mean
?
MR. FOLLEY:
Yes. The
you have in your hand looks all right. I think I'll
take that
.
