Everyday Vocabulary: Earthquake and epidemic

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Everyday Vocabulary: Earthquake and epidemic

EARTHQUAKE AND EPIDEMIC

In some parts of the world, the ground shakes from time to time. This is called a(an) __1__ and if it’s a bad one, the number of __ 2 __ (dead and injured people) is sometimes large. Buildings often __ 3 __ and __ 4 __ teams have to search for people who are __ 5 __ under the __ 6 __ . Sometimes water supplies are affected and there is a(an) __ 7 __ of disease, called a(an) __ 8 __ . __ 9 __ teams are sent by the government to help the sick. The death __ 10 __ can reach hundreds or even thousands.

- A) casualty
- B) outbreak
- C) earthquake
- D) collapse
- A) casualties
- B) outbreaks
- C) epidemics
- D) wounded
- A) tremble
- B) outbreak
- C) quake
- D) collapse
- A) epidemic
- B) quake
- C) rescue
- D) saving
- A) pressed
- B) squeezed
- C) rescued
- D) trapped
- A) rubble
- B) toll
- C) bubble
- D) hole
- A) casualty
- B) outbreak
- C) abundance
- D) collapse
- A) epidemic
- B) disaster
- C) illness
- D) outbreak
- A) epidemic
- B) medical
- C) rescue
- D) quake
- A) rubble
- B) toll
- C) result
- D) outbreak

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