Unit 18

1-. The best thing about our holiday to Iceland was our visit to see the ..........

a- volcano                b- flood                   c- geyser               d- earthquake

2-If it rains so hard that the soil cannot ….....water quickly enough, there are floods.

a-absorb              b-irrigate               c-drink                  d-take

3-When there is a/an ...............of the sun, everything goes dark and the birds stop singing.

a- turn                  b- change               c- collapse                 d- eclipse

4- You cannot see………..rays, but they are harmful because they can still damage your skin.

a- violet                b- ultraviolet              c- heat                 d- laser

5- In the desert, temperatures in the summer can be more than 50…………….centigrade

a-agrees                     b-grades                   c-greed                       d -degrees

6-The wind is coming……………… from the south.

a-direction                 b-directly               c-director                 d-directive

7- The children got ……………after sitting in the sun all afternoon.

a-solar                   b-eclipse                    c-sunny                       d-sunburn

8- Tourists often find the………….. of summer in Egypt difficult.

a-heat                     b-hot                            c-heated                            d-whether

9- Damietta is an important…………… in the north of Egypt.

a-harbor                     b-port               c-sea                  d-ocean

10- England and Germany are in…………………… Europe.

a-north                  b-northern                c-northerly                     d-north of

11- An eclipse of the sun is a strange natural……………………….

a-phenomena                    b-view                  c-phenomenon                          d-sight

12-Storms can.............at any time and in any place.

a-cause                     b-take part                      c -generate                                   d- occur

13-It has not rained here for five months. It is the longest.............anyone can remember.

a- drift                   b- drought                    c- draft                               d- draught

14-When I was a child. I used to be afraid of storms. I covered my eyes so that I could not see the.................

a- lightning                  b- thunder                      c- wind                                   d- lights

15- There is very little…………. in the south of Egypt, where it is very dry.

a-downfall                  b-rainfall                      c-plentiful                               d-cliff

16- We did not want to see the film because it was about people fighting and being……

a-violin                   b-violet               c-violent                           d-violence

17- What’s that on the floor………… the table?

a-above                 b-on                       c-beneath                              d-next

18-Very................temperatures can make people ill.

a-high                    b-tall                     c- heavy                       d-big

19-Storms can cause.............damage.

a- strong                   b- serious                        c- high                               d- heavy

20-.............rain and strong winds destroyed buildings all over the country.

a- Heavy                      b- Strong                     c- Violent                             d- Tall

21-Electric storms are a common ............. in our part of the country.

a- finding                       b- helping                   c- occurrence                     d- vengeance

22-Those trees have grown................tall in the last two years.

a- phenomenon                 b- phenomenal                  c- phenomena                    d- phenomenally

23-Where we live, the wind usually blows in a................direction.

a- southerly                     b- southern                    c- southerner                    d- south

24-Dunwich was destroyed by high waves and …………. storms.

a- cruel                      b- violent                       c- high                           d- tall

25-Denmark is in ……………………. Europe

a- north                      b- northerner                        c- northern                         d- northerly

26- Water boils at 100 degrees………………… P t

a percent                         b -centigrade                        c centimetres                          d hot

27- The pollution from all those factories must be very. P t

a useful                         b useless                       c harmless                                    d -harmful  

28- The Nile’s floods used to………….. every year. P t

a care                       b cure                            c- occur                            d clear

29- If it doesn’t rain soon, there will be a……………… P t

a draught                        b good                      c gale                              d -drought

30- You should never look…………… at the sun. P t

a directions               b- directly                   c director                    d direct

31- It was very hot, so we sat…………………… a big tree and had a rest. P t

a over                   b on                  c- beneath                        d at

32- Look at that cat! It is…………….. a mouse. P t

a -chasing              b running                c cheating                           d  chatting

33- It was easy for them to sail up the Nile because there was a……………. wind. P t

a- north              b dark              c solar                 d tight

34- Strange weather can……………… all over the world. P t

a- occur                      b place                    c take part                     d land

35- Don’t go near the fire because it is giving off a lot of………….. p t

a hot                     b- heat                      c warm                               d light

36-Scientists are not sure what................volcanoes to erupt.

a- causes                         b- persuades                   c- makes                      d- lets

37-............ occurs when the moon disappears and passes between the sun and the earth.

a-An eclipse                     b-Wind                     c-Thunder                               d- Lightning