Заполнить пропуски on 31st march 2002 i had my only (0) first-hand experience of a fairly small natural disaster, when, within four hours, about 224 liters of water per square meter (1) on the city of santa cruz de tenerife, where i live. the evening before we noticed some unusual (2) formations that looked as if they were carrying a huge (3) water. it didn’t rain during the night but in the morning we noticed that the air was hot and ( at around midday it began to (5) but this quickly developed into quite a ( downpour. it didn’t stop. the rain continued to (7) down until about five o’clock when there was a brief pause. we didn’t go outside as we were too busy (8) all the water that had come in through small cracks in the (9) . the people who did, soon discovered that they were mistaken if they thought the storm had ( . instead there was thunder and lightning and more torrential rain. cars were swept (11) houses flooded and seven people ( their lives. after storm, many people spent days without either electricity or water and others were ( in temporary shelters until the roads could be ( of the mud and fallen trees. it seems strange that in a place where there is a volcano that could (15) and where there are occasional earth tremors, the first real natural disaster i experienced was flood! 0 a first-hand b first-rate c first-class d first-borne 1 a dropped b felt c fell d showered 2 a wind b rain c fog cloud 3 a bunch b number c volume d bundle 4 a humid b damp c wet d moist 5 a spot b drizzle c drop d drip 6 a strong b dense c heavy d large 7 a spill b go c pour d put 8 a mopping up b getting out c making up d going through 9 a top b roof c attic d room 10 a gone out b moved through c blown over d passed up 11 a off b away c over d down 12 a lost b missed c mislaid d finished 13 a put out b put up c put in d put down 14 a cleared b cleaned c freed d tidied 15 a explode b light c burn d erupt
