Earthquake in Iran

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Cambridge Advanced (CAE) Use of English Practice

This exercise gives you practice in the cloze exercises where you have to modify words

to complete the text. Complete the gaps using the correct form of the word given in

bold.

1) Power

2) Centre

3) Injure

4) Rescue

5) Medicine

6) Desperate

7) Geology

8) Bad

9) Supply

10) Deep

11) Flat

12) History

13) Die

14) Habit

A 1) _____ earthquake that measured 6.4 on the Richter scale shook

2) _____ Iran on Tuesday. At least 370 people were killed, with

hundreds more 3) _____.

Heavy rain has made it difficult for 4) _____ to work. The

governor of the province said that 5) _____ supplies were required

because they were in 6) _____ short supply.

The epicentre of the earthquake was 56 km northwest of the capital

of the province according to the US 7) _____ Survey, and the

villages of Hotkan and Khanhook Mothabarad were 8) _____ hit of

all. Power 9) _____ have been completely cut off and the

hospitals are filled to capacity. However, there is no clear picture

of the 10) _____ of the disaster. It was, however, smaller than the

6.6 magnitude earthquake in December 2003 that 11) _____ the 12)

_____ town of Bam in the same region. That quake was caused

the 13) _____ of tens of thousands of 14) _____ of the city.