THERE WILL BE A______OF FRESH WATER IN A FEW DECADES. (SHORT)V. FIL...

4. There will be a______of fresh water in a few decades. (SHORT)

V. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word or phrase from the box to complete

the passage. (1pt)

broken disaster completely destroyed

were working accident which struck

China said today that there was heavy loss of life in the earthquake (1)______Tangshan City

yesterday. Survivors said that Tangshan, an industrial city of one million people 160 kilometers

east of Peking, was (2) ______. Observers living in Beijing said it appeared that only a small part

of the one million inhabitants escaped death or injury. Many of the men of Tangshan (3)

______in the mines deep under the earth’s surface when the (4) ______occurred. Unfortunately,

few of these miners have survived.

VI. Read the passage carefully then answer the questions.

Every culture and every country in the world celebrate New Year, but not everyone does it the

same way. The countries of America and Europe welcome the New Year on January 1

. In the

Middle East, New Year is when spring begins. People in Vietnam celebrate it at Tet, which is the

first day of their calendar based on the moon. Tet usually comes between January 21

and

February 19

. Rosh Hashanah, which is the Jewish New Year, comes at the end of summer. The

Hindus in India celebrate the first day of each season, so they have four New Years. In many

parts of Africa, New Year is the celebration of new water. It comes at the end of the dry season in

May. The new season will bring rain, and thus, life to the land. The people give thanks for the

water, which is to come.