A. LIGHT B. LIGHTEN C. LIT D. LIGHTED ON THE NIGHT OF 15TH OCTO...

10. A. light B. lighten C. lit D. lighted On the night of 15

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October 1987, the south of England was (13) ____________ by the strongest winds it had known for over two hundred years. (14) ____________ of over 130 km/h blew through the region. Nineteen people were killed, $1,5 billion worth of damage was caused and 19 million trees were (15) _____________ in just a few hours.(16) ______________ people thought of this as a hurricane, the winds of 1987 were only powerful storm force. They are far better than the much more serious storms of 25

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January 1990, (17) __________ most of Britain was hit by daytime winds of up to 173 km/h. On this accident, 47 people were killed, even though, unlike in 1987, the weather forecasters issued accurate (18) ____________.